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Side or Bottom Intake?

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4 hours ago, astrosheen said:

Personally I'd put the fan in the bottom to speed up the natural flow of air. Hot air rises. Unless the case lives on carpet

Bottom intake makes more sense if exhausts are at the top but not because of warmer air rising--that is negligible in any case with active airflow. 

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I could run benchmarks but I do not feel like spending an hour or so when someone has the answer to my question most likely. 

Should I have my 120mm fan be on the side of the case giving air to my CPU (55 Degrees when Gaming) or on the bottom feeding air to my GPU? (60 Degrees when Gaming) 

 

Current setup on side.

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Couldn't you buy one more fan?

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2 minutes ago, Busconian said:

Yes but I am too cheap lol. 

Too cheap for $4.89-4.98?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nLJkcf/kingwin-case-fan-cfr012lb

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MJckcf/logisys-case-fan-cf120rd

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CPU: Intel Core i7 3770 @ 3.91 GHz RAM: G.Skill 4x4GB 2133Mhz DDR3 GPU: AMD HD 7970 3GB SSD: Samsung 840 Evo 500GB PSU: Corsair HX620W  Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 Case: Phanteks P400 Tempered Glass (Black) Monitor: Dell P2412H, Dell 2012H Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Classic Mouse: Logitech G203 Prodigy HDD: WD Black 3TB

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10 minutes ago, Busconian said:

I could run benchmarks but I do not feel like spending an hour or so when someone has the answer to my question most likely. 

Should I have my 120mm fan be on the side of the case giving air to my CPU (55 Degrees when Gaming) or on the bottom feeding air to my GPU? (60 Degrees when Gaming) 

 

Current setup on side.

IMG_4153.JPG

Personally I'd put the fan in the bottom to speed up the natural flow of air. Hot air rises. Unless the case lives on carpet

CPU: Intel i7-4790K @ stock for now --- RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16Gb --- MOBO: Asus Maximus VII Formula --- GPU: MSI Gaming GTX 980ti --- PSU: Corsair AX860i  ---  Storage: Samsung 850 250gb(OS), 3x Western Digital Blue 3tb (one for game and programs, two for media), 3tb WD Green(somewhat backup) and a Crucial M550 120gb SSD (caching games and programs drive)  --- Case: Fractal Define R5 --- Cooler: Corsair H100i with Noctua 2000rpm, Industrial Fans --- OS: Windows 10 --- Monitor: Asus PB298q + AOC l2260SWD --- Mouse: Logitech G502 Spectrum --- Keyboard: Corsair K70 (Cherry MX Red) Red LED's --- Audio: Audio Engine A2's (yes the originals), Sennheiser HD 58x Jubilee Audio-Technica ATH-AD900x, Audio-Technica ATH-M50x, Ant Lion Mod Mic V4 --- Laptop: Dell XPS 9750 

 

 

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4 minutes ago, PokeCatz said:

Too cheap for $4.89-4.98?

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nLJkcf/kingwin-case-fan-cfr012lb

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MJckcf/logisys-case-fan-cf120rd

I would prefer to save that money for upgrades in the future... But will look into it.

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What model of GPU? Where's the bottom intake located in reference to it? In front, behind or underneath? Are you having overheating problems with it now? Ditto that for the CPU?

I enjoy buying junk and sinking more money than it's worth into it to make it less junk.

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4 hours ago, astrosheen said:

Personally I'd put the fan in the bottom to speed up the natural flow of air. Hot air rises. Unless the case lives on carpet

Bottom intake makes more sense if exhausts are at the top but not because of warmer air rising--that is negligible in any case with active airflow. 

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