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Would this cause negated airflow?

Alex Miller
By Alex Miller
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I've recently installed a new AIO and was wondering if my fan configuration would cause a negative air pressure in my system. I have three fans pulling in air from the front and three exhaust fans two on top and 1 in the back. I was concerned that my AIO would restrict airflow from the 2 fans its in front of. 

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Could always run the top ones a touch slower.  My understanding of the way to figure out if you’ve got positive or negative pressure is to find a crack or seam that is NOT pushed on by a fan, and find a very llight and preferably fluffy thing like a down pin feather or a hair or a piece of a piece of yarn and use it as a wind gauge there. The bigger the thing the more air it takes to move it.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

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