side panel in or out

dalex · 1 Aug 2008 at 19:23

On a case with an 80mm front fan(blowing air into case) a 120mm rear fan exhausting ,should the 80 mm side panel fan be exhausting or blowing air in for the best graphics cooling situation
thanks
Dave

Pneumonic · 1 Aug 2008 at 19:35

In general:

More In Than Out

Front / Side = In
Back / Top = Out

ZedPowered · 1 Aug 2008 at 19:43

in for sure to cool the gfx card

PhillyDee · 1 Aug 2008 at 19:56

In. Check temps. You can always turn in around and see of it lowers. I prefer positive pressure in my case.

Diggsy · 1 Aug 2008 at 20:41

I personally found it made little to no difference. I have 2 120mm fans on the side of my case to help cool the graphics card, and changing them from intake to exhaust made no noticable difference.

Saying that though, I do run them very slowly (around 800RPM) so they don't push much air.

ultrakipper · 2 Aug 2008 at 07:41

My temps were a lot better with air going ot. ( 5 Deg. )