ANTEC SLK3000 Cooling question

[elonm]

I recently purchased an Antec SLK3000 case to go with my new rig.

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811129152

The case has a 120mm exhaust fan in the rear, a "funnel" type duct from fan grid in the side panel and a housing for another fan in the front behind the hard drive rack.

I plan to do some mild overclocking (nothing extreme). I am thinking I should add some addition fans, but I am not sure which ones, where, what type, and what direction they should blow air.

As you can see, I am an extreme noob on case airflow fundamentals.

Any tips, links, suggestions appreciated.

David

 

[blurp]

I just added a slow 120 mm fan in front of the hard drives. I set the Tricool fan on slow on the back of the case. Nothing else apart from a Zalman VF700 on my GPU and some Zalman FanMates II to control all the fans of my comp to make it Quiet.

 

[elonm]

Thanks for the feedback. I assume you set the front fan to blow INTO the case?

Thanks,

David

 

[furballi]

There is no need to add another front 120mm unless you plan to push the CPU and GPU to the bleeding edge. The SLK3000B can handle a 120 mm x 38 mm Panaflo at the front. Set the fan to blow into the case. Make sure you remove the purple fan clip. Just attach the fan directly to the case.

 

[blurp]

The slow silent front fan I installed was only to keep my 3 hard drives cool. It made a good difference in HD temps. Apart from the Hard drives, I agree there is no need for this front fan.