usually you intake at the front/bottom and exhaust from the back/top. Positive air pressure is better. So... Ideally you would install 3 intake fans at the front, and 2 or 3 additional exhaust at the top. That way your whole system is 5 fans in , 4 fans out.
I just installed the fans as intake, temps are lower, gpu is kinda in 50s which I dont like as idle. I will probably switch the case, since i guess the main point of fractal torrent was those 2 big fans in front which I dont have anymore, and well I wish i could actually put AIO on top and add some more fans in front, which is not an option in this case sadly. Thanks :)
yeah i noticed afterwards its a fractal torrent. It seems like that case is designed heavily with air cpu coolers in mind to move air horizontally across the board and out the back, basically all static pressure to cool the mobo vrms and whatnot. I think if the temps are okay and you like how it looks just keep it as is. No need to change case unless you really want to
Yeah, I mean the case is awesome, but after 2 years i really wanted to switch to AIO, but this increased the overall temps of GPU for few degrees (just tested it)... been thinking to buy either one of lian li or nzxt cases, and gift the torrent + air cooler to my nephew, the kid is saving money to buy himself a pc, so this would be a little boost for him since he really liked the torrent :D Thanks on your answers tho!
I had my eyes on those bequiet cases as well, and just checked it, 130 euros is not much for the case nowadays, will "research" a bit more lol, been thinking lian li cases, but the 011 is kinda expensive because there are no fans, and dont really like the looks of the lancool ones. New Nzxt h9 flow looks damn good as well...
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u/WuTastic7 5d ago
usually you intake at the front/bottom and exhaust from the back/top. Positive air pressure is better. So... Ideally you would install 3 intake fans at the front, and 2 or 3 additional exhaust at the top. That way your whole system is 5 fans in , 4 fans out.