Fractal Design Case Club - Page 307

And the heatsink wouldn't take any hot air if it were to exhaust through the back, yes?
The difference is so minimal that it isn't worth mentioning

Personally I have succeded to fit all my cables in the back...



Wasn't too easy through.

It will always be minimal as airflow is just that air. By redoing your air configuration you will see at MOST 3 degrees drop in a case. Positive pressure has other benefits as it forces dust out. But back on subject, with his setup he is taking in a concentrated amount of hot air. Through the front is cool, gpu runs hot and mixes with the air from the front, by the time it hits the heat sink its already warm. Turn it to exhaust out the back the air coming from the front only hits HDD as the air is directed across and up. I don't think it was right to say "Its not worth mentioning" because maybe he doesn't know. But sure its so low that I shouldn't have even bothered

Pretty nice . I don't have the patience to tidy up the back. If it fits without bowing or bowing too much its good for me =p. Kudos to you.

Just finished my WC build! If you want to see more, just go to the build log in my sig.

Thanks, before the Core 3000 I had a crappy generic case with no cable management at all so the 3000 is a breeze to work with in comparison.

I got questions regarding the dust rings.

MAIN QUESTION: How do I minimize the dust rings in the filters if not totally get rid of dust rings, while at the same time keep my components clean?

1. I have an arc midi and I here's what I've done so far. I have removed the front fan and connected it at the top. So I have two fans at the top blowing air downwards and a fan at the back blowing air out.

2. I have a cloth on top of the case at all times. I am thinking (in theory) the air that comes into the case via the top will be filtered by the cloth first before it gets to the filters of the case itself therefore the dust wont be able to get to the case filters and I'll have an easy time just taking the cloth out and washing it.

3. I believe though that the cloth is restricting the air that comes into the case via top. Would it make the fans heat up?

What I'm planning to do:

1. I've seen a build here where he took out the filters entirely and just had the mesh in front of the fans. I think that will get rid of the dust rings since there will be nothing to get the dust rings on. But doesn't the dust get into the mesh in that case and therefore make it even harder to clean? Doesn't that make the overall dust build up in the case higher?

I don't always open my case. I just open my case probably once every year at max. Primarily because it's located in a hard to reach area and it is quite heavy. I'd like to have the fewest reasons to open the case as necessary for cleaning.

Is that a AC Alpine 11 cooler?

I fit my fan controller on the bottom most slot, as there is a hole nearby where you can fit the cables in. Either that, or you can sandwich the cables behind the motherboard and pass them through the CPU cutout. Same with the CPU 8pin, but you would need to give it a little slack just so that you would be able to put the 140mm fan on top(you'd have to remove it to fit the 8pin through the back)

You can also pass the blue cable(is that USB3?) through the small cutout on top where the I/O passes.

The core 3000 is was such a fun case to work with, especially when you come from building inside a generic case.
Edited by jvkua - 7/1/12 at 1:45am