[SOLVED] Intake and exhaust fan speed balance

mudworm43

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I'm building a new setup and I have a question about fan speeds.



My case is NZXT H710 but I replaced the case fans with 3 140mm Be Quiet! SilentWings 3 1000 RPM fans, 2 for intake and 1 as rear exhaust.



My CPU liquid cooler is NZXT Kraken X73 with 3 120mm Be Quiet! SilentWings 3 2200 RPM fans (I'm trying to achieve maximum silence because the build is intended for music production and the PC will be in the same room where I record).



My question is: will the difference between intake and exhaust fan speeds mess up the positive/negative pressure ratio?



If you think there might be a problem, I can install the 3 NZXT 120mm 2000 RPM fans back in the case for intake fans.





Thanks for your time!



For anyone interested, this is my build:



Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core [OC to 5.0 GHz]

NZXT Kraken X73 CFM Liquid
be quiet! SilentWings 3 2200RPM Hi-Speed 120 mm PWM x3

Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master

Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB DDR4-2666MHz

Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM HDD
Seagate Momentus 7200 500 GB 2.5" 7200RPM HDD
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME SSD
ADATA HD710 2 TB External HDD
ADATA HD330-2T 2 TB External HDD

MSI GeForce GTX 970 4 GB GDDR5 from my current PC (don't need anything better since I'm not a gamer)

NZXT H710 ATX Mid-Tower

Corsair RM 850x 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX
CableMod C-Series ModMesh Classic Cable Kit for Corsair RMx

be quiet! SilentWings 3 1000RPM 140 mm PWM x3
 
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Solution
It should be ok, any excess pressure, will just ventilate air out the case - there seems to be plenty of vents in the case. better to run with +ve pressure to keep dust out - so long as the filters in the intake fans are ok