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p182/p180 fan setup suggestions

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graysky

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My p182 came w/ 3x120 mm fans (2 for output and 1 in the middle of the bottom PSU area). It has places for 2 additional 120 mm fans (for intakes). My PS has its own 120 mm fan and my CPU cooler has its own 120 mm fan so right now I'm at 5x120 mm fans! I don't want my case to have thousands of fans and am looking for suggestions from people who own a p180/182 or similar case.

-Do I really need to add 2 additional fans?
-Can I just move the one in the PSU bay to the front intake area where my HDs will set (the bottom bay) and call it good?

Here are the major components in my machine: q6600 with ultra-120 extreme HS and a 1600 RPM 120 mm fan, two 7200 RPM drives, p5b-deluxe, no high powered video board yet (waiting for the R600s), corsair hx620 PS.

Thanks for the advice.
 
no. all you need are the three stock fans.

i tried a yate loon as an intake and noticed zero difference for my cpu temps.

keep the psu one where it is. it pulls air over the hard drives very well, i have three HD down there and their temps are good.
 
My p180 has only two fans, front middle intake and rear exhaust. I closed up the top vent and have no fan in the bottom section, just relying on the psu fan. I only have one hard drive down thier right now with two external HD for stuff i don't frequently access likes pics and videos.

My running case temp is 38-40 C and it goes to about 45 - 47 C under full load. Fans are on low setting also and the rig is nearly silent..other parts in sig...
 
I run the standard fans, the exhaust and top at low and the lower chamber on medium (no low setting available). I find my setup very quiet (not silent, but extremely quiet) with this setup. I don't think the additional fans add any cooling power. I also think the top fan does little but I'm too lazy to remove it and it doesn't seem to add any noise. My case temps are idle 36-37c and peak 45c (after Orthos for 24 hours), gaming load the case gets up to about 41c.
 
Originally posted by: gramboh
I run the standard fans, the exhaust and top at low and the lower chamber on medium (no low setting available). I find my setup very quiet (not silent, but extremely quiet) with this setup. I don't think the additional fans add any cooling power. I also think the top fan does little but I'm too lazy to remove it and it doesn't seem to add any noise. My case temps are idle 36-37c and peak 45c (after Orthos for 24 hours), gaming load the case gets up to about 41c.
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believe it or not, people have reported lower temps by removing top fan and sealing hole..only read it though never tried it.
 
Originally posted by: tydas
Originally posted by: gramboh
I run the standard fans, the exhaust and top at low and the lower chamber on medium (no low setting available). I find my setup very quiet (not silent, but extremely quiet) with this setup. I don't think the additional fans add any cooling power. I also think the top fan does little but I'm too lazy to remove it and it doesn't seem to add any noise. My case temps are idle 36-37c and peak 45c (after Orthos for 24 hours), gaming load the case gets up to about 41c.
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believe it or not, people have reported lower temps by removing top fan and sealing hole..only read it though never tried it.
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ive been tempted to do that. most of the noise comes from right there.
 
I switched the top fan with the bottom chamber fan and put that as an intake blowing directly onto my heatsink. Temps are lower for me, and I'd rather have the thicker fan pushing more air up top onto the CPU heatsink, and my hard drives are still cool to the touch.
 
My setup is similar to MDE's. I reversed the top exhaust fan as an intake and have the rear fan as exhaust. This pushes air directly onto my heatsink as well. I also included a front intake fan on the upper HD bay. My case temps idle in the low 30s and peak in the high 30s under load. Noise is reasonable. I replaced all the Tri-cools except the PS bay one with Yates and Nexus fans and now that bottom fan is the loudest. I have them on a fan controller so if I'm not gaming (and therefore not wearing headphones) I can just turn all the fans down to min and the case is very quiet.
 
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