How to Air Cool a PC and other Air Cooling Basics!

[@jamesradney5560]

I always seem to learn something when I watch your videos. I mean I already knew RGB makes everything better and faster but the fan placement I was always a little confused on but this cleared it up. Now I am going to move some fans around in my case!

[@RobeytechLive]

That's awesome!

[@vilAvain]

This was exactly the video i need! All the big pc youtubers ever want to talk about is liquid cooling

[@Transit21]

I've built more liquid cooled systems than air cooled over the years. I clicked on this video hoping I might learn something and I certainly wasn't disappointed. Nicely done and thank you for posting this.

[@RobeytechLive]

Glad to help, that means a lot that you learned something!

[@tiggermcgee0476]

As someone who is aircooling their PC, and is looking to add a couple more, i found this video to be incredibly helpful. It was very informational. It also allowed me to confirm my fan setup in my case. Thank you! Keep up the great work!

[@RobeytechLive]

Glad it helped!

[@TruthIsKey369]

I had a AIO before and went for a air cooler on my new build, and this video confirmed and reafirmed my assumptions, also removed my doubts about where to put fans and positive pressure is the way to go. Well done!

[@MumooKevin]

I love the format of these videos! Thank you

[@RobeytechLive]

Glad you like them!

[@robertowilson2774]

This video was the most helpful video I've watched on air cooling I've ever seen. Thank you greatly for this!

[@chrisssyy05_24]

Looking forward to the Water-Cooled Video👍

[@RobeytechLive]

Awesome!

[@mangapc]

Very good information on fans and air cooling. I know the info but was able to show my friend and now he fixed his fans in his case. I have been fighting with him for a while and now because of your video I won. LOL

[@RobeytechLive]

Glad it helped! Lol :)

[@-awe-6260]

Thanks for the info and love your vids mann

[@RobeytechLive]

Glad you like them!

[@Swift_Kick_in_the]

How does this video not have more likes? Great information.

[@lakatster]

So helpful, thanks!

[@joelatkins5433]

Well-structured video.

[@Rico761028]

I know this is late but just a side note: it's not about how many fans do intake vs exhaust. It's about volume of air. You could theoretically have one fan as intake going full blast and three or more as exhaust at very low RPM and still have positive air pressure.

[@joesphhoffmann3505]

Great overview! It would probably also be helpful to talk a bit about fan configurations on some of the bigger air coolers themselves. Make sure the air is blowing front to back too--push vs pull vs push/pull.

[@RobeytechLive]

Great suggestion!

[@metalface_villain]

i'm building my first pc, i got the montech king 65 pro that has two fans on the side for intake and one on the rear for exhaust and the phantom spirit 120se air cooler, how many extra fans should i get and how should i set them up? if i had an aio i guess i would put 3 intake on bottom and 3 exhaust on top but i fear this being a fish tank and having an air cooler, the three exhaust on top might take out cold air and push it out before it goes to the cooler. what should i do if that's the case, put three intake bottom and 1 exhaust on top or something else?

[@-tr0n]

Love it. This is almost exactly how I've set my air flow up through trial and error over the years. (AIO's weren't really an option back in the day). Slightly positive bias is where it's at. I make sure to block exhaust ports ahead of components that I want to get that airstream. I have a 120mm behind and 140mm on top of my NH14 but I've blanked off the fan slots in front of the cooler, dropped a couple degrees instantly with a small piece of plexiglass screwed into the fan mounts. I've also added a 140mm on the side cover (no glass here) that blows directly into the GPU fans.

[@RobeytechLive]

Awesome. Super glad you enjoyed the video!

[@sle3pwalking]

USEFUL INFORMATION... best tech youtuber

[@RobeytechLive]

Thanks a ton

[@chittypoofs]

My case has vented PCI blanks, what about blocking those off to direct the air flow to the fans?

[@janih777]

Good video. Thanks

[@desjohnson498]

Great video Robey Learned mostly everything from you man.

[@RobeytechLive]

Glad to hear it! Super appreciate that!

[@Bandoughha]

I still run 3 intake and 3 exhaust fans with a cpu cooler. I just adjust the speeds for the exhausts to be lower than the intakes to have slightly positive pressure.

[@RobeytechLive]

That's a great idea, definitely something for another video.

[@yraldi7114]

Great vid as always! I happened to switch from a Cooler master evo 212 to the Arctic liquid II 280m. And in doing so, it helped me further understand intake and outtake and also positive and negative pressure. Thank you for clearing it up even more!

[@RobeytechLive]

Nice work! Glad I helped :)

[@gabebell6372]

So you said at the end 13:35 that “ideally try to have one or two more fans intaking air than trying to have a balance.” So having 5 intake and 3 exhaust should be good then right?

[@PrimoBeef]

Great video! TDP rating is brand specific alotta times. The Be Quiet! Pure Base 500dx is a good air flow case, as well as the ones you mentioned.

[@Tfin]

Why would we want the "penultimate" guide to anything? That's a specific acknowledgment that there's another, better one.

[@RobeytechLive]

Because data changes, there will always be something better or new or more recent. So this is the best one until I or even someone else may do one better.

[@ducdinh8404]

Really love the drawing 🤣 I always have hard time imagining and it's my first time trying to build a case from 0 experience

[@jamesonly4835]

u can use high static pressure fans in the lian li for the airflow to aircool your pc

[@RobeytechLive]

Totally, but people don’t. They use UNI SL 120 fans which are not good high static pressure fans

[@jamesonly4835]

@@RobeytechLive well, I hope people continue to do more research and that bottom intake v important

[@mynameisciko4885]

Well im getting an upgrade for a fan should i get cooler master hyper 212 led ?

[@TheOneWhoKnowsWho]

I have the NZXT H510 any advice for setting up cooling like intake and exhaust and if it should be air or liquid cooling

[@andykennedy6750]

I've almost got all my PC parts together and I'm wanting to do a build with Noctua NH-D15 air cooler in corsair 7000D Airflow case and have been trying to figure out the fan configuration. would 4 x 120mm fans, 1 x 120mm rear and 1 140mm top optimal? I have purchased 9 corsair ml120 pro fans and have 3 140mm fans that are included with the case.

[@c-yah1325]

What would you say about the Syber L Series case? I am having difficulty with the front fan area.

[@johanjoseph2331]

Hey robeytech, big fan of the videos! I'm building my first pc this year and if you don't mind, do you have any tips for the first time builder?

[@RobeytechLive]

My step by step guides help with that. Just know it isn't as hard as you think!

[@SupraManG]

Another thing to mention Robey, every now and then it would help to blow the dust out of the computer case. This will keep the maximum amount of airflow consistent. I use an electric leaf blower to blow the dust out of my computer and no issues or damage to components.

[@RobeytechLive]

Really? A leaf blower? Yeah that’s a good call out, we are doing a video on PC Maintenance so we will be adding this!

[@abragelboy]

So if I want to maximize the RGB in my case do I need to switch to an AIO? Is there a way to use all 10 fan slots without destroying the balance?

[@TheEthNick]

Great summary! Are the Arctic Bionix P120 ARGB fans decent static fans? Would love to add these to the front of a 4000D

[@flammerz1938]

Can’t wait for aio guide :)

[@RobeytechLive]

Coming soon!

[@williamcroft7420]

I wish you would have spoken about how to set up the air flow on a air cooler itself. I have a dual air cooler that can hold a fan on either side and one in the center. Should I use 1, 2 or 3 fans. |F|C|F|C|F| ||C|F|C|| |F|C||C|F| ? (F = Fan C=Cooler)

[@Berryturtle1]

Sup Robey! How’s that Porche treating ya! Recently got my first car!

[@bobmnz6914]

With you until you made lighting more important than cooling. Off to find a cooler person. But thanks for what you did get to that I was interested in. Cheers.

[@reliklive]

Thank you for these super tips !

[@RobeytechLive]

You're so welcome!

[@bikemanAMDR7]

What Cooler would you recommend for a Thermaltake V200 TG RGB Case? Would it be better with an AIO or An Air Cooler, total noob to coolers, this video helped a bit to understand things more, and gonna purchase my first ever cooler sometime, and get it installed and finally replace this Intel 10700 Stock Cooler hopefully all goes well

[@MintPixelStudio]

great video !

[@RobeytechLive]

Thanks!

[@geo58impala]

I'm so old school, I've never heard of a single one of these PC cases. I like stuff from around 2010 or older. Hopefully this guide is overall not too new for me. I just started watching it now...

[@vijayshyam3544]

Can you do a similar video for water or aio cooling? Good job bro

[@RobeytechLive]

Yep there is an AiO one releasing soon!

[@ala_tv]

Love your video. Felt like an engaging, short class on the topic. Well done. I'll be installing fans similarly to what you've prescribed in my Corsair 4000D Airflow case - a 120mm Noctua Rear Exhaust Fan, a top 120mm Noctua Exhaust Fan + 2 Noctua 140mm Exhaust fans for Air Intake. Question though - my GPU is a Gigabyte 3080 10GB with the 3x Wind-Force fans. To what extent does this effect my positive and negative air pressure? Thanks!

[@StuartHollingsead]

my plan is a bit extreme... You can rig a window air conditioner to cool down to 36 degrees F. or 2 degrees C I want to build an insulated box resting on a table around the rigged air conditioner. The pc will be inside. So will a hepa filter fan that pushes 350 cfm. I will 3d print a shroud from the hepa filter fan to the noctua cooler. That noctua cooler will not need any fans. The case at this point is going to be "openbenchtable" The goal is to try and get in the top ten of air overclocks worldwide. Which is around 5.75 MHz. If it works well, I will progress to my next phase. Bringing in sub zero winter air from outside into my insulated pc box. I saw that the 12900k got up to an impressive 8 GHz using liquid nitrogen, and 5.8 GHz using chilled water. I am thinking I can get up to 5.6 GHz using air conditioner method, and 5.8 GHz using sub zero winter air. But If I can get up to 6.0 GHz, that's a world record. It will really push the noctua cooler to the limits.=-=

[@lordikonik]

Very informative video. Now, make one titled "The PC Builder's Guide To Getting A GPU Basics" Also, literally 2 hours later Jay uploads a video on watercooling basics. There's no way this wasn't planned

[@RobeytechLive]

Lol, I promise we didn’t collaborate

[@mamz100]

Does case/mobo size influence the recommendation to pick AIO over Air Flow?

[@RobeytechLive]

It can for sure as it could be an obstruction, but I wouldn't say all that often.

[@jayrajgor18]

Hey Robey as always really great helpful videos! At 13:17 as the best airflow setup of fan you told I had one question that what if we use case like antec nx410 which has just 2 fans for intake so one exhaust would be fine? Or as you shown at 13:17 would be great but with only 2 front fan intake!

[@medaliboulaamail6491]

Awesome vud make a aio vid bext plz

[@RobeytechLive]

It's coming!

[@harryb9014]

Ur so cool Robey thx so much

[@RobeytechLive]

And with this video, now you are too. See what I did there :)

[@harryb9014]

Yessir

[@miloslukovic1214]

Thank you!

[@RobeytechLive]

You are very welcome!

[@diamondzieman5508]

Hey, I saw you in tiktok

[@smonkboyjacob7956]

And the gray pc behind u is it from nzxt

[@RobeytechLive]

Correct, and it's an AiO build :)

[@jasonkerbs806]

I'm having problems deciding how I'm going to air cool my cube case (I'm new to pcs). I bought the Anidees Crystal Cube mesh version, it comes with 4 120 fans in the front(intake), and 1 120 on the back (exhaust). I bought a 240 aio for cooling the cpu. I was planning on adding a fan on the bottom under where the gpu(if I ever get one) will be(intake), and having the 2 fans on the radiator blowing out(exhaust) from the top. Does this set up sound like it would work well? Is it a bad idea to have the fans on the radiator acting as exhaust?

[@RobeytechLive]

Join our Discord at discord.gg/robeytech. We have tons of tech specialists and elites who can help with things just like this, plus I pop in from time to time as well!

[@balckjack2708]

Yes PLEASE MAKE A VID ON AIO’s

[@RobeytechLive]

It's coming!

[@PewPewDealer]

How do the PSU fans play into this?

[@RobeytechLive]

They shouldn’t really, these should be exhausting out of the bottom the case.

[@geo58impala]

This is a really nice informative video, but it would help me understand it easier if you did not talk as fast with a lot of information at once.

[@thor97470]

Air cooled all the way for me. Do not trust having a water cooled system. I may need to redo the fans in the wifes case and this will help. Someone else commented about having a fan push or pull and that would help some.

[@RobeytechLive]

Push is intake pull is exhaust, so there you go :)

[@thor97470]

@@RobeytechLive Actually I was wondering in relation to the cpu cooler whether it is better to have 1 or 2 fans. Just push or push and pull. I have seen videos on just pull and it is a poor choice.

[@samuelcarr2906]

Big fan your awsome

[@RobeytechLive]

Thank you!!

[@Pritty-boy]

My aie cooler is bequiet dark rock pro 4 ;)

[@RobeytechLive]

That's a great cooler!

[@Pritty-boy]

@@RobeytechLive bad case NZXT H510 😂

[@smonkboyjacob7956]

Wow fancy

[@RobeytechLive]

lol, thanks.

[@Tfin]

So you're saying that E-ATX you did was bad.

[@RobeytechLive]

The 10,000 dollar build was a commission in which that person wanted very specific parts, including two 3090s. There wasn’t a ton I could do given the spacing

[@Tfin]

@@RobeytechLive Nah, the "how to" build where all the fans were oriented for exhaust!

[@postmortemetal]

Noctua crew singing in.

[@RobeytechLive]

lol, they do make it easiest to get a good Air CPU cooler.

[@postmortemetal]

@@RobeytechLive they really do. Great video man!

[@dakoderii4221]

They do musicals now? I hope it's not the brown noise!

[@markhowell2606]

Positive negative and neutral don’t have to do with the number of fans blowing in a particular direction. It has to do with the pressure inside the case compared to absolute pressure on the outside of the case. It can be measured with an manometer which is a simple device most commonly used to determine if your home radon evacuation system is working properly. In its basic form it’s a u shaped tube with a certain density liquid in it. One end hooks to a tube that goes inside the device to be monitored the other is open to air. The reading is the difference in fluid level relative to some linear measurement like inches or mm most likely for this application.

[@geo58impala]

I can't believe people actually buy cases that don't have slots for DVD/Bluray drives. I hear a number of non-techie people complaining that they still want their new laptops to have one built in. Did PC manufacturers try to trick people into thinking they don't need an optical drive so they won't end up ripping discs and infringe on copyright, or do most people actually don't feel the need for them anymore?

[@bikechiatrist]

Awesome clearing the misleading facts about air-cooling 🤘🏽

[@RobeytechLive]

Glad you think so!

[@admiraljetro8783]

I am early. Also hey Robey

[@RobeytechLive]

Hey!

[@4FrogsStacked]

13:21

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[@RobeytechLive]

Hey :)

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[@RobeytechLive]

lol! It's the unicorn like 3000 series GPUs

[@harryb9014]

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[@RobeytechLive]

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