Airflow

jgoodway · 30 Dec 2009 at 18:10

Hi i recently started building my own computer and i was wondering what i should do with the fans. okay so this is the case i am using and as you can see it uses 5 fans:

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Now im not just a fool who doesnt understand how to setup and use standard airflow, the problem is i have a corsair H50 water cooling unit and i have to moutn it on the back therfore meaning that that fan has to have incoming air soooooooooo how should i arange the other 4 fans (Top, side, front, floor).

Many Thanks in advance

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Danm54 · 30 Dec 2009 at 18:26

Mount the H50 on the rear as an intake and the top fan should be an exhaust, The front and side fans should be intake as well

ChrisLandin · 30 Dec 2009 at 23:40

+1 on that

PermaBanned · 30 Dec 2009 at 23:45

There's really very little difference between putting it on an exhaust and an intake, having two intakes from opposite directions screws with the airflow.

ChrisLandin · 30 Dec 2009 at 23:48

I have intakes coming from 3 sides of the case now and all vented out the top via my rooftop fan, to be honest ive got excellent temps on cpu and gpu's so I cant see how the two different intakes messes with airflow, I mean I still have good positive air pressure as air is still passed out of the vents in the case.

Guitarman0 · 30 Dec 2009 at 23:48

I am thinking of getting an H50 also

Danm54 · 31 Dec 2009 at 00:20

I have my H50 as an intake, a front fan as an intake and a top fan as an exhaust, as long as the top fan is big enough to remove the air from the H50 and a bit more you'll be fine.
The problem would come if you put the top fan as an intake as well. One exhaust at the top is enough in my opinion, keeps my case cool anyway.