Proper Air Flow? on a new build

slyder01

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hello to all!
I have a new build on it's way.. by the way I can't wait!

My question is proper air flow management and enough of it..

My Case is a fractal 4 which comes with 2 140mm fans, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352020&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Computer+Cases-_-N82E16811352020&gclid=CJ2Fp5XW8rYCFUUw4AodGxsABw one in the front and one in the rear. The center bay for the HD's can be removed which I'm going to do since I only have 2 SSD's going in on the bottom to help increase air flow. I'll have a cooler master 212 heat sink on my 3770K cpu.
I guess my question is, are the 2 140mm fans adequate for proper air flow and cooling, I wont be overclocking. I really don't want to add the 2 fans if possible since I want to keep this pc as quiet as possible.

I'm also using an asus z77 sabertooth MB which has 2 fans mounted on it as well and my GPU is the NVidia GTX 670
all comments appreciated..
Thanks!
 

fatboytyler

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If you remove that middle bay, move the fan to that slot if possible (If this was confusing I'll clarify). Your GPU may run like 2 degrees hotter, nothing that should cause the least bit of concern! Also, you could remove both HDD cages, if they can be, and just mount the SSDs with Velcro. Increased my airflow in my Corsair 500r a lot. I can get you pictures if you'd like to see how I arranged my airflow, you could do something similar.
 

USAFRet

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I guess my question is, are the 2 140mm fans adequate for proper air flow and cooling, I wont be overclocking. I really don't want to add the 2 fans if possible since I want to keep this pc as quiet as possible.

Yes, that should be fine.

Front, intake. Rear exhaust. Remember...what we're trying to do is move air through the case, removing the hot air. Not just blow it around inside.
 

slyder01

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Thanks for your reply!
I believe if I let the fan in the upper slot in the front it will be right where the removable bay was. I'm not sure if the lower bay removes or not, but I also thought of just velcroing ssd's to the side panel,lol,, if need be that is.