SOLVED:New Build: Now need Cooling Fan Advice

[Herkulese]

I now have a case for my new build, that comes with a thin 140mm exhaust fan in the rear, below the PSU.
It also has a place for up to a 140mm intake fan on the bottom front, as well as the standard side venting rectangle lower right side panel, with a hole pattern that would take 2 more 140mm fans, one above the other, with one row of holes between, so that the would clear each other nicely.

I want to get a good quiet 140mm intake fan for the front, and maybe a fan for the side vent area, but am looking for guidance here.

QUESTION 1) Regarding fans: It seems that NOCTUA and NANOXIA are premier brands for high quality fans that are quiet while still moving a lot of air. I don’t mind spending a bit of money for a couple of good fans, but I don't want to waste my money either, so I would like comments on these as well as other possible brands of good quality, high flow, yet quiet, fans.

QUESTION 2) Regarding the side vent: I am curious if I should put a fan, or fans there, and if so, in what configuration
1 - No fans at all, left open for air intake
2 - No fans at, and covered inside with black material

3 - One Intake fan at the bottom half with the top half covered (My gut says this one)

4 - One Intake fan at the top half with the bottom half covered
5 - One Exhaust fan at the bottom half with the top half covered
6 - One Exhaust fan at the top half with the bottom half covered
7 - Two Intake fans blowing in
8 - Two Exhaust fans blowing out

You get the idea of what I am looking for here, just general venting advice.
Again, one 140mm intake at bottom front, with one 140mm exhaust at upper rear, below PSU, as will as the exhaust of the PSU.

MY GUT: I am thinking that I might want to go with one more 140mm intake fan at the bottom side to over come the two exhaust fans (140mm and PSU), so as to create a positive pressure inside the box.

My system :
Case: Diablotek TITAN
MoBo: GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3
CPU: Phenom II X4 965
CPU Cooler: Stock, I think, with heat pipes with fan
Hard Drive: Crucial M500 240 SSD SATA
Hard Drive: 500 gb platter drive SATA
Optical Drive: DVD-RW SATA
PSU: SeaSonic Modular G 550 Gold
Sound : On board for now (May upgrade)
Video: Onboard for now (May upgrade)

 

[Charlie98]

For the Diablotek Titan, correct?

Personally, I would cover the side ports and just run front and rear fans. Biggest problem with the side ports is they are not filtered. Your current setup doesn't suggest thermal problems, particularly without a GPU, you can always go back later and add more fans after you drop in a GPU (and your temps warrant additional circulation.)

Does that case come with a front fan? I can't tell from the product description....

 

[Herkulese]

For the Diablotek Titan, correct?

Personally, I would cover the side ports and just run front and rear fans. Biggest problem with the side ports is they are not filtered. Your current setup doesn't suggest thermal problems, particularly without a GPU, you can always go back later and add more fans after you drop in a GPU (and your temps warrant additional circulation.)

Does that case come with a front fan? I can't tell from the product description....

Yes, it is for the Diablotek TITAN case. Thanks for noting its absence. I have gone back, and edited the original post, and have added that missing detail to the system listing.

That case comes with the 120mm rear exhaust fan, but no front fan, and I am now looking to get a good quality, 140mm high flow, yet quiet fan for the front intake.

I may get a 120mm for the rear as well if the stock fan turns out to be too loud. I also m a 140mm with the 120mm mounting holes, if it will fit the space.

As far as filters are concerned, there are none provided, and I would like to put one on the front fan. There are a lot of posts regarding that, but comments on filtering would be welcome as well.

NOTE: that the PSU will be exhausting as well, and I would also like to build in a bit of positive pressure, if I can get the info required to calculate it, like the output of the PSU for instance, which is linked below.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817151119

 

[Charlie98]

When I was running my HAF922, I got some magnetic dust filters for the front and bottom from FrozenCPU.com , maybe have a look and see if they a) have precut filters to fit your case or, b) there might be a generic filter that would work in lieu of precuts.

I don't think you can get positive case pressure with 1 140mm pushing, 1 120mm pulling + the PSU fan. Most cases that size have the PSU on the bottom, drawing their own air from the bottom... unfortunately you don't have that luxury. You might have to throw in one side fan to get positive case pressure (covering the rest of the opening and any other major 'holes' in the case.)

 

[Herkulese]

I have made major edits to first post, after looking closer at my TITAN case. Many more fan possibilities to consider.

And the post above lists exactly where I am in my thinking. The rear fan is actually a 140mm, so one more 140mm at the lower side should give me the positive pressure that I need, maybe a bit too much.

Newegg has the magnetic filters that I need, and I have some in my current wish-list, along with a couple of Noxua 140mm fans.

 

[Charlie98]

...so one more 140mm at the lower side should give me the positive pressure that I need, maybe a bit too much.

Nope... If you look at the back of the case, it's like Swiss cheese (unless you tape all the holes up.) 2x 140mm pushing, 1x 140mm and the PSU fan dumping... I think you'll be in pretty good shape.

Both of my Define Minis have 2x 120mm up front, and a single 120mm in the back... it works very well, and I think your setup will, too.

 

[Herkulese]

Nope... If you look at the back of the case, it's like Swiss cheese (unless you tape all the holes up.) 2x 140mm pushing, 1x 140mm and the PSU fan dumping... I think you'll be in pretty good shape.

Both of my Define Minis have 2x 120mm up front, and a single 120mm in the back... it works very well, and I think your setup will, too.

That is kind of what I thought, and I did consider covering the inside face of the back, just like I will be doing for the top half of the side venting. There would still be plenty of leak paths for air to escape.

Thanks for the vote of confidence.

 

[Herkulese]

OK, I am pretty much down to Noctua an Nanoxia 14mm fans, but they are a bit pricy...........

The Noctua costs $25, and has 12v, 7v, and 5v resistor cables.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835608034

The Nanoxia costs $22, and has 12v, and 7v resistor cables.
http://www.amazon.com/NANOXIA-Silenc...ence+fan+140mm

Any comments, or other less expensive, good quality, silent suggestions?

Also wondering if I should go ahead and get three of these, and replace the stock rear exhaust fan or just wait and see how it works?

 

[Herkulese]

Nope... If you look at the back of the case, it's like Swiss cheese (unless you tape all the holes up.) 2x 140mm pushing, 1x 140mm and the PSU fan dumping... I think you'll be in pretty good shape.

Both of my Define Minis have 2x 120mm up front, and a single 120mm in the back... it works very well, and I think your setup will, too.

I went ahead and ordered 2 of the Noctua NF-A14 FLX 140mm case fans.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835608034

I also ordered 3 of the Silverstone FF141B 140mm Fan Filter with the magnetic frames.
I only need 2 at present, but took a third just because.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811999226