please help with my nzxt h440

[jacobtc]

i have recently purchased a NZXT h440 case for my build which is now completed, but i do not know how to configure the intake and exhaust for my fans, so far i am running 3 120s for exhaust up front, and 3 140s for the intakes in the back and front.

also, the two 140s up top have to stay as an intake because they are for my radiator

my specs
Case: nzxt h440
Gpu: gigabyte nvidia 960 g1 gaming, 2gb
cpu: AMD athlon X4 860K
Mobo: Gigabyte F2A68HM-DS2H (P0)
Psu: corsair corsair 600m
Cpu cooler: Corsair h115i

please and thank you, JTC

 

[bignastyid]

Top and back should be exhaust, Front as intake. Even with a top mounted radiator.

 

[jacobtc]

Top and back should be exhaust, Front as intake. Even with a top mounted radiator.

wouldnt that make the radiator suck in hotter air from the inside of the case?

 

[bignastyid]

The rear fans should take care of the heat from the gpu, and there really isn't anything else that should be produce a significant amount of heat other than the cpu, which the radiator should be exhausting outside the case. I'd rather have the heat created from the cpu getting exhausted from the system a quick as possible. I have a Noctis 450 which is almost identical to the 440 and I have a Swiftech h240 x2 mounted on the top and the fans are set as exhaust, the back fan is also exhaust and the 3 front fans are intakes.

 

[jacobtc]

The rear fans should take care of the heat from the gpu, and there really isn't anything else that should be produce a significant amount of heat other than the cpu, which the radiator should be exhausting outside the case. I'd rather have the heat created from the cpu getting exhausted from the system a quick as possible. I have a Noctis 450 which is almost identical to the 440 and I have a Swiftech h240 x2 mounted on the top and the fans are set as exhaust, the back fan is also exhaust and the 3 front fans are intakes.

okay, because the fans on the radiator are pulling in air am i slowly heating up the system instead of keeping it constantly cool?

 

[bignastyid]

Hot air rises, so if top is an intake and the front and/or back are exhausts the hot air they are exhausting will just get sucked back in the top of the case. I also like to try and balance my intake and exhaust as much as possible.

 

[jacobtc]

Hot air rises, so if top is an intake and the front and/or back are exhausts the hot air they are exhausting will just get sucked back in the top of the case. I also like to try and balance my intake and exhaust as much as possible.

so, it turns out that my front three were actually intakes and the back three are exhausts so im set, thanks for the help!