Thanks for that input... clear my worries on stressing to much on motherboard 

Hi guys...if I want to buy a 5.25" external fan controller but no 5.25" slot can I put in the casing instead?

I'm currently using a Cooler Master Silencio 450 with stock 120mm x 800rpm front and rear fans.

I recently upgraded my GPU and I'm wondering if switching to the Arctic F12 PWM fans would be an upgrade, or whether there's no difference?

Both my previous and current cards are downdraft, but Max TDP has increased from 80W to 230W.

In BF4 my GPU is at about 50% load, 50% fan speed, 70C. I worry that it will run hotter when I upgrade to a 120Hz monitor. So I'm proactively looking for ways to cool it.

The rear exhaust fan pushes out a trickle of air, and yes it does feel toasty

I just ordered the fans. Will take before/after measurements when they arrive

instead of making BIg 12cmx12cm holes to put fans instead can i just drills Alot of small holes for fan circulation.

im using as intake fan. do i have to put  air filter? if  use fan grills

Ok so I swapped the fans and did some cleanup of my cables... and in my excitement forgot to take "before" measurements

I compared the difference between running fan at 800rpm and 1400rpm, at 40% GPU load. The GPU temp lowered from 59C to 56C, and GPU fan lowered from 1800rpm to 1600rpm.

I also learned that the Gigabyte mobo I have is terrible for controlling PWM fans, so I resorted to using SpeedFan.

Halo Sifu! Does any fan like SilverStone AP123 can recommend? Don't want wait MY SilverStone distributor bring in anymore, other country already released long time ago, but malaysia still no any news at all! 

Hi Expert Bros!

I've just bought a CM HAF XB casing (completely fell in love with it) and installed Maximus 6 Hero, 4670k i5, Asus R9 280x DCU II GPU...

It's my first time DIY and self taught from YouTube videos and reading magazines.  What I need to understand is have anyone here moderately mod this casing and successfully made an absolute cooling setup.

Currently I'm using Seidon 240 with 2xPush Gentle Typhoon 120mm with rear casing stock Seidon fans (since its there so just bolt on and use) ...2x Noctua RF 8 80mm silent casing fans for under carriage exhaust.

Core temp at 34 c but 26c with air con condition
Mobo temp at 30c but 22c with air con

Are these good temps? I only could fit one side of the seidon as push pull configuration as the other side...well the Asus R9 280x is too long to fit another pull.

So i was fulling around with it by installing a Noctua NF-F14 140mm to see if I could boost the CFM that is written on the box is 115.2

What I'm trying to figure out is ...am I doing the right thing?  Oh...The top cover is the window type not the mesh with 200mm fan type.

Pls help!

so fans for HSF and for RAD are different? i thought fans for both HSF and RAD should come with higher static pressure due to resistance in the fins; whereas case fan (pull air into or push air out of the casing) should have higher CFM to move large volume of air

requesting advice Clem1982

Anyone knows any seller selling Bitfenix Spectre Pro 230mm LED fans ? It seems most of them only bring in up to 200mm.

any recommendation for 80mm fans ?

Where can i buy this fan in malaysia? http://www.arctic.ac/worldwide_en/products...f12-pwm-co.html

guys, i want to ask. which one is better n quieter fans?? noiseblock xlp or aerocool shark. both are 12cm fan. i plan to put it on my HR-03 Plus. got forumer here selling it cheap. dunno which one the best for the gpu heatsink.

owh. ic. how bout the corsair sp series? is it worth? guess ill be running in full speed. wonder how does it sound. hopefully much better than cm sickleflow i hav right now.

its not very loud juz audible. the corsair sp fans great eh? looks nice also. how bout the noise in full speed?

Hi all master, I am looking for 2pcs 120mm intake fans for my Scout 2 casing. any suggestion? budget around <RM30 for per pcs.

I have tried the CM sickle flow X 120mm LED fan and it's too loud at 2000rpm and it's not suitable for me.
I would prefer low noice with cool led fan like Sickle flow X. currently looking at Enermax T.B Silence LED series 120mm 1200rpm. Any other choices besides this?

Thanks.

thanks for suggestion.

the speed of Bitfenix Spectres LED is 1000±10% rpm, will it spinning slow? because my stock fan also spinning around 1k rpm which seems slow for me.

sorry still learning about it 

I see, thanks for the explanation. learned alot.
I think I will go for the Spectre LED, Spectre pro is over budget.

btw shifu, can give some opinion on my CM storm scout 2 casing fan position? it can mount 2 pcs intake front, 2pcs side panel, 2 pcs top, and 1 pcs back (exhaust).
is side panel intake needed too?

thanks again

i strongly recommend the bitfenix spectre pro 140mm tuned down to 800rpm using speedfan. before this i was running it at stock 1200rpm which moves a lot of air but also kinda noisy (whooshing sound of the air)