gunslash

Well I finally stopped being cheap and got a new case that's actually over $35.
All the ones before were tiny little cheap cases.
I got this one:
http://www.newegg.com/product/produ...N82E16811144089

while at night it's an equivalent of a riced out Civic, I like it; guess I'm a computer ricer This case is great (minus the drive bay door lol), it's pretty spacious and my temperatures dropped like a rock compared to my old one.

Anyways, it came with 5 80mm fans and a 120mm fan on the side.
I added 1 more fan.

Here's how I have them set-up:

2 fans in the front are pulling air IN
2 fans in the rear are pulling air OUT
1 fan on top is pulling air OUT
1 side fan (120mm) is pulling air OUT

and obviosuly the PSU has 2 fans.

The one fan I added (80mm) is some enermax case fan I can't find on newegg anymore. This little fan (on max speed settings) is as loud as a leaf blower, and sure as hell blows like one. I have it set up in the rear...or should I put the most powerful fan elsewhere? The airflow of this little thing is rated at 40.5 cfm!

Basically any different way I should set them up, or is this fine? My computer isn't overheating, not at all, but I wouldn't mind making things as efficient as possible, since all these fans already are eating up my electricity regardless of how they're set-up

Thank you!

proxops-pete

Nice case!! In the end, if you want to avoid dust build up, you'd want positive pressure inside the case (meaning more air being pumped in than out). So just set it up that way... also, air filters may be an alternate solution!

gunslash

Can you please explain what you mean by air filters, as I've never had the desire to mess with my case until now.
Thanks

proxops-pete

Well, places like xoxide and SVC sell fine mesh aluminum filters to be placed in front of the fans to filter out dust and such... but you could also just use other fine mesh materials...

I even thought of using my wife's runny hose!! :P But I'd have to stretch that too much... my apartment gives out free A/C filters and I got one and cut it up and taped it up... See my thread in this section.

gunslash

ahhh that's what you mean. I thought it was just some terminology for something as complicated as water-cooling lol

thanks

proxops-pete

No problem! Oh, and did you make sure you are using "hardware sound" and not "software sound" in options? You know what game I'm talkin' about!! See if that fixes your problem...

gunslash

yep using hardware sound, but I doubt my built-in realtek chip can produce all the sounds this game throws at it. And I'm sure it's slowing down my system a good bit when things get intense.