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Point taken, but could i switch a different fan to be the exhaust?

there's no point, just turn your H60 around.

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I recently built my first computer but I have ran into a dead end deciding how to rotate my fans for the best cooling.  I have an NZXT H230 case with all fan spots filled and the back with a Corsiar H60 water cooler.  At the moment they are all intakes due to my dad's suggestion, but I am wondering what the best configuration is for the best airflow.  There is a picture of my current configuration below.

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that can work as long as you have a fan on the top.

 

whoops.

 

yeah turn the H60 as an exhaust.

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I tried that first and my cpu ran 5

 

I tried this first but once i switched to an intake my cpu ran 5 degrees C cooler

yeah your cpu might run cooler but your case has no way to get rid of the hot air in the case.

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I tried that first and my cpu ran 5

 

I tried this first but once i switched to an intake my cpu ran 5 degrees C cooler

Having them all as intake is a terrible idea, there is high static pressure but nowhere for the air to vent out. Make the H60 exhaust, and if there is a fan port of the side panel, put a fan on that and also make that exhaust.

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Point taken, but could i switch a different fan to be the exhaust?

there's no point, just turn your H60 around.

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Agreed with the others, turn the H60 to exhaust fan.

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Thanks for the help guys. I will turn around the H60 but what was that about removing the bottom fan?

 

Thats 50/50. It will help to keep GPU cooler. I can't really say how much cooler as I haven't tested such scenario. You can test it by disconnecting fan and running some stress to see how it effects on GPU temps.

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