So much air

[azminisk8r]

GAH im buying a new computer and just realized that im going to have air problems, this is the case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021 problem is that it has 1 200mm top exhaust 1 120 back exhaust 1 120 front intake and im probably going to have a 120 side intake, im also going to have 2 50 mm's on NB and SB the arctic cooler 7 pro on cpu and a gts probably with an extra fan sitting next to it, now i can switch the directions of any of these fans but i need help configuring it, HELP THERES SO MUCH MOVING AIR

[rendermandan]

Nice case!
First you need to find the Cubic Feet per minute or CFM that each fan moves. the size is really irrelivant. Its all about how much air comes in vs going out in terms of Cfm.

[azminisk8r]

yeah trying to find that i know that the side one is about 90
the cpu is around 40
will figure out others

[azminisk8r]

okay the rear and fronts are
39 / 56 / 79
3 speed ill probably keep them on full if i can, and the 200 mm i have no idea its a " unique top 200mm exhaust fan" ill try antecs site

[azminisk8r]

okay no idea on 200mm but my guess is 140 or so

[Redundant]

It comes with the 4 fans in the picture of the case, right?

It looks like the preconfigured setup is fine. They have it set as:
-120mm REAR EXHAUST
-200mm TOP-REAR EXHAUST

-2 x 120mm FRONT INTAKES

Their setup looks fine. Putting a fan on the side vent will disrupt the air stream an create turbulence (ie: more noise) so it's best to leave it as it is; as an intake vent.

Since having a vacuum of air seems to be the general consensus of good airflow, have more air pulled out of the back then coming in the front (as it's already setup to do [120mm+200mm OUT > 2 x 120mm IN]) is better while positive pressure (from the front intakes) seems to decrease the cooling occuring.

Blowing air on the side of the video card is only somewhat effective as it's sucked in from the bottom. A slot fan blowing air into the video card fan would be more effective, theoretically. Or you could have a flat plate (of plastic, plexiglass) that goes from the top of the bottom of the frot 120mm to touch the end of your video card. This way, your PSU will still gt enough air and your video card will too.

In conclusion, keep you front fans' CFM = to your back fans or less than your exhaust fans.

Nice case, BTW. 8)

EDIT: I just looked up your HSF; it's good you bought one with a vertical fan. Facing it's airflow backwards or up will be fine as the PSU is on the bottom.

[progbuddy]

Get a fan controller.