Fan placement problem

angrypig7 · November 6, 2015

Hi, I just bought a new case, and it's pretty much like the Define R5. It has two fans in the front with a filter and a door, and room for 2 fans at the front and 1 fan at the back.

And my graphics card is internal exhaust and takes the hot air mostly to the front.

And what I'm curious about is can I place 2 fans at the front with different directions? Top fan for intake and bottom one for exhaust.

By the way, I have a silverstone AP121 for the cooler.

zzenigmaxzz · November 6, 2015

you dont want to do that.. it will create dead zones in your pc

you want a natural flow to the air, you dont want any fans fighting each other

leave your fron as intake and your rear as exhaust

LogicalDrm · November 6, 2015

That kind of GPU cooler dumps air to case yes. But not with much speed. So essentially hot air isn't going to front cans, it goes where general flow is going. Most likely towards CPU cooler or top exhaust if there's any.