Hi guys and apologies I'm sure this question has been asked somewhere before but my google search and tom's hardware forum search skills are failing me can't seem to find an answer to this particular question...
I am eyeballing a PC case I haven't purchased yet so I can't provide pic's of it "Cooler Master N400 NSE-400-KKN2 N-Series Mid Tower" .. but these links have pics if you click on them
https://www.newegg.com/midnight-bla...&ranSiteID=8BacdVP0GFs-fBpaGemF8NFhhTmgG_3xFw
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/wNrG3C/cooler-master-case-nse400kkn2
$60 is about the most my friend can manage for a PC case (building the PC for her) ... might donate this older video card
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079NW5Y1C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
not sure how much heat the video card generates but to be on the paranoid side I will assume it generates enough heat to be a concern.
Also since I'm paranoid I plan on maxing out the installed fans as per the newegg description all 120 mm fans (no radiator .. could be wrong but I'm assuming I can still mount two 120 mm fans on the right side even without the radiator?)
Front: 2 x 120mm fan (1 x 120mm Black Xtraflo fan included)
Top: 2 x 120mm fan
Left Side: 1 x 120
Right Side: 2 x 120mm fan
Rear:1 x 120mm Black Xtraflo fan (included)
My online research indicates the left side fan should be intake (blow air into PC towards the video card thereby cooling it).
Assuming this is correct, would I want the two fans on the right side of the case to be outtake (blowing air out of the PC ) since the left side fan is pulling air into the PC? In other words pulling air "through" the PC horizontally?
I know I know, 8 case fans is a lot ... but I have to admit I'm also curious about the end result since I've never had a case before with fan mounts on the left or right side and I'd like to indulge that curiosity.
But, from a cooling standpoint is this bad? Would the left/right side case fans do more harm than good? (given that I would have two case fans in front pulling air into the PC, rear case fan pulling air out of the PC, and two case fans on top pulling air out of the PC)... would it interfere with the air flow of the front/back/top case fans?
I plan on using a AMD Ryzen 3200g processor with the stock cooler that comes with it. PC would house four older sata drives I have lying around and an old school CD/DVD burner ... ASRock 450M Pro would be the motherboard (hopefully I can cram the 120 mm case fans into the top of the PC case, I know from previous experience the heatsink on that motherboard doesn't leave a lot of room for that)
Thanks in advance to anyone who reads this and replies
I am eyeballing a PC case I haven't purchased yet so I can't provide pic's of it "Cooler Master N400 NSE-400-KKN2 N-Series Mid Tower" .. but these links have pics if you click on them
https://www.newegg.com/midnight-bla...&ranSiteID=8BacdVP0GFs-fBpaGemF8NFhhTmgG_3xFw
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/wNrG3C/cooler-master-case-nse400kkn2
$60 is about the most my friend can manage for a PC case (building the PC for her) ... might donate this older video card
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079NW5Y1C/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
not sure how much heat the video card generates but to be on the paranoid side I will assume it generates enough heat to be a concern.
Also since I'm paranoid I plan on maxing out the installed fans as per the newegg description all 120 mm fans (no radiator .. could be wrong but I'm assuming I can still mount two 120 mm fans on the right side even without the radiator?)
Front: 2 x 120mm fan (1 x 120mm Black Xtraflo fan included)
Top: 2 x 120mm fan
Left Side: 1 x 120
Right Side: 2 x 120mm fan
Rear:1 x 120mm Black Xtraflo fan (included)
My online research indicates the left side fan should be intake (blow air into PC towards the video card thereby cooling it).
Assuming this is correct, would I want the two fans on the right side of the case to be outtake (blowing air out of the PC ) since the left side fan is pulling air into the PC? In other words pulling air "through" the PC horizontally?
I know I know, 8 case fans is a lot ... but I have to admit I'm also curious about the end result since I've never had a case before with fan mounts on the left or right side and I'd like to indulge that curiosity.
But, from a cooling standpoint is this bad? Would the left/right side case fans do more harm than good? (given that I would have two case fans in front pulling air into the PC, rear case fan pulling air out of the PC, and two case fans on top pulling air out of the PC)... would it interfere with the air flow of the front/back/top case fans?
I plan on using a AMD Ryzen 3200g processor with the stock cooler that comes with it. PC would house four older sata drives I have lying around and an old school CD/DVD burner ... ASRock 450M Pro would be the motherboard (hopefully I can cram the 120 mm case fans into the top of the PC case, I know from previous experience the heatsink on that motherboard doesn't leave a lot of room for that)
Thanks in advance to anyone who reads this and replies