Hey guys a fairly simple question: PSU mounted up or down?
I have the Storm Stryker PC case which is equipped with a bottom air intake which also has a filter.
To compliment this I have the SilverStone Strider Gold Evolution 850 Watt. This PSU comes with a magnetic dust filter to sit over the intake fan.
Upon assembling my computer I thought that by situating the PSU facing upwards with its dust filter it would be protected.
My GPU has 3 fans on it (Gigabyte 770 GTX 4GB OC) these fans directly face the PSU intake fan system. I thought that this would improve its temperatures. However after looking through a variety of forums many people say place the PSU facing down so it gets a fresh air intake rather then the hot air of the computer. I have also found some forums saying that the PSU may hog the air flow from the GPU if its facing upwards. I personally thought it would improve temperatures as it keeps the air moving in the case?, I'm no expert so I was looking to get some thoughts/ advice/ recommendations as to whether or not I should swap it so it's facing downards, the reason I havent just swapped all the plugs, is because everything is cable tied neatly and I would need to cut them all and.. well yeah a big job for me haha.
cheers,
Zac
I have the Storm Stryker PC case which is equipped with a bottom air intake which also has a filter.
To compliment this I have the SilverStone Strider Gold Evolution 850 Watt. This PSU comes with a magnetic dust filter to sit over the intake fan.
Upon assembling my computer I thought that by situating the PSU facing upwards with its dust filter it would be protected.
My GPU has 3 fans on it (Gigabyte 770 GTX 4GB OC) these fans directly face the PSU intake fan system. I thought that this would improve its temperatures. However after looking through a variety of forums many people say place the PSU facing down so it gets a fresh air intake rather then the hot air of the computer. I have also found some forums saying that the PSU may hog the air flow from the GPU if its facing upwards. I personally thought it would improve temperatures as it keeps the air moving in the case?, I'm no expert so I was looking to get some thoughts/ advice/ recommendations as to whether or not I should swap it so it's facing downards, the reason I havent just swapped all the plugs, is because everything is cable tied neatly and I would need to cut them all and.. well yeah a big job for me haha.
cheers,
Zac
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