More intake or more outtake ?
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Jameson Clark
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i would add an outtake at the top back if you are looking to add a fan. Although i probably wouldnt have the bottom outtake either
supermanu15
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the best practice however is to have out takes on the rear and top and intakes front and side, but i have my bottom soon to be configured as intake too to have proper airflow in my chasis
supermanu15
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More intake means more air accumulated inside, so it's good to be balanced and have air out equally
mickypheonix
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Hi Denraisr
Positive air pressure is always best , more intake than exhaust , this will reduce dust intake into your case
Front intake
side intake to cool your gpu
bottom intake - you will not exhaust much air underneath your case and will be drawn in by your PSU
rear exhaust
Draw air in from the front of your case and underneath , out through the rear exhaust
Positive air pressure is always best , more intake than exhaust , this will reduce dust intake into your case
Front intake
side intake to cool your gpu
bottom intake - you will not exhaust much air underneath your case and will be drawn in by your PSU
rear exhaust
Draw air in from the front of your case and underneath , out through the rear exhaust
Adroid
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Positive air pressure is better. Cases are not air tight intentionally. You force air in and it finds it's way out. Look at top of the line cases such as corsair's obsidian series... 2x140mm fans in, 1x120mm fan out. Mechanical engineers design hotel rooms and other buildings in a similar way. You always want a slightly positive pressure for good ventilation.
supermanu15
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But doesn't that mean more intakes mean more heat is accumulated inside the case if you do not have a decent amount of outakes? O_O i know hot air goes up so naturally it would go out of the case but it is much more effective if something pulls it out voluntarily? "Mechanical engineers design hotel rooms and other buildings in a similar way." oh i thought that's the job of the architects?(sorry off topic)
Adroid
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If you have too much exhaust, it can makes your important components compete for fresh air, and the air doesn't travel across the GPU/CPU like you want it to. Let's put it this way, do you want too much fresh air in the case, or too little?
Mechanical engineers design the mechanical systems in buildings. This includes plumbing, air conditioning/ventilation, etc. Structural engineers design the structural components. Architects design the look of the building, the life safety (egress, etc), and other things like accessibility and functionality. Often times on big projects the architecture firm will hire a structural engineer, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, etc to design the different parts of a building.
Mechanical engineers design the mechanical systems in buildings. This includes plumbing, air conditioning/ventilation, etc. Structural engineers design the structural components. Architects design the look of the building, the life safety (egress, etc), and other things like accessibility and functionality. Often times on big projects the architecture firm will hire a structural engineer, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, etc to design the different parts of a building.
supermanu15
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What I was leading on is that while it is good to have more positive air inside that gets converted to heat while it is inside the case and heat is the number 1 enemy of any electronic or electrical component so it is imperative to yank it out of the case immediately staying true to the airflow which is why I opted for number of intakes = number of outakes, works well for me. But that really would depend on the number of fans the chasis can support. Mine for example doesn't have the side fans option that would blow air into my GPU so I use the bottom as intake as well sharing the same sentiments as mickypheonix because you will potentially be blowing air out at the bottom and that air is sucked up by your PSU.
About the mechanical Engineer vs Architect thing, I just had to ask
mickypheonix
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not essential but it will help reduce dust in your case , as long as you keep an eye on dust buildup within your case you can blow it out now and again when it needs it with a can of compressed air you will be fine
mickypheonix
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with your case and no side widow perhaps this might work well ,
you can just remove it and clean it , has magnetic back
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=21871&cPath=26
you can just remove it and clean it , has magnetic back
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=21871&cPath=26
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