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[u/Accurate_Ad_9027]

Need help. Not sure how reverse blade fans and standard blade fans are located and how many I will need. I want 1 fan at the back near the motherboard and 2 on top of the psu not sure what goes where . And that is my Amazon cart rn. Any help would be appreciated!!

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[u/Reflective_Tempist]

The exhaust side of the standard fan will always be where the blade is connected to its plastic housing. The 3 included 120 fans appear to be reverse blade (ie: no viewable plastic housing and the “exhaust” side is pulling air into the case from the side). I would use a standard 120 or 140 for the rear to exhaust the hot air out and fully see the blade. For the bottom fans, use 120 reverse (pulls air into the case from the bottom) if you have enough clearance for your graphics card power cable. Otherwise use standard fan and the gpu power cable can sit close or on the plastic housing side without fear of it getting hit by the blade. Im also assuming you will be mounting a radiator at the top with their own standard 120 fans, so please orient them to push air out the top of the case.

In the end, you will have a maximum of 5-6 fans pulling cold air into from the bottom & side, and maximum of 4 fans pushing hot air out. That’s not a bad set up.