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Caselabs M8 Fan Positioning Help.

post #1 of 4
6/18/12 at 11:50pm
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Please see proposed build first

I need some help on where I'm positioning my fans for best performance. I'd really prefer to not be blowing air outside the front of my case which completely screws everything up. My radiators will be two 360's on the top of the case.

Please see pics (Blue equals cool air coming inside, red is warm air leaving, 6 arrows is just because of the double thickness)

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Optimal setup

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Convenient but bad thermally.

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This would work but it seems incredibly stupid

TEMPLATES:

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Thanks guys!
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6/18/12 at 11:58pm
Why not have the top as intake, all 6 fans, and have the front as intake ?
so you will have cool air in your radiators, and also cool air over your components.
because of the positive pressure the air will get pushed outside somewhere eventualy.
If you dont want to try that, i would say scheme 1, with the top intakes and the front exhausts should work just fine,

I've got mine setup as top and bottom as intakes, psu side front 2x exhaust, en mb side, 1 front intake.
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post #3 of 4
6/19/12 at 12:01am
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Originally Posted by AoHxBram View Post

Why not have the top as intake, all 6 fans, and have the front as intake ?
so you will have cool air in your radiators, and also cool air over your components.
because of the positive pressure the air will get pushed outside somewhere eventualy.
If you dont want to try that, i would say scheme 1, with the top intakes and the front exhausts should work just fine,
I've got mine setup as top and bottom as intakes, psu side front 2x exhaust, en mb side, 1 front intake.

I never really thought of that...well that sounds good. How would the dust be?
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6/19/12 at 4:53am
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I never really thought of that...well that sounds good. How would the dust be?

that depends on how good your dust filter is biggrin.gif
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