Additional Fan Mounting?

[Hexa Fox]

Hey guys I am planning on adding four (4) extra case fans to my build soon. I was hoping I could get some feedback on how to go about doing this. I will try to keep this simple as I am certain people here despise globs of text. First and foremost here is a link to my case:
Corsair Case

The fans I would like to add:
Corsair Fans

Now if I may I have two questions for anyone that can help.

1) My power supply is modular, but I had to use several cables to reach devices in this large case. Can I use some of the free connections (between HDD and Media Drives etc) to plug the fans into?

2) I am planning on adding two fans to the bottom of the case pushing air up through the case, and two more fans to the top, helping pull air out. Is this an intelligent decision?

Also I have never added fans before so do I need to purchase some sort of adapter to make them work with my PSU? I am pretty certain that I have used up most of the spaces on my Motherboard for fans. Right now I have two fans pulling air in the front, one pulling air out of the back, the heat sink fan, two fans on my GPU, and one 240mm on the side you can see in the picture. I also plan to add a WLAN PCI card when I install the fans. Nothing big. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[RaDiKaL_]

1.- Yes, as long as you get PWM to Molex converters, otherwise you'd have to connect your new fans directly to the mobo if there's still PWM slots available.

2.- Its not bad, you might wanna consider having more fans taking air out than the ones getting air in, this way you reduce the amount of accumulating dust inside your case (negative pressure).

One thing you might have already checked or not but wouldn't be bad to see if you really need those extra fans, your current case seems to have enough ventilation but in the end is up to you, doesn't hurt more fans indeed, also consider the extra noise those 35dba fans will add, no doubt a matter of personal preference.

 

[Hexa Fox]

Thanks for your response. I am also considering purchasing a Fan Controller as well for these extra fans. Also I never really considered the noise. As my stock AMD heat sink fan is a little noisy to be quite honest. This is a known issue but does not cause me a lot of grief. I would imagine that these fans are not going to make it much worse. Also there is a silent version of these fans I can take into consideration as well. Like I said though, I am fairly certain it will not bother me.

So you thinking I should just add the WLAN card and be done with it? After buying these extra fans and a controller I am probably looking at around $100.00. I was all for it but after your two cents I am considering leaving it be.

 

[RaDiKaL_]

Yeah your case has a good airflow already, if anything I'd go with an aftermarket cooler for your CPU, especially if you have an FX 6xxx or FX 8xxx series you'll notice a great improvement in your CPU temps with an aftermarket cooler prolonging your CPU span life, the Hyper Evo 212 is a great option at around 35$ if it fits in your case (compare its size with your case's space).

I'd say go with an aftermarket cooler for your CPU and if you want it the Fan Controller, there's no reason to go with extra coolers looking at the ones your case already have.

If temps however for your CPU seems good enough even at the highest usage at the highest ambient temps then just go with the WLAN Card.

 

[Hexa Fox]

Thanks for your help Radikal I appreciate it. Also my processor is a AMD FX-8120. The head sink fan does frequently ramp up and down from time to time. Can you recommend any good programs/ Windows utilities to monitor CPU temps? I already downloaded GPU Z for my GPU when I was concerned. However it is perfectly fine.

 

[RaDiKaL_]

for AMD FX series the most accurate is AMD Overdrive, which will report you the distance to the temp threshold of your CPU, so if you see it reporting 10ºC it means you're at 62ºC (72º - 10ºC), this assuming your FX-8120 has a Tcase of 72ºC like my FX-8320.

Another option is HWMonitor Pro version 1.21 or superior, it will differ a few degrees when on high loads but still is more accurate than other options with the plus of a great log feature.