I would recommend adding one intake fan (or even relocating the existing fan) in a filtered location. This is not (directly) for cooling, but to maintain positive pressure inside the case. If your exhaust is greater than the intake, then it pulls in air wherever it can, this leads to dust being pulled in at all the seams. By having an intake fan that is filtered, then it results in far less dust inside the case, so the fans and heatsinks stay clean and therefore more efficiently cool the system.
It is not likely a major issue if you leave it as is, but fans are cheap and easy to install, so I always lean towards more intake fans than exhaust fans. Jason On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 5:49 AM Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 30 Dec 2020, Matt McKenzie wrote: > > > For non-overclocked use, I typically would go with at least 1 fan in each > > sector- 1 in front, 1 up top, 1 in rear. But the more the merrier, more > > won't hurt anything. Plus with more fans you can keep them running a > > little slower, thus quieter. My current NZXT case I have 2 in front, 1 > > top, 1 rear, and the CPU has its fan. > > Matt, > > No, the system is not overclocked. But, after thinking more abuout it, I > don't know that I really need more fans. The CPU cooler has 2 large fans > and > the GPU has one fan. All previous desktops (from the first Epson 8088 on > up) > have lasted for years with the single fan supplied with the case and the > CPU > fan that came with the processor. > > The little manual provided with the case is the first time I've seen extra > fans mentioned that that got me wondering. > > > Noise vs airflow is a matter of preference really, especially with a > > non-overclocked setup. Overclocked you would want MAX SPEED and MAX FLOW > > and basically just use headphones to get over the 747 on your desk ;) > > Yeah, I'd go for quiet, too. > > > Brands, well there are a lot. Some come with fancy shmancy "RGB" lights > > even (I don't bother myself). > > Try finding components without the flashing lights that seem to be a > requirement for those who use computers to play games. Very difficult. > > Thanks very much for the information. > > Stay well and have a great 2021, > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
