Can radiators dump heat into the case?

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eddieck

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I've got an Antec P182 which is one of the few cases (800D and TJ-07 are the only others IIRC) to have a dedicated power supply chamber. The idea is to keep the CPU and GPU heat in the top chamber and keep the PSU in the cooler chamber so its fan doesn't ramp up as often.

It would be a nice space to stick a single 120mm radiator in though. If it was on the side of the case, exhausting heat out, would the radiator itself dump any heat into that lower chamber?
 
kinda depends on the direction you face the fans I guess... if the fans is moving air into the chamber then yes it would dump heat into the psu chamber
 
It will.. but as long as the fan thats on it is an exhaust it will be very little. But with the PSU exhausting & that exhausting you will need at-least 2 intakes into that chamber to keep the air pressure pushing the hot air out.
 
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