Ncase M1 - Air Cooling Fan Configuration

[Niomar]

Greetings all,

I'm planning to order an Ncase M1 v6 case once available and am wondering on what the optimal fan configuration is for air cooling. The CPU will be a Ryzen 7 3700X and I plan to use the stock Wraith Prism cooler. The GPU will be a Radeon RX 5700 (reference, blower style). I may try out the auto overclocking features, but do not plan to really push the system.

I've read a few suggestions from various websites, but I'm not sure if they still apply when using the stock CPU cooler and a blower style GPU. I believe most recommend 3 120mm fans. I've seen references to putting 2 of those on the bottom as intake (does that still apply when they sit below a blower style GPU?) and a third fan on the side, also as intake. I know the goal is for positive pressure, but does it not need an exhaust fan? For the 2 fans on the bottom, are regular width (25mm) fine or do I need slim fans (15mm)?

From what I can tell, the case comes with 2 120mm fan filters. If I do end up going with 3 intake fans, I assume I should order a third fan filter?

Thanks!

 

[rfarmer]

Case has 2 x 240mm filters 1 for the side bracket and 1 for the bottom, with the version 6 bottom filter is now magnetic. 25mm fans fit under the GPU as long as it is 2 slot. You could put an exhaust fan on the back but it really isn't needed unless you have a tower cooler exhausting that way, with positve pressure this case moves a lot of air out of the top panel. You only really need a fan below the intake on the blower GPU, but I can tell you from personal experience that if you have a rear mounted M.2 SSD having a heatsink on it and a fan below the motherboard works great at cooling. I would install at least 1 fan on the right side fan bracket and if you have room above the stock cooler I would put one there too.

 

[Niomar]

Great, thanks for the information!