Bottom intake case fans and GPU with ACX cooler.

Gimpy2k7

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With a video card like the 780 in the Phanteks Enthoo Primo case, where the bottom fans on the case are used for intake, would it be counter productive to buy a GPU with the ACX cooler?

If you have air pushing down from the GPU and air pushing up from the fans...won't they meet somewhere in the middle and cancel each other out? Rendering the bottom intake fans useless on a case that relies on them?

Or will the case fans be strong enough to overpower the downward pressure of the ACX cooler and still cool things down well?
 
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Not at all. It pushes air out horizontally, the ends and side of the card. You want to have decent airflow through the case to remove that warm air though, and a bottom mount fan will help with that as well as provide more fresh air for the card.

Gimpy2k7

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Ah, bit of an oversight, so even with the double fanned ACX cooler I shouldn't have anything to worry about? Just a lot of talk about how those coolers blow warm air every which way in the case.
 

theadler

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Not at all. It pushes air out horizontally, the ends and side of the card. You want to have decent airflow through the case to remove that warm air though, and a bottom mount fan will help with that as well as provide more fresh air for the card.
 
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