• Cooling Setup
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Is this a good cooling setup? Red is radiator, blue is fans and green is airflow. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/AVU5OU9.png[/IMG]
You generally want front intake, top and back exhaust. Especially with a radiator. You'd be blowing the heat from the rad into the case with your setup, which isn't good. Bottom can be intake ONLY if you have something extremely dust free such as a smooth board underneath. Never carpet.
Positive pressure (more intake than exhaust) is always better, just make sure to install dust filters on the intakes. Front should be intake, bottom should be intake (the psu stays on the bottom though), side should be intake, top and back should be exhaust. What case do you have?
[QUOTE=Lilyo;44336099]What case do you have?[/QUOTE] This/ can't really give more then general advice without specifics.... That said, I wouldn't recommend a radiator as an intake unless the case has really good airflow. The slight benefit you get in cooling is offset by the increased temps for everything else... I'm a fan of positive pressure myself- with your diagram I would make everything an intake except the two radiator fans which should exhaust up. Speaking of radiator fans- are you going push, pull, or push/pull? This refers to the fan location relative to the radiator. That is to say does the fan push air through the rad, pull it through the rad or both (think fan sandwich) I like push myself but push/pull works best if you can stand the noise.
Sorry I forgot to mention it. I'm getting a Bitfenix Ghost.
To recap- your fan option are Top-2 Bottom-1 Front-2 Back-1 If your willing to spend a few bones extra I would make everything an intake except for the top (which will exhaust out through the radiator). However, for this to work the bottom must have enough clearance to allow airflow and ideally you buy/adapt fan filters for every intake that doesn't already have one. A fan controller will allow your 4 intake fans to run near silently (roughly 80% of max) while maintaining the positive pressure environment. The two top fans should be mounted below the radiator and orientated as exhausts (push configuration).
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