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I got a Fractal Design Define R5 that comes with two fans (one front, one back). I got an additional two Noctua NF-A14 fans. I'm putting in a Samsung 960 M.2 drive, a 1080 TI GPU and an Intel 7820X in it with a Noctua NH-D15 cooler on it. Where would be the best places for the fans?
I'll do mild overclocks on the CPU and GPU - nothing extreme. My goal is as quiet as possible with excellent performance.
My current plan is to put the front case fan on the bottom and the two Noctua's on the front. But that leaves three fans blowing in and only one blowing out. Is that a problem? Would it make sense to put an additional fan blowing out the top of the R5? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
I'll do mild overclocks on the CPU and GPU - nothing extreme. My goal is as quiet as possible with excellent performance.
My current plan is to put the front case fan on the bottom and the two Noctua's on the front. But that leaves three fans blowing in and only one blowing out. Is that a problem? Would it make sense to put an additional fan blowing out the top of the R5? Any thoughts would be appreciated.