NCASE M1 V6.1 case fan setup

[liyi0522]

It's my first SFF build. While waiting for my case shipment from Taiwan, I bench tested all my old parts, motherboard form eBay and SF600 from NEWEGG.

Current parts:
i5 2500K
Gigabyte Z77N -wifi
Zotac GTX 1070 mini
G.Skill 4GB*2
The $85 Gigabyte Z77n -wifi ($85) was a bad decision. It is not like ASUS Z77 ($200) board that can overclock. I will sell my CPU and get a Xeon E3-1280 later. I may use this setup for hackintosh or freeNAS due to motherboard Ethernet and sound card support macOS natively.

Since I am still waiting for case, I am shopping for case fan.
I have extra NH-L9x65 and Corsair H60 for CPU cooling. I am not going to spend money on CPU cooling unless future newer platform or higher TDW CPU.
I read lot of posts about adding 2 120mm case fans at bottom. 15mm or 25mm? exhaust or intake? Do I need more fans?

Thanks.

 

[rcodi]

You don't necessarily need them unless you're seeing throttling or just want to flex. Personally have no exhaust or intake fans in my setup, just a top down cooler with a single Noctua A12x25. I would just add what you can in whatever is a logical manner for intake/exhaust and your tolerable noise level, it'll be plenty when you have an H60 and aren't overclocked.

 

[MultiDoc]

With your hardware I’d say either no fans or maybe a single 92mm fan in the rear as exhaust.

 

[Creep]

Think a Noctua NF-A12x25 would perform much different than a A12x15 Slim as a side panel intake?