Just wanting to know how important adding heatsinks and fans are to your build. My case already has great cooling with screens everywhere and a large fan on the back for dissipating heat. Nothing to draw cooling in though. I do plan on doing some overclocking. thanks Drew

It would be a good idea to add an intake fan to your system to draw in cool air. It will likely reduce ambient temperatures dramatically, which can pull operating temps of individual components down also. Generally speaking, the larger the fan the better, both in terms of airflow and noise. Also, you usually want to have a front to back or bottom to top airflow arrangement, meaning intake in the front or bottom, exhaust in the back or top. Intake fans on the side are also helpful.

Thnaks techguy. I'll look into it.

Actually, are intake fans different from cpu fans? I'm a little unfamiliar with these. newegg has a bunch of different options.

They're all standardized. You need only change the orientation in order to achieve the desired effect (intake vs. exhaust, push vs. pull).

If you just have exhaust fans you'll have negative pressure, meaning that the intake will be the holes and gaps in your case. Ideally you'll have intake fans at the front with filters (an at the bottom, sometimes at the side too, although that can do more harm to the airflow than help sometimes) , so that the air coming into the case is filtered and you limit the amount of dust cumulating overtime.Having more fans (or more airflow really, not necessarily more fans) pusing air into the case will give you possitive presure, and the excess of air will exhaust through the gaps.So possitive pressure helps keeping the dust outside (provided that all intake fans are filtered), while negative pressure is considered to be more effective for keeping the case cool.The most important thing is to have good airflow. More fans are not always better for that. A good airflow without hot spots and a good balance between intake and exhaust airflow is the way to go. I like slightly possitive pressure to keep things clean inside

Thanks for the good tips people. So the stock heatsink for the i52500k will suffice, while I instead install an intake fan in the front for airflow? My case only came with one exhaust fan but there are plenty of other options for adding fans, including the front. This is my case, nice little budget guy http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133094

If you just have exhaust fans you'll have negative pressure, meaning that the intake will be the holes and gaps in your case. Ideally you'll have intake fans at the front with filters (an at the bottom, sometimes at the side too, although that can do more harm to the airflow than help sometimes) , so that the air coming into the case is filtered and you limit the amount of dust cumulating overtime.Having more fans (or more airflow really, not necessarily more fans) pusing air into the case will give you possitive presure, and the excess of air will exhaust through the gaps.So possitive pressure helps keeping the dust outside (provided that all intake fans are filtered), while negative pressure is considered to be more effective for keeping the case cool.The most important thing is to have good airflow. More fans are not always better for that. A good airflow without hot spots and a good balance between intake and exhaust airflow is the way to go. I like slightly possitive pressure to keep things clean inside

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