How Many Case Fans Do You ACTUALLY Need?

Bigger numbers go brrr, right? So, having 11 case fans will ALWAYS be better than having just 4 case fans, right? What about running with just 0 case fans? Well that's what I discuss in this video, where I run various tests (using CPU/GPU stress tests, and also smoke airflow analysis) to determine what happens as you vary up the number of case fans for your cooling. In total I tested out six fan configs: Test 1 - 11 Fans (Bad Config) Test 2 - 8 Fans (6 Intake, 2 Exhaust) Test 3 - 6 Fans (4 Intake, 2 Exhaust) Test 4 - 4 Fans (2 Intake, 2 Exhaust) Test 5 - 0 Fans Test 6 - 11 Fans (Slightly Less Bad) And the specs I used for my test system were: Case: Fractal Meshify 2 XL CPU: Ryzen 3600 RAM: 32GB 3200Mhz GPU: RTX 5070 Ti I ran OCCT and FurMark at the same time for my tests. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The individual timestamps for this video are: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 00:00 0 vs 4 vs 6 vs 8 vs 11 Fans?? 00:46 Test Approach 01:15 Test 1 - 11 Fans (Bad Config) 02:59 Test 2 - 8 Fans (6 Intake, 2 Exhaust) 04:49 A Quick Note About The Tests 05:04 Test 3 - 6 Fans (4 Intake, 2 Exhaust) 06:37 Test 4 - 4 Fans (2 Intake, 2 Exhaust) 07:26 Test 5 - 0 Fans HashTag MadLad 08:40 Test 6 - 11 Fans (Slightly Less Bad) 10:40 Final Points ~~~~~~ Credits ~~~~~~ Thanks to the following resources (sounds, images etc): "Pop-up Sound" by BeezleFM (https://freesound.org/s/512135/ -- License: Attribution 4.0) --- View Finder by Chris Bussey, License ID: RA59Mv425Vo Because I Got High (The Positive Remix) by Afroman, License ID: GjgrYxkMynr ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #PCSetup #PCCase #PCBuild