npotter

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Ok, I have an aluminum case with 5 silent coolermaster 80mm fans (not including PSU) since my room is the hottest in the house.

1 front
2 side (on top of each other)
1 rear
1 top

Well, my question is how should I place the fans? I have heard that its good to have an equal intake to outtake ratio. Obviously the front will be intake and the rear outtake aswell as the top. The side fans are placed right next to the video card and processor, respectively. But how about the side? Should they both be intake, outtake..etc? Any advice would be appreciated.

Specs:
Intel P4 3.2GHz
ASUS P4P800SE 865PE
Tagan 480W PSU
ATI Radeon X850XT
1GB Dual Channel
Creative Audigy2 ZS