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Weird. I'll give it a go with no top exhaust. I wouldn't have even thought to remove that had you not mentioned it.

Hmm.. So in theory the exhaust fans were creating more negative pressure inside the case, making it even harder for the front intakes to overcome that pressure to bring fresh air in?

Wow. This is quite the revelation. So, realistically, I can ignore all tests/reviews/benchmarks regarding push-pull that use an open-air environment. (Which is most of them) Looks like I may wind up having to actually test out multiple different configs instead of getting a magic answer from...

You lost me on the formulas, but I think I understand the concept of the principles. So I would assume that a fan's SP rating is actually it's ability to overcome static pressure? Or is it the amount of SP generated by the fan itself? And as far as drag force, am I thinking correctly that the...

I'm always up for learning. What should I Google?

Aer P: 21~38dBA CF140: 19.8~24dB Silent Wings 3: ?~15.5 I believe the dB levels given are a range, save for the BQ fans, which I believe is showing only the maximum. (this would make sense, as I can barely hear these fans at all at 100% speed). I understand that the non-SP-optimized fans...

I would not be at all opposed to an Engineer-level summary of this issue. I doubt I'd understand it fully, but I've been focused on this issue for long enough now that I think it's time for science. The fans used in place of the Aer P's would be the Deepcool Cf140's...

Aer P: 21~38dBA CF140: 19.8~24dB Silent Wings 3: ?~15.5 I would assume that having the quieter fans running in push/pull (lower RPM) would be quieter than the Aer P's alone (low-mid RPM) since they wouldn't have to run as high, even though the Aers have higher SP. Even at the lowest...

Mainly acoustics. The Aer P's are a good 10-15 dB louder iirc. I've got two of them in my current build as case fans (bad idea, I know) and they're definitely the loudest parts in the system. I'm using a DB700 right now so if they're loud in there I don't even want to try in a mesh-front case...

I agree, that's my thinking as well. Do you think though that push-pull would help with case airflow vs just push? I'd assume it couldn't hurt since then there'd be one pair of fans pulling air from the rad and blowing it (unrestricted) into the case

I won't be using the Kraken Aer P fans for the rad, it'd be either Deepcool CF140s or CF140s (push) + Silent Wings 3 (pull)

I've gotten some good feedback on this on Reddit, but I'd like to see what this community thinks as well. TLDR: Is it worth it to do push/pull on an AIO rad when not using high static pressure fans and the rad is the only case intake? OP: Ok, so: I'll be moving from a Dark Base 700 to a...