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Intake vs. Exhaust Fans

Spike8132
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I bought a Cyberpower prebuild to get a 3070 for a decent price. It came with one pwm fan on the 120mm AIO cooler and 3 molex, low rpm, non-variable rgb case fans. I opted to swap out all the fans and fill the open slots with 8 new fans. 2 Push/Pull exhaust on the rear mounted AIO, 3 intake on the front, and 3 top mounted exhaust. This leaves me with 3 intake and 5 exhaust. Should I swap the front most top fan to an intake. Is that bad? Would it make a difference?

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Honestly probably not,  but just try it out. 

But generally I think more intakes is preferable,  but then again it will depend on the setup. 

 

 

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You could do top intake. But honestly, your GPU is the biggest issue still. I would say getting any top fans is waste of money.

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The logic I have started to follow is to favor a positive/neutral case pressure. Having a negative case pressure is more likely to suck in dust through the "cracks" around side panels and case construction, any exhaust fans not running, any empty exhaust fan spots.

 

21 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

I would say getting any top fans is waste of money.

I keep putting cheap fans in the top of my case, and they keep dying lol, so I would agree with ^ 

 

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Do you have a photo of your PC? In some cases, outtakes at the top will suck out the air that the front intake just pulled in.

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