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 Well, I have 1 intake and 1 exhaust, (inside I have a GPU with 3 fans, the CPU fan)

If your intakes are filtered, I would recommend another intake to create positive pressure and reduce dust buildup in your case.

Hi,

My motherboard just allow me to add just one more fan into my pc, so I just bought a new fan to put it in. I really do not know what is the best position for it, I have read about air flow into the case, and right now this is my current set up:

Front-Intake

Rear- Exhausts

I really do not know if I should put this new fan at the side-Intake or just above for exhaust.

Any recommendations? Thanks.   

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i would say depends where the the most heat comes from your pc.  Example if theres to much heat around your cpu then put the fan as exhaust

CPU: i5 4670k -- MOBO: Asus Maximus Hero Z97 -- RAM: 16Gb (8gbx2) Corsair Vengance -- GPU: Asus Gtx 780 --

PSU: Corsair CS 650 -- Cooler: Corsair H80i -- Case: Thermaltake A31

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Well, I have 1 intake and 1 exhaust, (inside I have a GPU with 3 fans, the CPU fan)

Add another front intake, also make sure ur psu fan is face down.

Not essential tho,

Being Nosey, what gpu and cpu u have

CPU: Intel Core I5 4590 | GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SSC | Mobo: ASRock Fatality H97 Performance | Ram: HyperX Fury 8gb 1866 | SSD: Intel 520 series 240 GB | HDD: WD Blue 1TB | Case: Aerocool DS 200 red/black | Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212X | PSU: Antec High Current Gamer 620w | Monitor: AOC i2367fh & old HP | OS: Windowws 7


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Add another front intake, also make sure ur psu fan is face down.

Not essential tho,

Being Nosey, what gpu and cpu u have

Thank you, well actually this is my first "budget pc" I have a r9 280x vapor x and an AMD-8350fx.

I´m aiming to get a more powerful gpu soon in order to play the witcher 3 with awesome graphs, very exited about it.

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