Enough cooling for these components?

[James Wood]

I've ordered a whole new build, details below, and was wondering if the two fans that came with the case would be sufficient to cool it.

- ASUS Sabertooth Z77 motherboard
- Intel i7-3770k
- Palit GTX 670 2GB
- 16GB DDR3 RAM

It'll be under pretty intense use. The case I've ordered is the Fractal Design Define R4 (http://www.ebuyer.com/391898-fractal-design-r4-black-pearl-case-fd-ca-def-r4-bl) and it comes with two fans pre-installed.

 

[ksham]

Do you have a CPU cooler? I'd suggest you get one.

As for the case, yes, two fans is sufficient. Good airflow != more fans blowing more air.

 

[James Wood]

I have the cooler that came with the processor, so I'm assuming this should be fine.

So you're saying it could possibly hinder the cooling if I added more fans? I have 3x Coolermaster 120mm fans, but they're red LED which matched the old case I sent back and would look kinda tacky on this.

And sorry to be a pain... If I did add more fans, on that case, should the top two and the side fans be for intake or outtake?

And thanks for the help!

 

[TheBigTroll]

the stock fans are way better than whatever crap coolermaster pushes out. as for your system, you should be fine with the air flow. just that the sabertooth (or the rip off motherboard) requires you to install the tiny and whiny 40mm fans to keep the board cool.

 

[James Wood]

I read that the motherboard fans were optional, however I installed one anyway, I'm thinking of buying a different, quieter small fan.

 

[TheBigTroll]

your board will run very hot if you dont use them when you overclock. 40mm fans only go so quiet. they never go below 4000rpm. anything below that it does crap

 

[James Wood]

Alright thanks. Gonna stick with the stock ones and put up with the noise I guess, I'll be using it with headphones on most of the time anyway.