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starwars120   06-13-2008 at 02:17:07 AM

Hello, I currently own a Silverstone Zeus 650 Watt PSU with a small little fan that makes a ton of noise :P I am wanting to buy a PSU with one big fan and I stumbled across this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817182149
Now it has SLI which I like, only 20 watts less than the PSU I have now, but here's the problem/solution=a 120mm silent PSU fan on the TOP... My fan just shoots right out the back of my case, but if I have a top fan then where exactly will all the hot air go? I have an Apevia X-Jupiter G-type case that has a top blowhole fan which I'm guessing will take care of that heat, but still I'm not sure.

Any help/advice would be GREATLY appreciated!

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dagger   06-13-2008 at 02:18:31 AM
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starwars120 wrote :

Hello, I currently own a Silverstone Zeus 650 Watt PSU with a small little fan that makes a ton of noise :p I am wanting to buy a PSU with one big fan and I stumbled across this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817182149
Now it has SLI which I like, only 20 watts less than the PSU I have now, but here's the problem/solution=a 120mm silent PSU fan on the TOP... My fan just shoots right out the back of my case, but if I have a top fan then where exactly will all the hot air go? I have an Apevia X-Jupiter G-type case that has a top blowhole fan which I'm guessing will take care of that heat, but still I'm not sure.

 

Any help/advice would be GREATLY appreciated!


That's an intake fan. It aims at the bottom, sucks in air, and vents out back through the honeycomb mesh.

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starwars120   06-13-2008 at 02:19:38 AM
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holy crap that was an amazingly fast reply and that's awesome :D so nothing to worry about?

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dagger   06-13-2008 at 02:24:58 AM
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starwars120 wrote :

holy crap that was an amazingly fast reply and that's awesome :D so nothing to worry about?


It'll work fine. It's a common placement for more recent psus.

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starwars120   06-13-2008 at 02:25:34 AM
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Awesome! Thanks for the help!

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