So I’ve purchased an AVP Hyperion cube case and as such it comes with no fans, so I want to fill all 4 options with 1 being a low 120mm next to the psu(dual chamber design), but while I have a SFX psu fitted, would it be bad to have a case exhaust fan next to it as the gap isn’t huge?
Is it bad to have an exhaust fan opposite the psu fan?
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I don't understand your question. The only vent in right side while not directly beside PSU supplies PSU. There is a 90mm vent in back into PSu compartment behind motherboard. Another 80mm vent in back in motherboard compartment and 2x 120mm vents in front that I'm not sure if they are both into motherboard compartment or partially into PSU compartment. Is there a 120mm vent in left side panel into motherboard compartment?
You might be interested in basic guide to case airflow and how to optimize it in below link. Just the basics, but give most of needed info.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...-i-put-my-temp-sensor.18564223/#post-26159770
You might be interested in basic guide to case airflow and how to optimize it in below link. Just the basics, but give most of needed info.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...-i-put-my-temp-sensor.18564223/#post-26159770
I don't understand your question. The only vent in right side while not directly beside PSU supplies PSU. There is a 90mm vent in back into PSu compartment behind motherboard. Another 80mm vent in back in motherboard compartment and 2x 120mm vents in front that I'm not sure if they are both into motherboard compartment or partially into PSU compartment. Is there a 120mm vent in left side panel into motherboard compartment?
You might be interested in basic guide to case airflow and how to optimize it in below link. Just the basics, but give most of needed info.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...-i-put-my-temp-sensor.18564223/#post-26159770
thanks for reply. I will try to explain a little better ha.
the case has 120mm fan mount points on both side panels and 2 80 or 92mm on the back, so both compartments have 2 fan options, I’m ignoring the mounts on the front panel, so it’s just the rear and sides.
the left side of the case(looking from the back) has the 120mm mount lower down than the other side, this would be down to being able to use an ATX power supply, so the grill is over the fan side completely. Now as that panel has mount holes for a fan theres obviously a purpose, but given psu usually has the fan facing a filter I am wondering if there be too much pressure or whatever if I put an exhaust fan there because the fan on my psu pretty much runs all the time.
Ive seen exhaust fans mounted above cpu coolers, but never a psu, so I don’t want to damage anything if that’s possible.
PSU fans are intake, so putting a fan in case as exhaust would not be good because it would lower PSU rate of airflow.
Yes, 120mm fan on each side. Motherboard mounting panels divides case into two separate compartments so fan on one side has no effect on airflow in compartment o other side.
Exhaust fan above CPU coolers are usually kinda worthless. If cooler is flat kind it's drawing air in fan toward motherboard, so exhasut fan in case near it would be trying to remove the air cooler fan is trying to flow through cooler.
Keep in mind air flows like water flow in ocean, lake, pond, etc. Too many fans is like too many spray jets creating mass movement mixing everything up .. but no smooth flow of cool air from intake to cooler and then to exhaust and out of case.