Fan setup in Antec 300, with H80 as intake on rear

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So I have way to many intakes it seems. Looking for some opinions. Here is my setup:
2 x 120mm front - intake
1 x 120mm side - intake
1 x 140mm top - exhaust
1 x H80 rear - intake

Now I have an 80mm fan installed in the hard drive bay blowing into the end of my video card. I was wondering if it would be a good idea to make my side fan an exhaust. Or would that have a negative effect on the cooling of my video card?
 
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Agreed. You want make sure the airflow is in one general direction so...
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Don't use the H80i rear fan as an intake. You want the rear and top fans to exhaust the air out of the case, one for exhausting air out of the case and the other to extract air from the radiator, unless you're going for a push-pull setup.
 
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Corsair recommends all their water coolers be used as an intake. It provides 2-5c better performance. having the h80i as an intake wont do anything to the case temps. I have my h50 as in intake and a similar setup and it has no problems.
 
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Corsair says to use it as an intake, so you get cold air into the rad. I have read that people are seeing 5 - 8C cooler temps when using it as an intake also. So I would prefer to keep it that way.

It just seems to me that I should have another exhaust, because it seems like I have way to many intakes. Is it OK for me to have this setup? Or will I be getting higher temps then I should?
 
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Agreed. You want make sure the airflow is in one general direction so that the airflow is constant, quick and has no conflict with any other fans. If you want your H80i as an intake, the top should then be intake and the front should exhaust. Leave the side fan on low to medium speed if you can, to prevent too much interference. Still, as physics states and/or if you have issues regarding air temps in your case, warm air rises so the top and H80i should be exhaust, front intakes.
 
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its fine, I would suggest though that if your gpu blows hot air in your case, to make your front fan an exhaust. it will pull out hot air from your gpu while the side fan provies cool air for the gpu, and the h80 is bring in air and the top fan is exhausting it.
 
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