Hi folks,
I have a question about the placement of my graphics card and power supply. The case is a Cooler Master Scout case with a bottom mount power supply, and the fan takes in air from the bottom of the case, so it faces downwards. The mobo is a ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 and the GTX650 TI is located on the bottom PCI-E x16 slot. The fan for the onboard cooling faces downwards towards the power supply and there's about a 1/2 inch gap between the fan and the top of the power supply.
Is this going to "suffocate" the fan on the GTX to where it can't properly cool itself? I've also thought about flipping the power supply over and mounting two fans on the door to feed more cool air, which in the end might be better for the power supply as well. Any advice would be great, thanks!
I have a question about the placement of my graphics card and power supply. The case is a Cooler Master Scout case with a bottom mount power supply, and the fan takes in air from the bottom of the case, so it faces downwards. The mobo is a ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 and the GTX650 TI is located on the bottom PCI-E x16 slot. The fan for the onboard cooling faces downwards towards the power supply and there's about a 1/2 inch gap between the fan and the top of the power supply.
Is this going to "suffocate" the fan on the GTX to where it can't properly cool itself? I've also thought about flipping the power supply over and mounting two fans on the door to feed more cool air, which in the end might be better for the power supply as well. Any advice would be great, thanks!