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Lets talk aa little bit about pressure and different fan setups... You have three types of setups, Positive Pressure, Negative Pressure, and Neutral Pressure...
Right now, you are most likely experiencing Negative Pressure, which is one of the better setups to have, the draw-back is, if you have a 100CFM fan exhausting air, and all the others are 30CFM and are exhaust, they will either be forced to intake due to the pressure drop, or, will move so little air that they have no benefit and may as well become intake.
In your case, the best course of action is to have the rear 120MM fan as a high CFM fan, with the top as a medium CFM fan, side as medium, and the two fronts as high.
It's really a difficult balancing act, but you never want to be purely neutral on airflow IMO, nor do you want positive pressure at all in a case like that. Only time positive benefits is when you have a mesh style case.
So consider upgrading the rear fan to something a little beefier, keep the top fan in place, and get slightly beefier front fans. They don't have to be uber-high CFM fans, and you certainly dont want the pressure so low that your PSU can't cool it self.
Right now, you are most likely experiencing Negative Pressure, which is one of the better setups to have, the draw-back is, if you have a 100CFM fan exhausting air, and all the others are 30CFM and are exhaust, they will either be forced to intake due to the pressure drop, or, will move so little air that they have no benefit and may as well become intake.
In your case, the best course of action is to have the rear 120MM fan as a high CFM fan, with the top as a medium CFM fan, side as medium, and the two fronts as high.
It's really a difficult balancing act, but you never want to be purely neutral on airflow IMO, nor do you want positive pressure at all in a case like that. Only time positive benefits is when you have a mesh style case.
So consider upgrading the rear fan to something a little beefier, keep the top fan in place, and get slightly beefier front fans. They don't have to be uber-high CFM fans, and you certainly dont want the pressure so low that your PSU can't cool it self.