Case Cooling - Corsair Carbide 300 R Windowed

[Chox]

Hi All,

I've just purchased a Corsair Carbide 300R Windowed for my upcoming build.

The case has a 140mm intake on the front and a 120mm exhaust on the rear.

It has space for 2 side fans in the window and 2 top fans.

I'm considering a set up of 2 intake side 120mms (Red LED) and 1 top 140mm exhaust in addition to the stock fan set up, ideally i'd like to create a positive pressure to keep as much dust and pet hair out as possible.

Will this set up create a decent airflow?

I was originally thinking 2 side 120mm intake and 2 top 120mm exhaust but I think this may negate the pressure somewhat.

 

[ksham]

It will create a decent airflow, but not ideal for keeping out dust or pet hair. I'd keep a rear fan and two front.

 

[Chox]

How about 1 rear 120mm exhaust, 1 top 140mm exhaust and 2 140mm front intakes with the two side intakes?

 

[TheBigTroll]

leave it as stock. adding more fans dont always help. to keep out dust, positive pressure wont do it. you will need some dust filters

 

[Chox]

Stock is only 1 140mm front intake and 1 rear 120mm exhaust though, with a HD 7970 in there it'll get pretty warm I think.....

 

[TheBigTroll]

it doesnt.

 

[Chox]

I guess i'll see when I build it. I want it to be well lit inside with LED fans and kept really cool though, particularly the CPU hence adding a top exhaust in too.

 

[TheBigTroll]

i have a 550D which is much more closed off and i never see temps rising above 60c at stock settings on both the GPU and CPU. i also have no case fans turned on

 

[Chox]

60c is pretty high though - what CPU cooler you using? As i'm not overclocking i'm just going to use the stock cooler.

 

[TheBigTroll]

what? 60c is low. 80c is high. the thermal limit is 100c. if you are going with a stock cooler and stock settings, it will easily run you 78c.

im using a d14 with 2 fans. forgot to mention i run at 4.3ghz

 

[Chox]

78c? I'd think with a few extra intakes and a couple extra exhausts that'd drop by 5c

 

[TheBigTroll]

no. 78c is when you have a open bench.