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It shouldn't matter much if you place your PSU fan side down, which is what I would normally do. Maybe a few degrees hotter GPU, but nothing drastical.

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2 minutes ago, chckovsky said:

It shouldn't matter much if you place your PSU fan side down, which is what I would normally do. Maybe a few degrees hotter GPU, but nothing drastical.

Why should place PSU fan side down? Should the bottom of the case be used for air intake?

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Just now, AvatarComputer said:

Why should place PSU fan side down? Should the bottom of the case be used for air intake?

Unless you plan on blocking the airflow from under the case (by placing the computer on a rug for example).

 

It'll look a bit nicer with the shroud unless you have a really nice PSU.

 

Mounting  fan side down also prevents screws or other unwanted foreign materials from falling into the PSU if there is no shroud. BUT it should only be done if there is a filtered air intake on the bottom for the PSU.Which your case has.

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2 hours ago, AvatarComputer said:

Why should place PSU fan side down? Should the bottom of the case be used for air intake?

PSU fan is always intake. Placing it fan down excludes it from cases airflow. Having shroud with that orientation is just for esthetic reasons. If you have many HDDs under it, you might want to have bottom intake fan to keep them cool. PSU fan up is going to suck some air from GPU. Not much as case is spacious. But I'd still say only have it that way if you are going to have case on thick carpet, like @chckovsky said.

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PSU shrouds tend to worsen airflow mainly for the graphics card according to GamersNexus.

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On 13.4.2018 at 11:00 PM, WoodenMarker said:

PSU shrouds tend to worsen airflow mainly for the graphics card according to GamersNexus.

I wonder why :) Maybe because it blocks lower front intake fan, and bottom fan.

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