Build Advice Regular / reverse blade case fans

[gekosauras]

Hey, looking to do a build in the near future
Don’t know what sort of fans I’m supposed to use for what. Is it as simple as intake is regular fans and exhaust are reverse blade fans. Both radiator and regular case fans?

 

[Lutfij]

It depends on the case. If the intake for the case is on the side, adjacent the motherboard tray and if you don't want to show the termination for the fan's motor/hub, then you go for a reverse blade fan. FYI, reverse blade fans tend to have a lower CFM/static pressure rating.

Radiators and heatsinks will need high static pressure fans, while you need to look at fans with high cfm ratings to act as case airflow fans.

What case are you working with?

 

[Ralston18]

Basically you just mount the fan and point it in the desired/required airflow direction.

Still there is a bit more to it than just that....

Start here:

https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/set-up-pc-case-fans-for-airflow-and-performance

Strongly recommended that you carefully read all build component documentation beforehand.

Not just fans, case, coolers, etc., everything.

Motherboard User Guide/Manual being crucial.

Details matter.

 

[gekosauras]

Basically you just mount the fan and point it in the desired/required airflow direction.

Still there is a bit more to it than just that....

Start here:

https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/set-up-pc-case-fans-for-airflow-and-performance

Strongly recommended that you carefully read all build component documentation beforehand.

Not just fans, case, coolers, etc., everything.

Motherboard User Guide/Manual being crucial.

Details matter.

Welp, I’m glad I asked

Build is here https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/HKGscx
Radiator fans come non argb so there is another 3 I am going to replace.
Build at this point is a lian li box
Nothing permanent other then mobo, got one heaps cheap.
Case has 11 slots for 120mm fans, plan was to get 5 exhaust (back + top) and 6 on the base + “right side” for positive pressure. Is there anything I need to watch out for that I need to research? Voltage difference between stock and purchased fans for the radiator?
Is there a way to fix the possible mistakes? what I mean by that is there cables that connect two cables to a single port if needed. Both rgb and case fan ports. Is there ever any possible damage from that?

To cfm, might be a missunderdating but essentially I don’t want reverse blade fans because they arnt as good as regular fans that have a higher cfm? Is that just for radiator use or all case fans in general, as said befor I was going to put 3 reverse blades on the radiator, so I guess I’ll just go with regular ones, and hope the design of the fan works well?

After further research, I have seen that the regular fans are being used in both orientations and look good while they are in exhaust but not intake as the chassis of the fan gets in the way. How would I go about fixing that?

 

[Ralston18]

Actually I am going to defer a bit.

My suggestion is to make a simple sketch showing case, all fans, and airflow directions. Include cfm etc. for the planned build.

Show cables.

Or if possible take photos and mark up the photos.

Images can be posted here via imgur (www.imgur.com).

Let everyone take a look at your plan and go from there.

And no harm in posting the proposed build components.....

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