[SOLVED] How should I set up my fans in Coolermaster K380 case, if I only have three?

[ARFAN20]

I use the coolermaster k380 cabinet, which has an inbuilt fan in the front. I have bought three extra fans, but i am still confused on how i should set it up, please help me! There is space for one fan above, one in the back, one on the side panel and one on the bottom! With a preinstalled fan in the front(intake). How should i set it? And will there be any problem if i put an intake directly on top of my cpu stock cooler on the side panel?

 

[Gam3r01]

If you want to use all 3, go ahead and add one as a bottom intake and one as a rear exhaust, those two wont change.
The last fan is debatable, according to their website there is no top slot for a fan (however, if you can get that to fit it would be preferable as a top exhaust).
Side panel would be an intake, which is fine to have above the CPU cooler.

 

[ARFAN20]

If you want to use all 3, go ahead and add one as a bottom intake and one as a rear exhaust, those two wont change.
The last fan is debatable, according to their website there is no top slot for a fan (however, if you can get that to fit it would be preferable as a top exhaust).
Side panel would be an intake, which is fine to have above the CPU cooler.

Thank you so much for replying so quick, but yeah what aboht the last one, should i put it on the top or on the side and by what you said, i would have to remove the front fan right?

 

[Gam3r01]

The included fan is fine to leave in the front, for a total of 4 fans.
If you can install that third new fan in the top, put it there.
If it wont fit, put it on the side panel. Or, if that gets too loud, just use the front and bottom intake and rear exhaust. Thats the type I do.

 

[ARFAN20]

The included fan is fine to leave in the front, for a total of 4 fans.
If you can install that third new fan in the top, put it there.
If it wont fit, put it on the side panel. Or, if that gets too loud, just use the front and bottom intake and rear exhaust. Thats the type I do.

There is no problem in fitting the fan in the top or the side panel, but apparently i have made a cover for the psu area at the bottom to cover up the wire area, so technically the fan at the bottom wont be any good, right? Can you suggest a way to arrange the fan directions in the rear, top and side panel somehow? Thanks again for taking your time

 

[ARFAN20]

Could you please tell me how to post an image here, so you can see my setup

 

[Gam3r01]

Upload it to a service like imgur first, the link it through the image button.
As for the setup, you can do front and side intake, and rear/top exhaust if you wanted.

 

[ARFAN20]

Upload it to a service like imgur first, the link it through the image button.
As for the setup, you can do front and side intake, and rear/top exhaust if you wanted.

Can i upload it in drive and put the link here

 

[ARFAN20]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xi7dxAY9jU2tmuw5sl2kB7F3HztfED4V/view?usp=drivesdk

My pc setup

 

[ARFAN20]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xoqLYQwttIXyFOKbYkgeeR8jG53i3GME/view?usp=drivesdk

My pc setup with the cover

 

[Gam3r01]

I see now, you could probably use the bottom fan on the side as an intake instead.

 

[ARFAN20]

I see now, you could probably use the bottom fan on the side as an intake instead.

So, side(intake), top and rear(exhaust), front(intake)? Thank you so much, one more thing, will the custom cover i made be a problem for the cooling?

 

[Gam3r01]

That should work well.
The cover technically impacts the cooling, but I highly doubt it would ever be a problem.

 

[ARFAN20]

That should work well.
The cover technically impacts the cooling, but I highly doubt it would ever be a problem.

Will the gpu cover be bad? Will it affect its performance?

 

[Gam3r01]

No issue there, people sell custom backplates for GPUs that look similar with no impact on performance.

 

[ARFAN20]

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No issue there, people sell custom backplates for GPUs that look similar with no impact on performance.

Oh, ok! Thats good to know? Any tips on what i should do for my pc, by the photo? Like wire management or anything of that sorts that i should do

 

[Gam3r01]

The only thing for aesthetics I would do is maybe get some heat shrink for the SATA cable on the optical drive, just something to make the yellow/red cables to match.

 

[ARFAN20]

The only thing for aesthetics I would do is maybe get some heat shrink for the SATA cable on the optical drive, just something to make the yellow/red cables to match.

Ok! Btw i have an intel i5,8 gb ram, 4gb gpu and 2tb storage? Should i upgrade something?

 

[Gam3r01]

Possibly upgrade the RAM, a single stick performs about 30% worse than two sticks working in dual channel setup.
Beyond that, it would depend on how your system is performing now.