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Hello ladies and gents, I have just upgraded to a Corsair 800D case (which I am aware is usually meant for water cooling; which i will do in the future. However right now I'm trying to figure out the best way to cool it with air. I will be using a Corsair H100 or Noctua NH-D14 cooler on a x58 i7-940 and for GPU its a GTX 460 (soon to be in SLI) and will be adding fans to fit all the available spots. I'm NOT, AGAIN NOT trying to compare the 2 coolers... simply trying to gain opinions or recommendations for each with which intake or exhaust config would be best.
If I to get the H100 I could mount it to two of the three top 120mm fan ducts (I was thinking the two front; most toward the power button). However I’m not sure if I should use the fans as an intake or exhaust has anybody tried each way? If so that would be much help. If it were and exhaust I would see what airflow is like and if it were poor I would think about getting a 120mm fan adapter to take place of 3 empty 5.25” drive bays as added intake.
Or should I use the Noctua NH-D14 which is one of the best air coolers on the market... using the top 3 120mm fans as exhaust and the 140 in the rear as an intake (or get the 3x 5.25” bay adapter anyway)?
One last question is which fans would be best to put through the case... i would love to use Cougar's new PWM fans but I'm in the US and the aren't available here in the US. So if i get the Noctua I will be getting all fans to match; if I get the H100 I'm thinking maybe scythe fans- if i can find the gentle typhoons that would be great from what I hear.
Thanks guys.
If I to get the H100 I could mount it to two of the three top 120mm fan ducts (I was thinking the two front; most toward the power button). However I’m not sure if I should use the fans as an intake or exhaust has anybody tried each way? If so that would be much help. If it were and exhaust I would see what airflow is like and if it were poor I would think about getting a 120mm fan adapter to take place of 3 empty 5.25” drive bays as added intake.
Or should I use the Noctua NH-D14 which is one of the best air coolers on the market... using the top 3 120mm fans as exhaust and the 140 in the rear as an intake (or get the 3x 5.25” bay adapter anyway)?
One last question is which fans would be best to put through the case... i would love to use Cougar's new PWM fans but I'm in the US and the aren't available here in the US. So if i get the Noctua I will be getting all fans to match; if I get the H100 I'm thinking maybe scythe fans- if i can find the gentle typhoons that would be great from what I hear.
Thanks guys.
