[SOLVED] Planning to buy a Deepcool E-SHIELD Case

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Hello. I plan on buying a Deepcool E-Shield case, but I don't really know if it will be good for me. I chose this case, because of it's looks and price. It also looks like it should have good airflow, which is also very important for me. I don't want to spend too much on a case, so I chose this one, because it costs only 35Eur in my country and I don't want to go above 50Eur. The first thing, that I have noticed is that my motherboard doesn't have any USB 3.0 Headers, so USB 3.0 on the front will not work. I plan on upgrading the motherboard, together with a CPU later on and with that, I should get my USB 3.0 working. Also, I don't know if all of my parts will fit in this case and if it will, should I get a Noctua NF-S12A too for better airflow and cooling? If so, should I use it as intake or exhaust ( The case already ships with a fan )? The Noctua NF-S12A will probably be more powerful than the one shipped with the case. Although, if the Noctua fan is not necessary, I could go with only exhaust and no intake.

My current PC components :

CPU : i7-2600 with a Stock Cooler
MB : Intel DH61WW
RAM : G.SKILL DDR3 8GB + Kingston 2GB 1333Mhz
PSU : Chieftec GPS-500A8 500W
Case : Unbranded
SSD : 240GB MX500
GPU : ASUS GTX 1050Ti EXPEDITION

 

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but I don't really know if it will be good for me. I chose this case, because of it's looks

Choosing a PC case is personal choice and if you like it, go for it. 👍 Since in the end, you are looking it every day, not any of us.

I have noticed is that my motherboard doesn't have any USB 3.0 Headers, so USB 3.0 on the front will not work

You can make it work, if you use this adapter,
amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Internal-19-Pin-Adapter-G11303050-RT/dp/B00B1RM5YU

However, you'd be giving up one internal USB 2.0 header and USB speeds would still be USB 2.0, and not USB 3.0.

Also, I don't know if all of my parts will fit in this case

Based on your sys specs, all fit.

PSU : Chieftec GPS-500A8 500W

Oh my.... then again, you have ancient build. Still, i'd be replacing PSU ASAP. Chieftec is really bad choice when it comes to PSUs.
For proper, good quality PSU, look towards Seasonic Focus+ series, or Corsair RMi, RMx series.

should I get a Noctua NF-S12A too for better airflow and cooling?

E-Shield comes with one 120mm fan, as rear exhaust. For bare minimum airflow, you'd also want 120mm or 140mm intake fan as well, at the front of the case.

All-in-all E-Shield supports:
front: 3x 120/140mm
top: 2x 120/140mm
rear: 1x 120mm

With this, it would help more if you'd get 140mm fans instead, since 140mm fan moves more air, and does it more quietly, than same spec 120mm counterpart.

The Noctua NF-S12A will probably be more powerful than the one shipped with the case.

Deepcool doesn't list the stock fan specs, so, we can't tell which one would be better.

E-Shield specs: https://global.deepcool.com/products/Cases/fulltowercases/2021/14304.shtml

I could go with only exhaust and no intake.

Bad idea.

Sure, singe exhaust fan would create negative pressure inside the case, and while negative pressure is better in terms of cooling, than positive pressure (btw, all 3 of my PCs also run negative pressure, full specs with pics in my sig), the single stock fan is nowhere near enough to properly cool the PC. Especially in the full-tower ATX case.

 

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You can make it work, if you use this adapter,
amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Internal-19-Pin-Adapter-G11303050-RT/dp/B00B1RM5YU

However, you'd be giving up one internal USB 2.0 header and USB speeds would still be USB 2.0, and not USB 3.0.


E-Shield comes with one 120mm fan, as rear exhaust. For bare minimum airflow, you'd also want 120mm or 140mm intake fan as well, at the front of the case.

With this, it would help more if you'd get 140mm fans instead, since 140mm fan moves more air, and does it more quietly, than same spec 120mm counterpart.

So, I can't see a second USB 2.0 header on my motherboard. Because of that, I probably will only be able to connect only one of these. Of course, I will choose the USB 2.0 ports on the front. Maybe I just don't see it? If I don't, could you send me a photo and highlight two USB 2.0 headers?


Second of all, should I put the Noctua as an exhaust and Deepcool stock as intake, or Noctua as intake and Deepcool stock fan as exhaust?
Should I put the intake fan on the bottom for HDD cooling, middle for the air to go through the whole pc or the top?



Another problem, that I have just noticed, is that my motherboard has only one FAN header. I would need to buy another adapter for the front fan.

EDIT : Nevermind, the Noctua fans already ship with a splitter.

 

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So, I can't see a second USB 2.0 header on my motherboard.

Well, i did not check how many internal USB 2.0 headers you have. Though, most MoBos have two.

Now, after checking, and since you have Intel OEM MoBo, it has only one internal USB 2.0 header wired, while it can have up to three.
Slots are just left of white PCI slot:

So, yes, you can't use the USB 2.0 to 3.0 adapter i linked above.

Second of all, should I put the Noctua as an exhaust and Deepcool stock as intake, or Noctua as intake and Deepcool stock fan as exhaust?

Without knowing the specs of Deepcool stock fan, it's hard to tell, but with 2 fan configuration, it doesn't matter much, since Noctua NF-S12A is airflow fan with poor static pressure.

Though, i suggest that you buy 2x 140mm Noctua fans, except NF-A14 ULN, since it has poor performance,
Noctua lineup: https://noctua.at/en/products/fan

This way, you can put two at the front as intake, e.g bottom and middle (for positive pressure). Or one at the front middle, as intake and another at top, near CPU, as exhaust (for negative pressure).

In a consumer (home) use, HDD does not need active cooling for having a fan next to it.

EDIT : Nevermind, the Noctua fans already ship with a splitter.

Even when fan doesn't come with a 2-way Y-splitter, you can buy those separately,
amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NA-SYC1-Accessory-4-pin-Y-Cables/dp/B00KG8K5CY

Now, your MoBo only has 2 fan headers: CPU_FAN and REAR_FAN, but with this, you can get all 3 case fans powered, by:
CPU_FAN -> Y-splitter -> CPU cooler and stock Deepcool rear fan
REAR_FAN -> Y-splitter -> two Noctua 140mm fans

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With your new Deepcool case, it is even possible to populate all fan mounts, bringing the total number of case fans to 5;
2x 140mm as front intake
2x 140mm as top exhaust
1x 120mm as rear exhaust

Since your case has 1x 5.25" external bay, which you can use and buy a fan controller. This way, you can hook up all your case fans to fan controller and have individual and manual control over your case fans.

I've done so with all 3 of my PCs (from left to right);

Skylake - Thermaltake Commander F6 RGB (6 fan support)
Haswell - NZXT Sentry 3 (5 fan support)
AMD - Aerocool X-Vision (5 fan support)

(PCs full specs + more pics in my sig)

Fan controller is a neat piece of hardware.