Cooling help for newbie

Aaronns

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Dec 18, 2015
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I am currently in the process of building a gaming pc but i can only put it in a closed environment.
The front is open, the top is covered a few inches up and the back is a few inches from the wall.
I was wonder how I should create the air flow.

Also if you could recommend quite but good fans it would be appreciated.
Case - NZXT 240 Phantom
 
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Adding more fans at the front of this case would improve airflow a fair but and maybe a couple at the top for exhaust. In the summer time im not sure where you live but where I live in Australia it gets to 40C (104F) where you might have to go to a bit more dramatic lengths to keep your system cool such as taking off the side panel or even all the panels and removing dust filters. as for good and quiet fans the Noctua NF series are an excellent choice or corsair Af series or the AF quiet series are good but remembering you can change the rpm of your fans a bit lower to make them more quiet but keep in mind this may result in a hotter system.

Hope this information helps :)
Adding more fans at the front of this case would improve airflow a fair but and maybe a couple at the top for exhaust. In the summer time im not sure where you live but where I live in Australia it gets to 40C (104F) where you might have to go to a bit more dramatic lengths to keep your system cool such as taking off the side panel or even all the panels and removing dust filters. as for good and quiet fans the Noctua NF series are an excellent choice or corsair Af series or the AF quiet series are good but remembering you can change the rpm of your fans a bit lower to make them more quiet but keep in mind this may result in a hotter system.

Hope this information helps :)
 
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