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My power supply is at the bottom of my case and I was wondering which is the best way to have the fan facing up or facing down, looking at everyone else's it looks like they all have the fan facing downwards( I have mine facing upwards)
Please can you also tell me why this is the best way. Thanks
 
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My power supply is at the bottom of my case and I was wondering which is the best way to have the fan facing up or facing down, looking at everyone else's it looks like they all have the fan facing downwards( I have mine facing upwards)
Please can you also tell me why this is the best way. Thanks
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Having the fan facing downwards means that it pulls in cool air from outside the case passes it over its components and then expels the air out of the vent at the back. Having it facing upwards means that the fan will be pulling air in from inside the case (which will normally be quite warm due to being close to the GPU) passing that over the components and then out the back.

Neither is technically right or wrong, but facing downwards is the preferred method.
 
Not exactly new, but I hadn't posted in here yet since getting the case in Sep :o

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Ok, Dont care if you think its mad or not but i've upgrade from a 480 to a 580. Just call it upgradeitus..! :eek:

Friend is buying the 480 off me, which saves me some hassle.


Full spec is...

- Intel Core i7 920 D0 Stepping (SLBEJ) 2.66Ghz Overclocked to 4.00GHz
- Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366) with 2 Noctua NF-P12 120mm Fans
- Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
- Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel Memory
- Asus GeForce GTX 580 1536MB GDDR5 (waiting to be OC'ed)
- Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music Sound Card
- Crucial M225 128GB Solid State Drive
- 2x 500GB Hard Drives
- Corsair HX 850w Modular PSU
- Asus Sata DVD RW
- Lian Li PC-7FW
- Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64bit
- Samsung 2443 24" LCD Monitor
- G15 and G500 Keyboard and mouse
- Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 Speakers
- G25 Racing Wheel

+ more that i've probably forgot


Pics.... (I really need to do something about that 8 pin across the cards.... I even have of of these, but haven't got round to adding it in yet)

Excuse the dust, case hasn't had a clean out for a while! :o

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Yeah i will do at some point, or use that braided extension to go behind the motherboard or similar...

One day i will. :o
 
Use the braided extension V R, i got one for my lian li a70f, was a godsend tbh as the case is quite tall and the corsair 8 pin cable was to short.

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You can make out the extension cable on the right, have it clamped to the mobo tray to keep it in place.
 
Thanks Alex. :)

Setter, yeah thats what i wanna do, i thought the Corsair cable was a bit on the short side too....

Might make it my mission to actually do it this weekend...... :p
 
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It's actually not too heavy, I think a KG? Due to the alu fins (just copper pipes and base). At least compared to my old rig with the ThermalTake Big Typhoon, I'm sure that was heavier :). Tell you what this cools a heck of a lot better it though it seems 8).

Now the case on the other hand!!! About 14kgs before you start adding stuff :). Thick steel haha...

Cheers
 
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