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skyline7528   09-27-2006 at 06:19:27 PM

[/b]If you have a 120mm fan in the back and a 120mm fan in the front of the case, is it better to have both of them facing in one direction, or to have them in opposite directions?

Which would decrease the Temp. in the case more?

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badge   09-27-2006 at 06:26:57 PM
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[/b]If you have a 120mm fan in the back and a 120mm fan in the front of the case, is it better to have both of them facing in one direction, or to have them in opposite directions?

Which would decrease the Temp. in the case more?




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rivalneighbour   09-27-2006 at 07:22:02 PM
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you might want to go into your bios and set smart fan option to full on.

my bios setting
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sweetpants   09-27-2006 at 07:53:54 PM
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You know I've always wanted to play with a configuration where I had 3 120mm fans in the bottom of the case sucking air up from the bottom and 3 120mm fans at the top pushing air out.. hot air rises, I figured it would be most effecient... but that's just me.. any comments on that config would be helpful to me as well :)


EDIT:

A visual of this would be:

| TOP FAN | | TOP FAN | | TOP FAN |

^ ^ ^
^ ^ ^
^ ^ ^

| BOTTOM | | BOTTOM | | BOTTOM |

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gomerpile   09-28-2006 at 02:25:39 AM
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Heck-of-a-lot of experience in a breif statement, :wink:

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boredguy8   03-10-2008 at 11:45:39 PM
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So I have a Cooler Master Stacker which has 1 front intake fan, 1 rear exhaust fan, side case fans and a 'ceiling' fan. It says you can have up to 3 front fans, but I haven't gotten that far yet.

Obviously the front is "in" and the back is "out". I'm inclined to turn my PSU upside down so that fan is on top, because there's room above it to go out the top, then PSU heat isn't blowing onto my mainboard. That means the top fan would be out.

So: IN - 1 front, OUT - 2, back, top.

Question: should I have all four of my side fans blowing in? They'd be blowing straight down to the mainboard. If I do that, should I leave the front fan blowing in, too? That would make:

IN - 4, 3 side fans (one comes off for my VGA),1 front
OUT - 2, 1 back, 1 top.

Or would it be better to have 3 in (side) and 3 out (front, back, top)?

I hope that makes sense: I'll summarize. Which is best?

1) 4 in: 3 side, 1 front; 2 out: 1 back, 1 top.
2) 3 in: 3 side; 3 out: 1 back, 1 top, 1 front.

Or if there's a better config, let me know!

Thanks

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Evilonigiri   03-11-2008 at 06:34:45 AM
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The front single fan is mainly used for cooling the HDs, so keep it so it's blowing in.

You should fill up all 4 side case fans, all blowing into the case. This way all the components will cool down a lot more (My experience -> 5C drop).

The rear fan should be blowing out, along with the PSU. The top fan is almost useless, but to balance things out, I'd make it go out. Hopefully you have a vidcard that expels heat out your case so you can achieve a better balance in pressure inside the case.

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boredguy8   03-11-2008 at 10:55:17 PM
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There is no fan on the back/front of the PSU (where the plug is), so the best I can do is have it blow up. And the EVGA 8800 GTS does blow out the back of the card.


Message edited by boredguy8 on 03-11-2008 at 10:55:56 PM
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Evilonigiri   03-12-2008 at 02:11:34 AM
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That's fine, there won't be any notable difference.

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Hatman   03-13-2008 at 09:41:16 PM
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You can always put 2x 120mm fans on the bottom by taking off the air vent and have them blowing outwards, should reduce a bit of dust intake too.

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