Side Case Fans: Intake our Exhaust?

**Praetor** · 07-14-2004, 03:11 PM

Just wanted to get a feel for what the majority of ya's do (or would do) with the side case fans

Clarification: "side" fan refers to fans that you have (or would have) on say, a case window.

4W4K3 · 07-14-2004, 04:56 PM

i got 1 fan in front sucking air in, then 1 window fan sucking air in...then 1 on top blowing air out (hot air rises), then 2 in back pulling air out (psu too if that counts which makes 3)

**Praetor** · 07-14-2004, 05:01 PM

LOL ya the reason i ask is that we all know the general 'principle' ... "in the front... out the back' but there's not set standard for side fans

4W4K3 · 07-14-2004, 05:26 PM

yup...u can have it either way. i like mine pullling air in because if i had it taking air out..the air from the front of the case would never reach the back of the case. thats 1 fan in and 4 out lol...that leads to a bad circulation pattern i believe. plus it blows air right on my ram, and my NB...so that helps a little with overclocking and all.

**Praetor** · 07-14-2004, 06:17 PM

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plus it blows air right on my ram

You can alwasy get active memory cooling

Vantec has a unit (i think) and so does Thermaltake

4W4K3 · 07-14-2004, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Praetor

You can alwasy get active memory cooling

Vantec has a unit (i think) and so does Thermaltake

lol im poor...plus i like the spreaders on my ram...all shiny.

**Praetor** · 07-14-2004, 06:31 PM

LOL im running my memory without speaders actually

... am considering the AL Thermaltake Active cooler though

Nephilim · 07-19-2004, 04:07 AM

I've a 120mm Vantec Stealth in my case window to pull in fresh air directly to my HSF which is right behind the Stealth since both my front 80mm intakes are pulling the air in past the hard drives which heats the air up considerably. I wanted to give the HSF some cooler air to work with.

Plus the fact that I like to have the same amount of air being pulled in as is being pulled out. I've two 80mm @ 50CFM apiece pulling in, two 80mm @ 50CFM apiece pulling out (one in the back, one blowhole) and then my PSU pulls out around 44CFM so the Vantec in the side pulling air in evens everything out

**Praetor** · 07-19-2004, 04:18 AM

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Plus the fact that I like to have the same amount of air being pulled in as is being pulled out.

Now there's a guy who likes his symmetry

[-0MEGA-] · 02-09-2006, 07:15 PM

My side fan is an exhaust fan, i have intake on the front (120mm) and two exhausts, on the side and the back.

View Poll Results: Which Way Is/Are Your Side Case Fans Mounted?
All Intake	14	60.87%
All Exhaust	4	17.39%
Mixed, Mostly Intake	3	13.04%
Mixed, Mostly Exhaust	2	8.70%
Random/No-Preference	0	0%
I dont have/want side case cans.	0	0%
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07-14-2004, 03:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	Side Case Fans: Intake our Exhaust? Just wanted to get a feel for what the majority of ya's do (or would do) with the side case fans Clarification: "side" fan refers to fans that you have (or would have) on say, a case window. __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI Last edited by Praetor; 07-14-2004 at 04:52 PM.

07-14-2004, 04:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
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07-14-2004, 05:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
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07-14-2004, 05:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
4W4K3 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Lewisville, TX Age: 20 Posts: 6,875	yup...u can have it either way. i like mine pullling air in because if i had it taking air out..the air from the front of the case would never reach the back of the case. thats 1 fan in and 4 out lol...that leads to a bad circulation pattern i believe. plus it blows air right on my ram, and my NB...so that helps a little with overclocking and all. __________________ My Computer I choose to believe what I was programmed to believe. Can I eat your brain? FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

07-14-2004, 06:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
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07-19-2004, 04:07 AM	#8 (permalink)
Nephilim VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Age: 36 Posts: 166	I've a 120mm Vantec Stealth in my case window to pull in fresh air directly to my HSF which is right behind the Stealth since both my front 80mm intakes are pulling the air in past the hard drives which heats the air up considerably. I wanted to give the HSF some cooler air to work with. Plus the fact that I like to have the same amount of air being pulled in as is being pulled out. I've two 80mm @ 50CFM apiece pulling in, two 80mm @ 50CFM apiece pulling out (one in the back, one blowhole) and then my PSU pulls out around 44CFM so the Vantec in the side pulling air in evens everything out __________________ P4 3.06 Ghz / Gigabyte GA-8INXP 1024 MB Mushkin PC2100 Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro Lite-On LTD-166S / Plextor Premium / Plextor PX-708A "And there we saw the giants ... And we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight." Numbers 13:33

02-09-2006, 07:15 PM	#10 (permalink)
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