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ANTEC SLK3000 Cooling question

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elonm

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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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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