Side Fan

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should it intake or exhaust, or could I get two and do them both?
Whats the advice guys?
Bigger fans or smaller?
 
currently i have two front fans sucking air in, one on the top getting rid of hot air and one on the back doing the same.
I have two 7950's both the same, i was thinking of putting that the fan near the bottom by the GPU's they get to around 70-75 under full load.

I wasnt sure whether it was worth it and if so what it should do.
I have a bit finex shinobi case currently. Im modding the side into a mesh window and figured this would just add better air flow.
 
so what did we decide ive just ordered 3 spectre fans for the side, do i go exhaust or blow air in. I will be doing it right on the GPU's
 
Yeah airflow isnt good, ive got the side off and ur right the temps are much better off, i initially tried to drill some holes in the case to bring temps down and that worked to be honest but by 2 degrees .I got a pack of three fans thats why i was going to use them, im putting them behind some mesh. I'll try on exhaust when im done and its through and report back.
 
Uncle Petey said:
Your mileage may vary, however, in my experience and that of many others, side fans are certainly not a waste of time when set up correctly.

ED: So directly removing the hot air that's being vented from the gpu's out of the side of the case hurts airflow and can make cpu temps rise?
That's strange, you would have thought that allowing that hot air to rise inside the case and be fed to the cpu cooler would have that effect instead.

As for getting better intake fans, there's sod all you can do to improve the front airflow in a Shinobi apart from cutting out the grills which doesn't do a hell of a lot except lower noise. Other than that, dremelling a big hole in the front panel or removing it completely is all you can do, and that's not really on the cards.

LtMatt has the same case as you, Murah. He also found that using side exhausts lowered gpu temps when he was using an Accelero, and side intakes lowered gpu temps when using IceQ xfire rear venting cards.
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Hi Petey, i agree i cant see taking warm air out will raise the temp of my CPU. I already use a decent Noctua CPU cooler and that keeps that damn thing cold. I'm going to go with exhaust its got to take the air out of the case at the most powerful heat source, can only be a good thing. I'll report back once ive got it all set up.
And as you say its impossible to improve front airflow unless i take the front plastic thing off.
Oh and can someone point me in the direction of the thigs that clip on the sides and top of the case to look pretty couldn't find them on the site
 
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