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rhoffer21
im doing my 1st system build and was just wondering how all the fans should be setup for optimal performance. please just post it like this:(looking from the front of the case)
left-in
back-in/out
right-in/out
top-in/out
front-in/out
roadkill
All fans in the back should be exhaust, they are placed pretty high up in the case because hot air rises

frot should be intake, and as the air heats up within your ccase it will get sucked it by the ehaust

Top should also be exhaust

I dont understand hte left and right part though
cybergrunt69
There are about a zillion examples here: http://forums.overclockersclub.com/?act=Search&f=3
rhoffer21
by left/right i mean left=where the window is and right im guessing dosent have a fan. btw thanks alot roadkill thats 2 of my posts uve answered pretty quickly. I appreciate it.
Hyper Threaded
What you want is any fans on the side panels as intake, front fans as intake, and rear and/or top fans exhaust. When the wires face the inside of the case, that's intake, if the wires face away from the case that's exhaust.

Try to balance your intake/exhaust too. Don't just put one huge fan on the side panel and call it quits, buy some other fans too. Unless you're really overclocking or your room stays hot you can can get away with 28cfm or so fans.
roadkill
QUOTE (rhoffer21 @ Aug 17 2004, 09:24 PM)
by left/right i mean left=where the window is and right im guessing dosent have a fan. btw thanks alot roadkill thats 2 of my posts uve answered pretty quickly. I appreciate it.

Well, on the window or left, Im assuming that it is positioned near your graphic card or CPU? in that case it should be intake

and smile.gif ty ! tongue.gif
littleaznkid
front is intake. side intake. top exhaust. back exhaust.

Picture shown below. Sorry for the back picture. Took me 5 min to do lLOL! hope it helps you!
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