Small case positive pressure

[mhaertle]

I have a small case but it has ALOT of vent holes on all sides. Would it be a good idea to turn all fans in to have a lot of positive pressure in? To me it seems like there is enough vent holes that I don't need a fan blowing out. I'm new to this so let me know if this is a bad idea

[aricleather]

I have a small case but it has ALOT of vent holes on all sides. Would it be a good idea to turn all fans in to have a lot of positive pressure in? To me it seems like there is enough vent holes that I don't need a fan blowing out. I'm new to this so let me know if this is a bad idea

 

I'm pretty sure having at least one fan blowing out is a good idea. If it is only passively being transferred out of the case, it won't be as effective, and the ambient temperature will warm up. Preferably, have a fan blowing out on the top of the case, because heat rises.

[Guest]

I have a small case but it has ALOT of vent holes on all sides. Would it be a good idea to turn all fans in to have a lot of positive pressure in? To me it seems like there is enough vent holes that I don't need a fan blowing out. I'm new to this so let me know if this is a bad idea

 

"a small case"

 

Can't really help you unless you tell us exactly what your case is, because there may be other factors such as HDD/mobo placement and cables in the way that we don't know about.

 

I'm pretty sure having at least one fan blowing out is a good idea. If it is only passively being transferred out of the case, it won't be as effective, and the ambient temperature will warm up. Preferably, have a fan blowing out on the top of the case, because heat rises.

 

That is, unless you have a SG05 where the only possible exhaust is the SFX PSU.

[mhaertle]

My case is Zeus Mini mITX Gaming Chassis. But the whole top is vented and both sides have vents.

[mhaertle]

Also my psu blows out and my gpu blows out as well

[LogicalDrm]

Since we are talking about custom case which hasn't really stated where current fans are, its bit difficult to imagine what airflow would be optimal. Generally you want side-front-bottom intake and top-rear exhaust to get best airflow going on. There however depend highly on what kind of CPU cooling is used and where does it locate.

 

From pics I saw the CPU has 120mm AIO cooling. If that rad has one fan which is set to exhaust, then every other fan should intake. I think that rad could be set as intake also but that might make GPU hotter unless it has own fresh intake.