Where to mount fans? Antec sx1030b

[Daudi]

Okay I'm using the stock antec fans and just ordered some Sunon fans that seem like they blow alot more air than the antec's. Okay the Antec case has 4 case fans, 2 upper ones and 2 lower ones. I had the antecs in the top upper (blowing air out) and bottom lower (blowing air in). Should I put the Sunons that blow more air in place of these or just put them in the remaining slots (lower top slot, and upper bottom slot). One would think that you would get more airflow if I put the Sunon's in the upper top and lower bottom because it would seem like it would circulate more air, PLUS for all you 1030b owners, the upper bottom slot is covered by a HD bay, and mine ironically has HD's in it. So it seems like I'm wasting the high airflow of the Sunons by putting them in mediocre places. I know this is confusing so anyone who has a remote idea of what i'm talking about help me out!

 

[dcdomain]

Since the sunons seem to push more air, I'd use them both as exhaust fans (rear top) and use the antec fans as the two intake fans (front bottom). I too, have two harddrives in the harddrive, bay so the front fans weren't doing much. I ended up disconnecting the front two fans because of the noise, didn't notice that much difference in cpu temperature.

 

[Daudi]

Okay I'll try that. But wouldn't it be better if their intake fans? More air blowing on everything to keep it cool..dunno just seems logical. Also is 38C idle temp good? Full load is anywhere from 43-46C using mobo monitor..for some reason Sandra says it's like 60C (wonder why that is)..