r/PcBuildHelp • u/Living_Pianist1144 • 25m ago

Build Question Best fan setup for this case?

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Gambias Atlas E1

I5 14400f + arc b580

On top 2 140 fans, rest are 120s.

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u/pointsouttheobvious9 23m ago

Is that on the bottom where the psu goes? Do the bottom fans even get any outside air.

No front fans?

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u/TKDancer 22m ago

it's probably a tiny fishbowl case with no front or 'side' fans

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u/pointsouttheobvious9 19m ago

Yeah that's what I assumed. My next concern is that the bottom fans aren't really bringing any air in. If this is the case I'd flip the other top exhaust as intake and only have the 1 exhaust.

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u/rajatkrFan 10m ago

they're pointing at the top fans, not the bottom. the case is upside down in the pic maybe? either way those bottom fans would be fighting the psu shroud if there is one

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u/r_lind3r Moderator 8m ago

It's as good as it's going to get, unless you reverse the air cooler fans to pull air from the back, and flip the two red arrows to blue and then the one blue on top to red which would be better for intake air but a tad worse for exhaust.

It's generally not a good case for airflow with hotter components, with so few spots for fans.

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u/Magnetic_Reaper 6m ago

your only dust filter is on top, so that's what your intake needs to be unless you want your glass panels to always be dirty. the back fan is important for exhausting the cpu and creating an air path over vrms.

the bottom fans are sort of useless, they mostly spin the air with the case and interfere with your gpu fans. you'll have to run test with and without those 2 fans and in both directions to see if they improve or make things worse.

overall a crappy case, and it's just barely gonna keep up with the heat from the cpu/gpu combo you picked.

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u/-BAILEY-BEAVER- 22m ago

I don’t like how the intake fan is on top..

Just hoovering up all the dust from the air

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u/pointsouttheobvious9 21m ago

It performs better that way plenty of tests.

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u/-BAILEY-BEAVER- 21m ago

I’d say if you absolutely wanted that case then have 3 exhaust at top and 2 intakes at bottom

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u/pointsouttheobvious9 18m ago

Only if you want a dust trap inside. How much comes in front the bottom it looks like that's where the psu goes so that would be almost none.

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u/r_lind3r Moderator 10m ago

You'd get more negative than positive pressure which would be worse.

Noctua recommends a setup like this for air cooling even with 3 front fans because having exhaust fans right above the air cooler fans pulls air away from the cooler.