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Gelid Black Diamondcomputed

Fan mounts, radiator support and clearances from the datasheet; the airflow balance, pressure verdict and case air heating with the stock fans computed with the CaseFlow model. Not measured; bands as on the fan pages.

Datasheet figures and what they compute to

FormATX mid tower
Frontmeshdust filter
GPU length–
Cooler height–
Stock fans, max rpmno fans
All mounts, reference fans351 in / 0 out CFM6 intake, 0 exhaust mounts · computed

No stock fans. Everything depends on what you add.

Mounts and stock fans

TOPBOTTOMREARFRONT · mesh

Case air heating, stock fans — computed

No stock fans, nothing to compute with. Open it in CaseFlow and add fans.

Walls

WallMountsRadiator up toFilterMounting class · directionStock fans
front6 × 120/140140 mm–dust filter · intake–

Use it

Other cases

How these numbers are computed

Each stock fan contributes CFMmax · derate · rpm/rpmmax behind its wall's mounting class: filtered mesh front and side mounts as dust filter, bottom as floor + filter, top and rear as open grille, solid and glass fronts as side-slit intake at roughly half of a mesh front. Front, bottom and side blow in; top and rear blow out.

MountingAirflow bladesPressure-optimized
Open grille0.88 (0.80–0.95)0.88 (0.80–0.95)
Dust filter0.70 (0.60–0.80)0.78 (0.70–0.86)
Floor + filter0.64 (0.52–0.74)0.72 (0.62–0.80)
Solid or glass front0.50 (0.40–0.62)0.58 (0.48–0.68)

Worst case sums intake at the low end of each band and exhaust at the high end; positive there means positive regardless of how the estimates fall. Case air: ΔT = 3.1 · W / throughput (m³/h), with an open-cooler GPU putting its full board power into the case air plus board, RAM and drives. Capacity puts a reference pressure-optimized fan on every mount at max rpm — 120 mm 60 CFM, 140 mm 75 CFM — a generic good fan, not a product.

Mount counts, radiator support and clearances are datasheet figures. Nothing here is measured; the same model runs in CaseFlow.