What fans to install

[Guest]

Hello guys and girls I recently purchased the Corsair 730T full case and i would like to ask you what fans i should install on it.The 730T comes with 3 140 AF's only.I also have a corsair h100i for my cpu mounted at the top of the case.The case can take 7 fans in total.3 on the top(2 120s of the h100i)and 1 120 right next to the h100i,2 140s or 120s on the front 1 120 at the bottom and 1 120 or 140 at the back.So first of all,i know the back fan must be an AF one.On the front the one in front of the hdds must be sp and the other one an af cause there are no objects behind it.What should my bottom and up fans be??And also could i replace the h100i's stock fans with sp ones??Take in mind that the top fan next to the h100i has below it the dvd drive,and the distance between them is about 13 cm or 5.118 inches.What do you suggest me to buy for the things i mentioned above??Thanks for your time reading this and sorry for the long text.

 

[geofelt]

What is your objective?
What cpu and gpu are you trying to cool?
Is budget any sort of an issue?

My canned rant on liquid cooling:
------------------------start of rant-------------------
You buy a liquid cooler to be able to extract an extra multiplier or two out of your OC.
How much do you really need?
I do not much like all in one liquid coolers when a good air cooler like a Noctua NH-D15 or phanteks can do the job just as well.
A liquid cooler will be expensive, noisy, less reliable, and will not cool any better
in a well ventilated case.
Liquid cooling is really air cooling, it just puts the heat exchange in a different place.
The orientation of the radiator will cause a problem.
If you orient it to take in cool air from the outside, you will cool the cpu better, but the hot air then circulates inside the case heating up the graphics card and motherboard.
If you orient it to exhaust(which I think is better) , then your cpu cooling will be less effective because it uses pre heated case air.
And... I have read too many tales of woe when a liquid cooler leaks.
google "H100 leak"
-----------------------end of rant--------------------------

I suggest a noctua nh-D15 or phanteks with dual 140mm fans.
Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well

If you have two 140mm intake fans, your case will be supplied with adequate airflow.
If those two fans are behind washable filters, you will have a positive pressure situation which will keep your case dust free.

Try the stock fans first, you can always change things up later.
Do not needlessly add expense and noise to your rig.

 

[Guest]

What is your objective?
What cpu and gpu are you trying to cool?
Is budget any sort of an issue?

My canned rant on liquid cooling:
------------------------start of rant-------------------
You buy a liquid cooler to be able to extract an extra multiplier or two out of your OC.
How much do you really need?
I do not much like all in one liquid coolers when a good air cooler like a Noctua NH-D15 or phanteks can do the job just as well.
A liquid cooler will be expensive, noisy, less reliable, and will not cool any better
in a well ventilated case.
Liquid cooling is really air cooling, it just puts the heat exchange in a different place.
The orientation of the radiator will cause a problem.
If you orient it to take in cool air from the outside, you will cool the cpu better, but the hot air then circulates inside the case heating up the graphics card and motherboard.
If you orient it to exhaust(which I think is better) , then your cpu cooling will be less effective because it uses pre heated case air.
And... I have read too many tales of woe when a liquid cooler leaks.
google "H100 leak"
-----------------------end of rant--------------------------

I suggest a noctua nh-D15 or phanteks with dual 140mm fans.
Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well

If you have two 140mm intake fans, your case will be supplied with adequate airflow.
If those two fans are behind washable filters, you will have a positive pressure situation which will keep your case dust free.

Try the stock fans first, you can always change things up later.
Do not needlessly add expense and noise to your rig.

Gpu is sapphire radeon hd 7870.Cpu is amd fx 6300.I am trying to cool the gpu and also have a good air flow and air condition inside of my case.

 

[geofelt]

I would wait and see how you do before spending funds that could be more useful elsewhere.

A 7870 is an older tech card that does run a bit hot, but they are built to tolerate heat.
Unless your graphics card runs hot enough to throttle(I might expect 90c.) you should be fine.
One 140mm intake fan has about the same intake capacity as the intake fans on the typical graphics card.

Your cpu is also hotter than others, but again, unless you are overclocking to dangerous levels a simple air cooler with a 120 or 140mm fan will cool very well, and match the intake capability of the second front 140mm intake fan. A aftermarket cpu cooler is a good idea for a FX-6300. The stock cooler is ineffective and noisy. But, it makes little sense to me to spend as much on a cooler as you did for the cpu when you could have simply bought a stronger cpu in the first place. That is water under the dam now though.

My advice is to see what you have and then decide if you need more cooling.
One way to tell if more fans will help much is to take the case covers off and see how much that helps.
If you get much better temps, then you can pursue more case cooling.

 

[Guest]

Thank you so much for your ideas and thoughts.I will consider what you said and make my moves.Once again thank you very much!!!!!