Poor air intake Corsair 780T

Helen Barber · 20 Mar 2021 at 02:22

With my front hard drive cage full There isn't much fresh air getting in. Only room for single fan at the bottom of pc case

Any ideas?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/photos/share/mypWjtDRERSJtNG0DK1FO1LXxJJsm98xfGv2IGCaphm

Helen Barber · 20 Mar 2021 at 03:03

Hard drives I have 8 drives installed so can't exactly move them unfortunately
Debating cutting hole on side pane, but would rather not

Helen Barber · 20 Mar 2021 at 05:31

Helen Barber · 20 Mar 2021 at 05:38

Thinking 47TB worth of SSDs might be expensive

It's a cleaner way of doing it internally

Helen Barber · 20 Mar 2021 at 05:44

I wonder if I would be better using the front fans to pull the air out rather than cool air in?

I think I will mod the side panel with a fan, blowing in cool air directly over cpu

Helen Barber · 20 Mar 2021 at 05:55

I'm using drivepool, it's just for streaming of movies via Plex and safe backup

Helen Barber · 20 Mar 2021 at 06:06

Is Emby like Plex? Is it better?

Helen Barber · 20 Mar 2021 at 06:27

I will take a look

Helen Barber · 20 Mar 2021 at 16:41

Danny75 said:
If the PSU isn't very long, you might be able to lay the top HDD cage beside the other and do away with the bottom fan. Looks like CPU and GPU will then get plenty of air from the front. That said, I'm glad JohnG7 took the time to post his more elegant solutions.

You could likewise do away with both cages entirely and set up a bungee solution for all 8 drives at the bottom.

That's a great idea