I have a Corsair 500r and am almost finished with my first build but have heard a lot of different theories on fan placements for best airflow and dust prevention. So I am at a standstill now with the installation. For now, until maybe a few weeks down the road, I will be using the two front 120 mm fans as intake. I removed the top internal HD bay cage and have my SSD below my HDD both in the remaining bottom cage. I have a psu drawing in air from the bottom of the case and expelling it out the back of the psu (there is a filter). As for CPU heatsink/cooler, I am using the Corsair H80 hydro series and I have it in a push/pull config. drawing fresh air from the rear and expelling the product into the case. This seemed like a stupid idea to me but Corsair and a lot of people recommended this to ensure fresh air for the CPU. Either way it is a tight fit for the H80 and there isn't a whole lot of room between it and the motherboard heatsinks. Anyway, the fan that initially comes mounted in the rear as exhaust I moved to the top as exhaust. So there is only 1 exhaust fan as of now. (until I can get more...probably some scythes or noctuas) I also read though that negative pressure is actually pretty beneficial and that it prevents dust gathering. So I got the idea to use the big ass 200 mm side fan as exhaust? What do you guys think? I couldn't find any info on the side fan being used as exhaust...and people can hardly agree on anything when it comes to this subject.
Also should I switch my H80 fans around so that they are exhaust? Should I make top also intake?
And to clarify this, I am not a gamer so I don't use graphics card-just onboard graphics for music production software.
Also should I switch my H80 fans around so that they are exhaust? Should I make top also intake?
And to clarify this, I am not a gamer so I don't use graphics card-just onboard graphics for music production software.