so i am over here trying to find any possible manual for my corsair 1000d case and apparently there isn’t any. not even a PDF online only manual it comes with is for this little fan plug thingy to controll the rbg’s and speeds of all the fans “commander pro”
figure i gonna open the box and check but i personally dont know wtf im looking at. i know this case has different brackets you can buy for the fan setups to but im keeping mine stock.
only info i found is it can fit 18 fans total. 8 at the front, 8 at the top and 2 in the back. i assume the 8 are all 120’s and the 2 in the back can go either 120 or 140s?
damn where the hell you guys finding these info im over here looking and all i find is just builds and what they using and some showing different fan plates which i think they bought.
imma have to take it out box check the top tray though. i could of sworn it had 8 x 120mm too.
i had few other questions. 1. what basic fan ( no rbg just black ) would you recommend? i was thinking noctua but they seem kinda pricey. 2. can the fans be daisy chained?
I don’t really have any personal recommendations that are based on any real evidence.
I usually just use the fans that mine come with, and the only fans I’ve purchased have been packs of DeepCool RF120 RGBs for looks, and then some even cheaper Antec 120mm no-name ones from ages ago.
You can daisy chain them if they are molex…but that’s a bit 1999 and they will go full speed all the time. You’ll want to get a motherboard with sufficient 3 or 4 pin headers, with the appropriate splitters/hubs to connect the fans to so you can control the fan speed via PWM.
There’s also a limit to the numbers of fans you can put to each header based on amps on each fan header. I don’t know the specifics really.
I do have to say…if you fill that whole case with all those fans…it’s gonna be LOUD no matter what you do. And probably not really necessary IMO
I suppose what would make the most sense would be to get a really big AIO just so you can make use of all that space in a way that is actually helpful.
i mean i don’t plan to use all the fans doesnt bother me it will be a big case with more space then anything at this point. back slots will be filled for sure but idk what imma do for the front.
looks like the top are 3 x 140’s idk if 120’s will fit i assume they should though. but yea i think imma just do 2 x 120’s rear exhaust 3 140’s at top probably if a 120 will fit then put 120’s too and front idk yet. maybe just 4 is enough.
cpu cooler i already bought the noctua chromax last night on ebay. i think there is 3 fans it cmes with too already at the front so idk if even front intake fans will be necessary. front looks kinda open too
honestly I would do a three or four up front and two rear and call it a day. Plenty of front to back air movement even in your hot climate. if noctua chromax is pricey, you have be quiet fans & fractal design fans for slightly less. Scythe offers solid budget fans that are black if you want more budget options.
yea that is what i started to think because the cpu heatsink already has 2 fans and both blowing upwards although on the heatsink its still blowing up and naturally air rises anyways so it’ll escape.
as for the front fans what do you think would be best setup for the 8 bay tray? i was thinking the 4 in the middle?
air does not naturally rise otherwise we will all be in trouble
hot air rises but does so slowly and if you stick a fan to push or pull it, then the hot air will go into any direction you want. I’m not certain of your cases layout. Is it a dual compartment case so you can run two PCs in it? Would the middle fans split the air flow into an unused compartment rather then setting them up on the side?
hot air rises/heat is what i meant. no it’s a single compartment case but you can build 2 pc’s in it.
doing some budget/math but idk if i can get it running until end of month. i mean unless i heavily skimp out on the fans for no like get 2 fans only then add more later. what do you think?
Keep in mind naturally heat rises but the inside of your case is not a natural scenario. Those fans actually create negative air flow which means air will naturally rush into the case. This is one reason you need exhaust fans to push the air out.
They use the same thing in rooms that have chemicals in them. If I remember correctly ( been a while since I did my confined space/rescue training ) the air rushes in quickly and it essentially causes the fire to blow itself out.
This is why if you put your hand around a dead space in your case that has an opening you can feel the air being pulled in.
FYI, heat is energy and does not just rise it spreads to cooler areas in every direction. So in Sal’s example above; if he cuts one out in the cold the energy transfers to the air molecules making it less dense than the cold air around it, therefore making it rise.
Obviously not ideal but will be “capable” as you add more fans to it. Personally, if the front of the case is mesh I would make the fans front intake otherwise I would make them rear exhaust if the case has a closed front end.
thanks i think i just decided to wait it out need extra spending cash since i smoke a lot otherwise if i didn’t smoke then easily afford it.
i had another question though so i plan to at least put 2 140’s back, 3 at the top and at least 4 in the front. problem is i doubt there are that many plugs for the fan meaning i’d have to daisy chain them correct? the fans im looking to get though seem to only come with a female end and i dont think this case comes with anything to daisy chain them with.
it comes with a Corsair commander pro which yea i can plug X amount of fans into and then control from that but i was wondering to daisy chain the fans should i purchase cables to do so or would they typically come with the case?
i’d have to check the case soon been lazy to open it up last night but will do so this week. all the videos i see they only show multiple fan setups but they don’t say how they hook it up together and the ones where they show daisy chains thhey don’t even say where they got the cables be it with their case or w.e. but those ones were small cases maybe fits like 6 fans only.
fans i was planning to get is just the corsair 120 and 140mm the black and grey ones non rbg
If you’re running a ton of fans, you need to be aware of how many amps each fan header on your motherboard has and splitters could not be enough if you are powering too many fans. 3 fans maximum is probably a safe limit for a splitter from my knowledge per header. 4 would probably work too.
Sounds like you should get some actual hubs that run off SATA power instead, perhaps something like this:
Example my system has 4 fan headers (up to 3-4 each with a splitter), a 3 amp water pump header, and the CPU header.
I have 6 fans, with two splitters with 2 each and the rest direct. Theoretically I could run up to 12 fans off my 4 headers with some splitters, but if your board has less or you want it to be more centralized, a SATA fan controller might make more sense.
It comes with a fan hub that you can control up to six PWM fans with. You can always run a splitter from their to control an extra fan or two ( as long as you wont be pushing all those fans at once). Your mobo probably has 2-3 (or more) system fan ports as well.
You can daisy chain them all together but like Sal stated previously they would be running at full speed unless the fan has it’s own speed setting like the old Antec case fans.
You can get another hub like the one Sal posted but that brings me to the following;
Between your mobo and the corsair hub you should be able to control plenty of fans for your case. I’m also not following your air flow set up
great but it only holds two at max so you can’t place more back there
three at the top is fine if you are running bottom to top air flow like the old silverstone raven cases. In your set up the front top fan is an intake and as it pushes air in, the top front will pull it right out making a 90 degree elbow of airflow. Also if you are air cooling the CPU, your CPU fans needs access to outside cool air but if you block the panel right above it with an outake fan it now has to fight another fan to pull in cool air creating another 90 degree battle of airflow. Remember my baseball park example, if you have waves of different people going into different direction they will just slam into each other and prevent each other from getting to where they want to go. More fans does not equal better air flow.
