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so i'm building an all-black mid-range gaming system and wanted to get your opinions about the airflow. i'm using a jonsbo u2 case and 3 thermaltake riing 12's static pressure fans. is my air flow setup just fine?

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That looks good.

 

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I think it's better to have the CPU cooler take in cold air and exhaust it straight away.

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@Raboo - thanks!
@Diederik_Gr - you mean switch the sp fan to the other side of cooler (bottom)? im also thinking of aesthetics, so if fan is on top side, it will look somehow symmetrical and fan will be very visible :)

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I'd switch CPU fan to blow towards PSU instead of blowing its hot air towards GPU. Atm GPU has little to none fresh air source so giving only hot air to it is bad idea.

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I suggest to follow the natural flow of air.. hot air goes up and cold air comes from below for optimal airflow, so it would be optimal to switch your cpu fan on the other side so the hot air is blowing up to the PSU to exhaust it.

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I guess you're right, @LoGiCalDrm. I'll just flip the fan so it pulls out the heat out of the cpu cooler and blow it to the exhaust of the psu. Thanks for the tips, guys!

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