Fan Layout?

[ocrazyitaliano]

i have 2 fans in the front 3 fans on the side including one where the air duct was..1 on the top and 1 in the back...how should i arrange these in terms or intake and exhaust?

currently:
front 2 - intake
top - exhaust
side 3 - intake
back - exhaust

 

[Logan321]

Depends on fan speed... but having a slight vaccuum in your case will ensure any dust that's floating around will get sucked into your case, so that's bad. You want slightly more air being blown into the case than out.

Back/Top/PS should be out, of course...

You might want to try experimenting with the air duct fan, see if setting it to blow out instead of in reduces your cpu temperature. It'd really depend on how well it lines up with your cpu heatsink/fan and whether your HSF blows towards the motherboard, away, or towards the back or top of the case instead.