Cooling Advice Required: Exhaust VS Intake?

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I have the COUGAR Spike mATX gaming tower, for reference. It comes with one 120mm fan, 2 side fan holders (?), a spot in the front for one, and a spot in the back. My motherboard has only one SYSFAN header, and I'm not gonna buy another fan right now anyway. So I've got 1 fan, and the spots I said. Where should the thing go? I have it as intake in the back right now- good or bad? Thanks!
 
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clutchc
You are trying to get rid of heat buildup inside the case. The gfx card will cool itself as long as there is airflow. And there is airflow as long as there is an open side panel.
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If you are limited to 1 fan, use it as a rear EXHAUST fan. The heat generated by the GPU, CPU, and PSU will rise and accumulate up near the rear fan in most cases. That case comes with one fan mounted in the rear. If it was installed correctly, it should be blowing out, not in.
 
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Thanks. I actually had to remove the fan in order to get the mobo in the case, but I put it back as it was previously. So, exhaust? I was inclined to believe there was more benefit to having air blowing across the top of the GPU as opposed to having the fan exhaust mildly warm air from the case. Any reason why I'm (apparently) wrong? Once again, thanks for the quick response. UPDATE: I just checked out your profle, you're an AMD and an ASUS expert. My build has an AMD FX 4150 and an AMD ASUS Radeon HD 7770 in alongside 4GB of 1666 mhz RAM. Is this good enough for Skyrim at mid/high?
 
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Ok, that makes sense. Thanks.
 
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