[SOLVED] How many fans for Phanteks Enthoo Pro II Tempered Glass

[penguin_guy]

Thinking to buy a Phanteks Pro II (http://www.phanteks.com/Enthoo-Pro2-TemperedGlass.html) and looking for fans.

This case has lots of fan places. Will it be overkill to fill all of them?

Total Fan Mounts = 15 x 120 mm / 8 x 140 mm (+6x +120mm)
Front Fan = 4 x 120 mm / 3 x 140 mm
Top Fan = 3 x 120 mm / 3 x 140 mm
Rear Fan = 1 x 120 mm / 1 x 140 mm
Bottom = 3 x 120 mm / 1 x 140 mm
Side = 4 x 120 mm

In another forum someone suggested that "top front fans pull the fresh air out of the system from the front fans before the components uses the air. It a waste of money spent"

3x front
1x top rear
1x rear

So he suggest 1 fan on top instead 3 fans.

Does more fans help cooling? If it helps i will populate all the case.

What do you thing?

 

[Lutfij]

The real question is do you really need all fan mounting positions populated? What sort of specs are you working with inside that chassis? You can get away with having a front only as intake and the rear as exhaust. If you want more, you can add fans to the top but please make sure that you have the same number of fans as intake as you do in exhaust.

 

[penguin_guy]

The real question is do you really need all fan mounting positions populated?

If it will help cooling more, yes then i will. If not i won't.

What sort of specs are you working with inside that chassis?

Probably will be overclocked i7-7700k and 1080ti or 3070.

 

[Allen_Walker]

what type of CPU cooler are you using ?
AIR-cooler: 3x140(4x120)mm fans on the front + 140mm in the back can do the job (this will push all the heat to the back of the case / adding some fans to the top will also help dissipate the heat )

AIO: 3x140(4x120) in the front and the radiator mounted at the top (fans blowing out) the front lower fans will push the GPUs heat to the back & the uper fans will provide fresh air for the Radiator's fans

 

[Phaaze88]

AirFLOW > AirBLOW.

I messed around with this in the Enthoo 719 for craps-n-giggles:

https://imgur.com/K4F0y6i

View: https://imgur.com/K4F0y6i

https://imgur.com/An7EAIF

View: https://imgur.com/An7EAIF


Produces a lot more for noise produced than it does actual cooling.
It's a dual system/custom loop chassis.

Probably will be overclocked i7-7700k and 1080ti or 3070.

That setup doesn't require as exotic cooling as my 7820X + 1080Ti does.