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crosslhs82

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Hi new to forum
I would like to get some thoughts on fan postion intake vs exhaust / dust / positive or negative preasure without starting a huge debate over again. I would like to keep the dust and dirt to a point of easier cleaning.
My system is corsair carbide spec 2 case
Ga 990fxa-ud3 mobo, Amd fx6350 6 core,
32g corsair elite 1866 ram, 250g hdd, 3tb hdd, (evga 1 mb gtx 650 graphics bought used $50 bucks) thermaltake 750w 80+ bronze, corsair h80i gt water cooler running win 10, has been built in last 8 months with w/cooler just added.
Water cooler instructs really didn't say anything on what way to setup as exhast or intake.
Doing some reading on the h100 w/cooler it says to set fans up as exhaust by default.
So my thoughts are setup h80i as exhaust, sys case fan up top above mem as exhaust,
psu fan is up which would also be some exhaust, Front fan is intake.
Or fan above mem as intake.?
And is there any additional filter media i can put in to help?
Not really looking to ov clk for now maybe later. Thanks ahead for your time and thoughts.
 
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fredfinks

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I prefer positive pressure with filtered intakes. That way no air enters the system without being filtered.
Though taking advantage of hot air rising sounds good, i dont go for top exhaust fans because its a dust trap for when powered off.

My system has 2x 140mm front filtered intakes. 1x rear 140mm exhaust. PSU fan side up.
I taped up the underside and any grilles on the back (except GPU grille).
The PSU wattage is way overboard. Its hybrid and with positive pressure, air is pushed out, the fan never needs to spin.
Air also flows out through the GPU grille without the GPU fans on.

My old expensive non-filtered lian li was a thick dust trap. While the new R5 case gets very small grains of dust (as fairly passive filters cant trap it all) its basically crystal clean in comparison.

While dust builds up in all places, avoid carpet like the plague. I wish i could rip my stuff up.
 
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crosslhs82

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Hum?
Top fan as intake would help add preasure.
The is a fine screen there, and will have to look at front to see if there is 1 there.
Since the corsair water cooler has corsair link to adjust fan speeds and monitor all temps, maybe pos & neg preasures can be played with by fan speeds.
I have it sitting on a table so NO carpet around it. My 1 gal shop vac helps but when i get back home from 5-6 days on the road with some times only 34 hours off then right back out doesn't leave alot of time for maint.
Thanks for the thoughts have good night

 
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crosslhs82

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questions solved for now 4 intake fans, 1 in top, 1 in bottom, 2 in front 1 of those is a high static pressure with fan duct work helping direct intake air toward h80i gt, 2 exhaust that are on the h80i.
temps at idea 28-32c on ambient temp on (speed fan-software), on same (speed fan) temp 1-3 range 15-31c.
Have no idea why I have ambient 4x and temp 3x.
I ran Aod which I can see most ovclkers don't like it, But to play around it clocked at 4.5ghz, under Aod tests it held at 50c.
I did take down and took same pics of the aod readings hoping i might get some help in an actual overclock.
Thanks for your thoughts now looking for ga-990fxa-ud3-amd fx6350 overclockers.
 
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