Fans for the Thermaltake Chaser MK-1 case?

[TheMazi]

I did some research and found that you can install a total of three additional fans on the Chaser MK-1 case.

A 200mm fan on the top of the case, another 200mm on one of the side panels and a 120mm fan on the bottom of the case.

Which fans do you recommend me to install?

I would prefer some that match up with the blue LED that the whole case uses.

Thanks.

 

[ksham]

I would recommend that you install none. Stick with stock configuration. What is the reason behind you wanting more fans?

 

[TheMazi]

I would recommend that you install none. Stick with stock configuration. What is the reason behind you wanting more fans?

There is really no reason for me to install additional fans. I just thought that by having more cooling options the build would be better.

Why do you recommend me installing none?

 

[ksham]

I recommended none because the stock configuration is very good. You have good airflow with air going through the front and it being drawn up, going through your hardware and leaving the top or at the rear.

If you add a bottom intake, then your front intake is useless. The bottom intake will act as a wall so that air from the front intake is pushed upward or blown off course. That means that your GPU will not get sufficient airflow. If you make the bottom fan as exhaust, then your front intake is useless with all air blown in going right back out and the bottom exhaust is fighting against your top exhaust. This would render less air in your case.

Top intake would be fighting against the top exhaust and mother nature. As hot air naturally rises, it is not recommended that you push it back down. This also clashes with your other top exhaust. Another top exhaust will result in pushing out more air than you can pull in. So that results in poor airflow as well.

Side panel is okay, but not necessary if you have to ask. If you need a side panel intake, you would know the reason for it.

Point is, adding more fan does not always help. More fans = more air, but if they are not guided and are blowing in random directions, the only thing you end up doing is causing more turbulence. This results in poor airflow. And most fans have a lot of dead air space, so there will be many more dead air space for more fans you add. Think about it. Wind is best run at one direction. Because you can ride it or direct it easier. If you have air blowing at you at all directions, it doesn't help you. It's actually more annoying.

Also, air is a poor heat conductor. So it doesn't cool well. Otherwise, your pot of soup will be cold very quickly.

 

[NaturalAlias]

Look up negative and positive air flow design in your cooling. The ideal is to have negative air flow, which means more CFM fans exhausting air then the CFM of the fans intaking air. So lets say that your front fan is 60cfm, side one is 60 and bottom is 60 thats a total of 180cfm on the intake. You would want exhaust fans with whos total CFM added up to 200 or more. this causes a vacuum that takes air out of your system faster hence cooling better.

I believe cooler masters make a blue led fan... doesnt matter really just plan out the fans and add up the CFM, if noise matters to you make sure to play attention to the decibel range.

BTW Ksham is right about the air... if you aren't overclocking or doing sli with the gpus its not really needed. at most intake - one front and one side, exhaust one in the back and one up top. look into liquid cooling if you are overclocking and use the top in push pull... you should have all the air flow you need. plus you can get led's without adding more fans if you wanted

 

[ksham]

@NaturalAlias: why is negative internal air pressure ideal? I find it less ideal. You get more dust sipping through every hole that is not an exhaust. I prefer positive internal air pressure. If you have good airflow, air will be moving in a good stream-like fashion. Air shouldn't sit in one spot. And with positive internal air pressure, any excess air will naturally sip out of any hole it can find. This prevents dust from ever coming in from those holes. And if you have dust filters on intake, then your case, and components, should be relatively dust-free.

 

[pyrostormin]

I found an extra colorshift fan here: http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/store/Product.aspx?C=1020&SC=1078&ID=1657
I installed it in my chaser mk-1 and it works great. all you have to do is plug it into the extra fan header on the fan controller. You will need to pop the panel with the power switch off using the four tabs at each corner. The front and top panels need to be removed to get at the tabs. Hope this helps because mine looks soooo much better with the extra fan and LEDs. The hardest part is finding four more screws that fit the fan holes. I found some by taking out one of the ones holding in the existing top fan and taking it to Lowes. It doesn't need to be the same length. It can also have threads all the way up the screw. It needs to be at least the same length. Any longer and it just hangs through the case a little which shouldn't be a problem.

 

[Joshacus]

Disregard

 

[donald_dade]

Like pyrostormin, I just went to Lowes. The correct screw was #6-32 x 1-1/4 IN machine screw. If you have the clearance, 1-1/2 would be better because the screw only gave about 3 turns before being snug.