Question about fan locations.

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#1 GraemeP95
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Alright, so i have a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro in my case right now, it's an NZXT Hades case, but i was wondering if having two exhaust fans right above the cooler could cause any form of problems regarding air flow? ie pulling air away from the cooler reducing it's efficiency. I ask as i've just bought two fans to fill the top two fan mounts on the case as having an empty slot seems to be filling the case with dust (i have no filters) and i wanted two matching fans. so could running both of them as exhaust at max 2000rpm cause any problems?

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As long as the AC Freezer 7 is pulling air from either the front of the case to back or the bottom to the top it's fine. Those exhaust fans will pull a lot of cool air towards the CPU.
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#3 RayvinAzn
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Two top-mounted exhaust fans aren't going to be pulling air away from the cooler. They'll be moving hot air out of the case, allowing for cooler air to play across the CPU cooler. Nothing but good will come of adding those fans, though I'd recommend running them closer to 1200RPM just to keep noise levels in line. Exhaust fans don't have to move a lot of air like an intake fan, they're just fine spinning at a lower RPM and moving hot air out of the case.
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#4 GraemeP95
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thanks guys! i wasn't planning on running the fans at full 12v though, was just mentioning that for a reference. but yeah, thanks very much for your advice. :)