Dumb PSU Question

[McCloudX1070]

  This is probably gonna be a very obvious and dumb question but I'm looking at buying a Be Quiet Dark Pro 900 case later this week and was wondering if it is ok to mount my PSU fan side down? It looks like the case is designed for it but didn't find anything in the official manual and thought I'd ask here.

  Thanks for any and all replies, sorry if it's a silly question. I just wanna double check!

[MorganO]

10 minutes ago, McCloudX1070 said:

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what case? 

 

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fuckity fuck fuck, its kinda tired my bad

thanks to @deXxterlab97 @shadowbyte for saying my post was funny, making me look why

Edited March 8, 2017 by KOMTechAndGaming

[PacketAtlas]

I put my PSU fan side down, so it's not circling through warm air from the case. Depending on how you place your intake/exhaust fans, you could potentially use it as an exhaust fan by putting the PSU with the fan on the top.

[Verrierr]

Fan side down is the normal way as far as I know. Though installing it in reverse makes sense sometimes.

[PacketAtlas]

If you're not looking to go into detail with the whole air circulation thing, it's a safe bet facing the fan down. It won't disrupt the air flow inside. 

[McCloudX1070]

1 minute ago, PacketAtlas said:

If you're not looking to go into detail with the whole air circulation thing, it's a safe bet facing the fan down. It won't disrupt the air flow inside. 

I was planning on just using the stock fans with the case which i believe is a 120mm exhaust fan at the rear, two 140mm intakes at the front and then my cpu heatsink which will face the exhaust fan. So pretty standard circulation. Well thanks guys n gals. I've just never built a system with a PSU facing down. 

[manikyath]

if you have a case that has a fan filter for the power supply, and sufficent room for airflow underneath (so not on a carpet, preferably), go fan side down. if you have a power supply with some form of mode that stops the fan under low load conditions, putting it fan side up can aid in passively venting the power supply. (and no, if you have decent case airflow it doesnt impact GPU temps by any measurable amount.)

[MorganO]

Just now, McCloudX1070 said:

I was planning on just using the stock fans with the case which i believe is a 120mm exhaust fan at the rear, two 140mm intakes at the front and then my cpu heatsink which will face the exhaust fan. So pretty standard circulation. Well thanks guys n gals. I've just never built a system with a PSU facing down. 

just put the psu with the fan facing down. what PSU is it?

[nobiggieBIG]

19 minutes ago, McCloudX1070 said:

  This is probably gonna be a very obvious and dumb question but I'm looking at buying a Be Quiet Dark Pro 900 case later this week and was wondering if it is ok to mount my PSU fan side down? It looks like the case is designed for it but didn't find anything in the official manual and thought I'd ask here.

  Thanks for any and all replies, sorry if it's a silly question. I just wanna double check!

if you have a blower style card, mount it towards fan side up.

[STRMfrmXMN]

You can mount the PSU fan either way you like but be aware of how it's supposed to be mounted if you decide to invert the case.

[samiscool51]

if you know it's dumb, why ask it?

that my question...

[McCloudX1070]

2 hours ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

just put the psu with the fan facing down. what PSU is it?

um Corsair HX850W

[MorganO]

8 hours ago, McCloudX1070 said:

um Corsair HX850W

Face down probably it 0rpm mode meaning its super quiet

[manikyath]

11 hours ago, samiscool51 said:

if you know it's dumb, why ask it?

that my question...

because he is unsure about the answer, perhaps?

[McCloudX1070]

13 hours ago, manikyath said:

because he is unsure about the answer, perhaps?

um it's just one of those odd things where I've seen videos with the fan face down but the manual for my new case doesn't directly say it and it doesn't seem like a common topic on google. It's just an illogical fear of screwing up my minor PC upgrade. lol. I basically needed you guys n gals to tell me I'm not crazy and it's fine, stop being an idiot! Plus for cable routing, face down will be much more beneficial once move over some old hardware and install some new stuff in my new case coming next week!

    Thanks for dealing with my crazy guys n gals!