Casefan

[Guest Fly Me Plz]

Hi Guys, I received my Chieftec case and the casefans today. Now my question is: in order to get a good airflow, where do I put the fans in what direction (blowing in or out).My case has the following amount of fans: -two fans in the lower front-two fans in the upper back-two fans in the middel of the side panel under eachotherI know that much that thw two fans in the lower front of the case have to blow IN cold air and thw two fans in the upper back have to blow OUT the hot air out of the case, but what do I do with the other two fan

[Guest orenda635]

That's a lot of fans. What have you got in that thing that needs that much cooling?I have three case fans. I have the upper back fan drawing air into the case. The side fan pushed it out. I also have a ducted expansion slot fan that removes heat away from the graphics card.I'd suggest having the two front fans drawing air in and the two back fans pushing it out. Of course if your case is in a confined area (Under a narrow desk or in a computer cupboard), you could even have it the other way round so too much heat doesn't gather at the back where it can't escape.Another possible set up is to do away with the two front fans. Have back intake, side outtake like I do. You could then install a drive bay cooler to keep the front nice and chilly. If you can get your hands on a fog machine and have a case with a side window, here's a simple test you can do. I picked this up in the PC Modder edition of CPU magazine. You can use the smoke to simulate heat build up. With the machine off, pump the fog into an open drive bay. Turn the computer on and see what happens. If you see smoke pooling, you may want to reposition your fan. If you see a outtake fan with no smoke comming out, move it to a better location.

[Bill A]

I have mine rig set up such as two fronts are blowing air in the machine and two rears and blowing air away from the machine.Regards,Bill

[Guest Grey_Wolf]

I have my Side panel Fans drawing air in. Runnin them in the other direction caused the case tempature to rise a bit.

[Guest Wichita]

>I know that much that thw two fans in the lower front of the>case have to blow IN cold air and thw two fans in the upper>back have to blow OUT the hot air out of the case, but what do>I do with the other two fan