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Which position is better for the psu?

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By Don Loong II
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if you meant to say that your PSU is physically located/mounted on the upper portion of your case (which is common on older cases and a very select few new cases like the InWin 301) then you should have no problem if your PC doesn't really consume anywhere beyond 450W... beyond that, then you should really consider relocating your PC to a newer case because a PC that consumes around 500W (like mine) regularly goes up to 60c on normal use cases... that's more than 30c higher than the usual ambient of 25c so it's a big deal when your PSU is working hard... cold fresh air from the bottom of the case helps a lot in prolonging the lifetime of your PSU...

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Which position is better and why?

Up or down.

My pc's psu is mounted up and i have no issues but, i wanted to see which position is the best for the psu

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the PSU intaking air from its own supply is almost always better.

 

with the PSU fan facing towards the GPU, the PSU and GPU fans will be fighting for air because they blow in different directions.

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It shouldn't really matter if the cable management is okay. Your choice.

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23 minutes ago, skiibii said:

It shouldn't really matter if the cable management is okay. Your choice.

Cable management has nothing to do with this really.

 

Fan facing down is better, assuming that your case has sufficiently high feet to get some clearance underneath it, and assuming the case is not sitting on carpet.

 

 

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Heat generated from a PSU is nothing to worry about, so either way is ok.

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if you meant to say that your PSU is physically located/mounted on the upper portion of your case (which is common on older cases and a very select few new cases like the InWin 301) then you should have no problem if your PC doesn't really consume anywhere beyond 450W... beyond that, then you should really consider relocating your PC to a newer case because a PC that consumes around 500W (like mine) regularly goes up to 60c on normal use cases... that's more than 30c higher than the usual ambient of 25c so it's a big deal when your PSU is working hard... cold fresh air from the bottom of the case helps a lot in prolonging the lifetime of your PSU...

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