PSU which way?

[TW]Sponge · 4 Sep 2010 at 11:35

Hi guys, just a quick question. Which way should the psu go in? at the moment ive got the fan facing upwards into my case, is this ok??

stulid · 4 Sep 2010 at 11:37

I believe that's correct for a Antec902.

edit, found the F AQ

www.antec.com/Believe_it/index.php?page=support_roductInfo_FAQ&Qnumber=2&FAQno=25

Freakbro · 4 Sep 2010 at 11:41

Yep, the fan sucks air from the case and vents it out the back, so you need the fan clear and pointing into the case

Arcimbaldo · 4 Sep 2010 at 12:04

Due to the arrangement of the screws it should only be able to go in one way, well thats how it is with mine.

But if it is sucking from inside the case and blowing out the back then that sounds fine.

[TW]Sponge · 4 Sep 2010 at 12:24

ahh ok thanks guys, appreciate it.

j.col · 4 Sep 2010 at 16:14

mine is facing down :confused:

i have a nzxt hades, it has a air filter screen underneath the psu, so i thought that the fan will suck in air from beneath and exhaust out the back, to keep it cooler.
have i done mine wrong?

Big.Wayne · 4 Sep 2010 at 16:58

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j.col said:
mine is facing down
i have a nzxt hades, it has a air filter screen underneath the psu, so i thought that the fan will suck in air from beneath and exhaust out the back, to keep it cooler.
have i done mine wrong?

I don't think you have done anything wrong!

. . it's a per "case" dependant thing . . . I've always mounted my PSU's with the fan pointing downwards (Antec 300's) in a chassis with no fan-floor-venting and it's not been a problem . . . the rail the PSU sits on raises the fan about 3/4" from the internal floor but as the bottom of the case is the coolest and there is heaps of airflow coming in from the 2x front 120mm fans the PSU doesn't get warm and its fans barely turn . . . it also means the lump of wires coming from the PSU run the straightest path to the cable-tidy area . . .

I could mount the PSU upside down but I'd be worried that any gunk or a random screw may fall into it!