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I have a black ice extreme 1 and two that im putting into a chenbro gaming bomb 2. I am going to place the BIX 1 on the back as an exhaust and i cant decide if i should put the BIX 2 on the top of the case or the bottom. ive been planning on putting it at the bottom so it will be easyer to fill and it wont take up any bays but i am worried that since the case is so low to the groud the air flow will be so limited that i wont get the results im looking for. If i put it on the top i would also make it exhaust because i dont want it sucking the hot air into the case. Any opinions would be highly appriciative. :p
 
no matter where you put them, you always want air blowing ONTO a heat exchanger...because it will optimise the cooling abilities of it
 
dont people recommend sukcing the hot air from the heatercore rather then blowing air through it?
 
having a fan pulling the air through the heatercore will produce better results because the fans are better at pulling the air through restriction than pushing it through.
 
KCompany said:
i am worried that since the case is so low to the groud the air flow will be so limited that i wont get the results im looking for.
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Putting in on the bottom is fine. You can always experiment after it's in, and see if thicker case feet will help temperatures.
 
Erasmus354 said:
having a fan pulling the air through the heatercore will produce better results because the fans are better at pulling the air through restriction than pushing it through.
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I'd never thought of that. I just went to test it out myself using a house fan and it seems about right.

To test it out yourself turn a house fan on high and put a hand on either side with your fingers spread. The hand on the blowing side gets cool on the palm of that hand but the hand on the sucking side gets really cold between the fingers and on the edge of the hand.

As I'm writing it out it seems really obvious but it was still a minor surprise to actually feel it in action 8)
 
on the note of sucking the air from the rads.....How about redundancy? Suck on one side and blowing on other side going in the sam direction? Wouldnt that enhance this effect?
 
SignalSoldier said:
on the note of sucking the air from the rads.....How about redundancy? Suck on one side and blowing on other side going in the sam direction? Wouldnt that enhance this effect?
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This is commonly referred to as a push-pull configuration, it does give a small performance boost, bot not very much, and it can sometimes cause extra noise.
 
I read on a review site that tested it out with a black ice extreme that a push-pull configuration gave about 50% more airflow and about 20% increased cooling.
 
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