Refine R5 airflow setup please ??

[jcsn]

Case is Fractal Design Refine R5


Firstly, I am going to either get 1 more fan at the front along with the stock fan OR replace the stock fan and get 2 extra fans instead.

I am going to get the NZXT x61 kraken too and probably 2 x 140mm fans at the bottom



I just want to ask a question about the setup of everything here.



SO I'm thinking of doing back exhaust, radiator at the top as exhaust (because the top moduvent don't have a dust filter. I know it's going to be louder than putting the rad at the front because of the noise dampening material but I'm willing to sacrifice noise for performance).

Therefore this leaves me with front intake and bottom intake (the 2 areas with dust filters).

Also airflow or static pressure for the extra 140mm fans ? (if I'm going with this ^ setup, these fans will be 2 at the bottom and either 1 extra one at the front or 2 extra if I replace the stock fan)



I will be using :



gigabyte gtx 970 g1 gaming

650w power supply 80+ gold coolermaster v650

gigabyte z97x ud5h bk motherboard

intel i5 4690k CPU



Thanks !!

 

[Karadjgne]

You want to maintain a balanced airflow. So if you have 3x exhaust, then use 3x intakes, preferably in the front mostly as it'll pick up less dust. The only time you want high sp fans is in high restriction areas, in front of a radiator or if there is major obstructions in the case, otherwise high cfm fans are better for intakes/unrestricted exhaust.

Personally, since you are using a top mount nzxt x61, if you didn't want to use the rear exhaust, you won't need to. The x61 is more than capable of doing dual duty in that respect and still maintaining decent temps on the cpu.