Airflow

[Eskil28]

I’m using aio as intake at the front of the case, I got one exhaust at the end of the pc and i got 2 fans left at the top of the pc should I use it as one intake and one exhaust or how should I use it?

[venomtail]

25 minutes ago, Eskil28 said:

I’m using aio as intake at the front of the case, I got one exhaust at the end of the pc and i got 2 fans left at the top of the pc should I use it as one intake and one exhaust or how should I use it?

Keep all fans in one place the same, don't make one intake and the next one a different one. Since hot air rises I'd say make top the exhaust.

[Eskil28]

3 minutes ago, venomtail said:

Keep all fans in one place the same, don't make one intake and the next one a different one. Since hot air rises I'd say make top the exhaust.

Then I have 3 exhaust and 2 intake doesn’t that cause negative airflow?

[venomtail]

5 minutes ago, Eskil28 said:

Then I have 3 exhaust and 2 intake doesn’t that cause negative airflow?

It does yea.

[TatamiMatt]

It wont help much but itll help a little, but you can do a push/pull on your radiator, have your cpu cooled better by more airflow and have more air coming into youre case on top of that

[Eskil28]

5 minutes ago, venomtail said:

It does yea.

I have another fan laying around the thing is I don’t have any place for it should I use it and zip tie it and where should I put it if I should zip tie it?

[TatamiMatt]

If you have an extra fan, take one of the tops fans doing the least and zip tie both to the radiator for both a push/pull and to then have positive pressure as youll have more air entering and less air leaving

[Eskil28]

Just now, TatamiMatt said:

If you have an extra fan, take one of the tops fans doing the least and zip tie both to the radiator for both a push/pull and to then have positive pressure as youll have more air entering and less air leaving

The radiator is a 240 mm 

[TatamiMatt]

1 minute ago, Eskil28 said:

The radiator is a 240 mm 

Yeah, thats perfect!

[Eskil28]

Just now, TatamiMatt said:

Yeah, thats perfect!

Can you show a picture of how you mean.

[TatamiMatt]

1 minute ago, Eskil28 said:

Can you show a picture of how you mean.

Sorry about the colours, kinda hard to see, and just used a generic image of a case but;

2 exhaust fans, one rear top and one rear back

2 intake fans in front of radiator

2 intake fans behind radiator

Radiator sandwiched in between (im assuming thats where youre radiator is, im not entirely sure)

Blue arrows are airflow direction

[Eskil28]

Just now, TatamiMatt said:

Sorry about the colours, kinda hard to see, and just used a generic image of a case but;

2 exhaust fans, one rear top and one rear back

2 intake fans in front of radiator

2 intake fans behind radiator

Radiator sandwiched in between (im assuming thats where youre radiator is, im not entirely sure)

Blue arrows are airflow direction

So you mean I put the 2 fans as intake behind the radiator if so I’m gonna do like that.

[TatamiMatt]

1 minute ago, Eskil28 said:

So you mean I put the 2 fans as intake behind the radiator if so I’m gonna do like that.

Yes, so one pushes air through and the other pulls air through hence a "push/pull" configuration

[Eskil28]

1 minute ago, TatamiMatt said:

Yes, so one pushes air through and the other pulls air through hence a "push/pull" configuration

Alr I’m gonna do it like that thanks for ur help  but should put it with screws cuz I got the fan screws 

[TatamiMatt]

8 minutes ago, Eskil28 said:

Alr I’m gonna do it like that thanks for ur help  but should put it with screws cuz I got the fan screws 

Perfect, let us know if youre running any cooler after the change! always curious if it actually changes anything 

[TPCEA]

2 hours ago, Eskil28 said:

I’m using aio as intake at the front of the case, I got one exhaust at the end of the pc and i got 2 fans left at the top of the pc should I use it as one intake and one exhaust or how should I use it?

You can try these options for the top:

1. Front up, back down
2. Both up
3. Both down

And see which works best for your PC.

If you want to reverse the front and rear stuff,  then put the top back on exhaust and the top front on intake,  or the reverse, to see what happens. @TeraSeraph experimented with this. 

[Eskil28]

3 hours ago, TatamiMatt said:

Perfect, let us know if youre running any cooler after the change! always curious if it actually changes anything 

Did some research and it says it’s worse to put them behind the radiator.

[Eskil28]

1 hour ago, RevGAM said:

You can try these options for the top:

1. Front up, back down
2. Both up
3. Both down

And see which works best for your PC.

If you want to reverse the front and rear stuff,  then put the top back on exhaust and the top front on intake,  or the reverse, to see what happens. @TeraSeraph experimented with this. 

Can you show a picture of how you mean with these options.

[TPCEA]

8 minutes ago, Eskil28 said:

Can you show a picture of how you mean with these options.

I'm at work so I can't right now. How many fans can fit on top?

[Eskil28]

9 minutes ago, RevGAM said:

I'm at work so I can't right now. How many fans can fit on top?

2 at top 1 and end of pc and 2 on front 

[TPCEA]

4 minutes ago, Eskil28 said:

2 at top 1 and end of pc and 2 on front 

So, the 2 on top are what I'm talking about. Up means exhaust, down means intake. 

[Eskil28]

47 minutes ago, RevGAM said:

So, the 2 on top are what I'm talking about. Up means exhaust, down means intake. 

Ye ik but idk where to place all fans for the best airflow 

[TPCEA]

19 minutes ago, Eskil28 said:

Ye ik but idk where to place all fans for the best airflow 

We already answered that question...

[TPCEA]

[TeraSeraph]

From my experience option 4 is the best and most balanced while maintaining positive case pressure.