Hi,
I'm all set to buy my new computer except for the CPU Cooler. The case I'm going to get is the Lian Li PC-A10B - http://www.lian-li.com/Product/Chassis/...ower/Classical_Series/M_C_S_PC-A10.htm and I'm getting an Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard with an E6600. I was planning to get a Tuniq Tower but I have read on other forums that the only possible way to orientate the cooler is for it to blow up (out the top of the case) or down (on to the expansion cards). I assume the fan housing at the top of the case causes this restriction
The best of these two options obviously seems to be having the fan in the cooler blowing out the top of the case, I therefore would have to turn around the case fan to blow up not down (down is the default configuration) otherwise the airflows would collide (I'm assuming that would be bad). This isn't a problem, but it would leave me with 3 fans blowing air out of the system and only one fan blowing air in (see the diagram part way down the page in the link above and imagine the top fan is blowing up not down). And that one fan is in the lower compartment so wont produce much airflow around the main components anyway. I have basically no experience in setting up fans in a case (I have never built a computer before or even modified one - Macs and Laptops...) but I would think that having 3 fans blowing out of the case and practically none blowing in is not a good way to cool your system. Sure, some air might be sucked in from gaps and such but I doubt it would be as good as having a dedicated intake fan (in the upper compartment).
If I'm right and this would screw up the airflow severely, does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix it? I could always get a different cooler I suppose. I like the Zalman 9700 (if only for its looks) but it costs more and has worse performance so I'd rather stick with the Tuniq Tower if it can be used effectively. I guess I could always remove the top case fan, the Tuniq might fit in the proper orientation then. Does anyone know if this would work? Or if it would be wise to remove the top case fan?
So what I'm asking is that will turning the top case fan around to blow out not in, screw up the airflow enough to raise temperatures? And if it will is it possible to fix it? If this is not possible could someone recommend a cooler which would fit positioned so the fan blows from the front to the back.
Also while I'm writing, could someone confirm that the Tuniq Tower (or any other cooler you recommend) fits nicely on the P5B Deluxe.
Thanks
I'm all set to buy my new computer except for the CPU Cooler. The case I'm going to get is the Lian Li PC-A10B - http://www.lian-li.com/Product/Chassis/...ower/Classical_Series/M_C_S_PC-A10.htm and I'm getting an Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard with an E6600. I was planning to get a Tuniq Tower but I have read on other forums that the only possible way to orientate the cooler is for it to blow up (out the top of the case) or down (on to the expansion cards). I assume the fan housing at the top of the case causes this restriction
The best of these two options obviously seems to be having the fan in the cooler blowing out the top of the case, I therefore would have to turn around the case fan to blow up not down (down is the default configuration) otherwise the airflows would collide (I'm assuming that would be bad). This isn't a problem, but it would leave me with 3 fans blowing air out of the system and only one fan blowing air in (see the diagram part way down the page in the link above and imagine the top fan is blowing up not down). And that one fan is in the lower compartment so wont produce much airflow around the main components anyway. I have basically no experience in setting up fans in a case (I have never built a computer before or even modified one - Macs and Laptops...) but I would think that having 3 fans blowing out of the case and practically none blowing in is not a good way to cool your system. Sure, some air might be sucked in from gaps and such but I doubt it would be as good as having a dedicated intake fan (in the upper compartment).
If I'm right and this would screw up the airflow severely, does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix it? I could always get a different cooler I suppose. I like the Zalman 9700 (if only for its looks) but it costs more and has worse performance so I'd rather stick with the Tuniq Tower if it can be used effectively. I guess I could always remove the top case fan, the Tuniq might fit in the proper orientation then. Does anyone know if this would work? Or if it would be wise to remove the top case fan?
So what I'm asking is that will turning the top case fan around to blow out not in, screw up the airflow enough to raise temperatures? And if it will is it possible to fix it? If this is not possible could someone recommend a cooler which would fit positioned so the fan blows from the front to the back.
Also while I'm writing, could someone confirm that the Tuniq Tower (or any other cooler you recommend) fits nicely on the P5B Deluxe.
Thanks
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