Getting a new pc case - Installing 7x 140mm 1x 120mm - need help/suggestions!

[sesion]

Hello, I've decided to upgrade my pc case and together with it install a decent air cooling...

That's my plan:

http://i32.tinypic.com/2yphgs0.jpg


Please share your ideas and comment my plan...

Also I was thinking to order 7x Aerocool Streamliner Blue 140 mm, are they good enough?

[64dragon]

why do you need that many fans? i have 4 120's and 1 92mm in my tj07 and never see ANY temp over 50C and the only thing that gets close to 50 is my vid card after gaming. 2 of my 120's are scythe s-flex e's and the other 2 are s-flex f's i realize your parts create more heat than mine but still. imo, buying 7 fans is just a waste of money and creating unnecessary noise. if all the fans are the same dba add 3 dba for each fan after the first. like if their 30dba fans, adding a 2nd one you'll hear 33dba's, adding a 3rd you'll hear 36dba and so on. so if you use 7 fans, add 18 to the dba value of the first one and thats what you'll be hearing. i agree with having one fan by the hard drives but dont think 2 are necessary, in my old case (apevia x-navigator which only had 80mm fans), my hard drives were normally 26C and i was constantly having data corruption, now my drives are a lil warmer now at 30C and i've luckily not had any corruption since i switched cases. based on that experience, i think that it is possible for hard drives to be too cool. theres also a pdf somewhere on the net that suggests that. if your gona run 2 fans on the heatsink, i dont see a reason to have that 3rd one behind it mounted to the case, the distance is so short it shouldnt make a difference. with the bottom fans, imo, i dont see a reason for the front most one since you have the fan at the top of the case above it but i agree with the back bottom fan cause that will help cool the vid card. for the 5.25 bays, i dont see a need for the top fan, the air will come in and go right back out thru the top mounted one. the bottom one in the bays could help feed air to the heatsink fans but i dont know, it may be too close to the top mounted case fan and just end up starving the heatsink fan.

[AngryArtichoke]

That will be incredibly loud. For the amount you'd spend on fans, you could probably water cool.

You might and to axe two of the fans on the front, and both the hard drive fans. Also, You may only need one fan on the CPU heat sink if you value your quiet space.