Is it okay to install the front 200 mm fan on top or is it better to

[jimmyEatWord]

buy a seperate fan for the top ? cause this morning i put my radiator in place of the rear fan and put the front 200 mm fan on the top but the screws apparently weren't made for the top and now it kinda feels like i messed my neat rig , what do you think ?

 

[Rabmac]

It may help if you tell us your case, additional fan info and full radiator info.

 

[jimmyEatWord]

It may help if you tell us your case, additional fan info and full radiator info.

thanks for helping , it's a cooler master cosmos II case , the fans are all cooler master , i removed the 140 mm fan at the rear and installed the cpu cooler radiator there , (it's a cheap but all copper cooler, it's good enough) then i removed the 120 mm fan on top and i also removed my hdd fans , so that i have less spinning fans ( i don't believe hdd's really need a fan right ?) , and then i placed the front 200 mm fan (cooler master with blue led) on the top , i had to remove its brackets too , but the screws apparently weren't made for that purpose , though in the user's manual it had a picture of putting the 200 mm fan on top ?! now it kinda feel like i messed it up , though it works , i don't know how better the ventilation might be now ?!?

 

[jimmyEatWord]

i did all that cause in the games it would go super hot and all the fans would go crazy !

 

[SkyNetRising]

Can you post some pictures?

Hardware specs? What temperatures are we talking about?

 

[jimmyEatWord]

i see if i can post pics but since i installed ios 10 beta on my iphone the folder is not there anymore 🙁

 

[Rabmac]

Looking at the case specs it says the top has room for either 3 x 120mm fans or 2 x 140mm fans. On account of this I would put the 200mm fan back at the front and have that set as an intake fan.

So now we are left with the 120mm fan that was on the top and the 140mm that was on the rear. Personally I would put these both on the top of the case.

By doing this you would have positive air pressure as you have 2 x 120mm on the bottom and 1 x 200mm on the front as your intake and then 1 x 140mm rear and 1 x 120mm & 1 x 140mm on top as your exhaust. This should be plenty of cooling and as you said you don't need the HDD fan as you have the air from the 200mm blowing over your drives.

 

[Isokolon]

It kinda depends on if the fan was made for horizontal use.
If it doesn't use a magnetic or fluid bearing it just won't run smoothly, will break sooner than later and create noise.

 

[jimmyEatWord]

It kinda depends on if the fan was made for horizontal use.
If it doesn't use a magnetic or fluid bearing it just won't run smoothly, will break sooner than later and create noise.

thanks ! that was even more informative , i think i'll know if it would start to make noise , lol , anyhow i placed it there for better ventilation , you can check my other thread regarding this , i didn't do it out of boredom !

 

[Isokolon]

As said before I would put the 200mm back in the front
And install 2 Noctua 140mm fans at top as they are very much the best fans for horizontal use
And one additional intake at the bottom.