Best way to put my fans in?

Noah · 08-08-2007, 05:57 PM

Should i have back be intake, and front be exhaust area? Or should i spin it the other way around? Also, which way does my fans spin? Does it blow in the direction of whichever side has the fan companies logo in the center? (sorry for the noob question, haha.)

Also, Anyone using a NZXT Apollo case, how do i go about getting the fan on the lower front end? I can't figure out what to unscrew to get the bay out so i can get back there, lol

Kornowski · 08-08-2007, 06:00 PM

The side with the logo is the way the fan blows, Also, intake at the front and exhuast at the back

Noah · 08-08-2007, 06:02 PM

Thank you very much.

Kinda makes sense seeing as how everything does that. ohh how stupid of me, haha. Thanks again

EDIT - How about the side fan? Should i have it blowing towards my GPU / CPU?

The_Beast · 08-08-2007, 06:04 PM

it's almost always intake=front and exhaust=back

Noah · 08-08-2007, 06:07 PM

And side panel fan blowing into the case, yeah?

cheburns · 08-08-2007, 06:15 PM

You can do that either way I think... I would have it sucking air out... Then you'd have two fans pulling the hot air out of your case and one putting cool air back in... does your case have a vent on the side along with the spot for the fan? If so then you can blow it in and hope the hot air gets pushed out of the vent.

Noah · 08-08-2007, 06:30 PM

My case only has 3 Fan inputs, and no vents that i can see. Right now i have my front fan sucking air in, my side panel fan pushing air in against the gpu and mobo ,and my back sucking out.

**jimmymac** · 08-08-2007, 06:52 PM

Personally I go with one intake only and have that at the front, its also advantageous to add some sort of filter infront of the intake fan too so as to catch the dust particles being drawn in. Believe me these things can drag in a huge amount of dust and i clean out the filters on the front of mine weekly...

Then have all other fans as exhausts to drag the hot air out. I have one top fan and one rear fan located near to the CPU and HSF to draw the air away from it. One more fan is at the base of the case cooling the PSU.

Temps are around 27 degrees for the CPU so it seems to be working

Basically my advice is to have one intake so as to limit the amount of dust and crap that is drawn into the system.

Noah · 08-08-2007, 07:13 PM

So spin my side panel fan around? The only fan on my case that has a filter is actually my side panel, haha. Do you use home made filters? If so ,what do you use? I'm trying to think of things that i could make a mini-filter out of.. hmm... thanks :]

ThatGuy16 · 08-08-2007, 08:23 PM

I got the apollo, i have the back exhaust, front intake, side intake and another fan on the otherside of the hdd bays to pull air
I bought a new fan for the exhaust (70 CFM) since the stock only gives a small breeze

08-08-2007, 05:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Noah Silver Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 185	Best way to put my fans in? Should i have back be intake, and front be exhaust area? Or should i spin it the other way around? Also, which way does my fans spin? Does it blow in the direction of whichever side has the fan companies logo in the center? (sorry for the noob question, haha.) Also, Anyone using a NZXT Apollo case, how do i go about getting the fan on the lower front end? I can't figure out what to unscrew to get the bay out so i can get back there, lol Last edited by Noah; 08-08-2007 at 06:03 PM.

08-08-2007, 06:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Noah Silver Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 185	Thank you very much. Kinda makes sense seeing as how everything does that. ohh how stupid of me, haha. Thanks again EDIT - How about the side fan? Should i have it blowing towards my GPU / CPU? Last edited by Noah; 08-08-2007 at 06:05 PM.

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08-08-2007, 06:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
cheburns Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 555	You can do that either way I think... I would have it sucking air out... Then you'd have two fans pulling the hot air out of your case and one putting cool air back in... does your case have a vent on the side along with the spot for the fan? If so then you can blow it in and hope the hot air gets pushed out of the vent. __________________ Ultra X-Blaster ATX Mid-Tower Case with 2 x 120mm Thermaltake Fans ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 2.8GHz Processor with Zalman 9500 and AS5 CORSAIR ATX12V 520W Power Supply Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin PC2 6400 Memory BFG Tech GeForce 7950GT 256MB Video Card Western Digital SATA SE16 Hard Drive - 2 x 400GB, 1 x 640GB Memorex 16x DVD+/-RW IDE Drive Samsung 20" 2ms Widescreen 206BW Windows XP Pro x64

08-08-2007, 06:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
jimmymac Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chester, UK Age: 28 Posts: 3,688	Personally I go with one intake only and have that at the front, its also advantageous to add some sort of filter infront of the intake fan too so as to catch the dust particles being drawn in. Believe me these things can drag in a huge amount of dust and i clean out the filters on the front of mine weekly... Then have all other fans as exhausts to drag the hot air out. I have one top fan and one rear fan located near to the CPU and HSF to draw the air away from it. One more fan is at the base of the case cooling the PSU. Temps are around 27 degrees for the CPU so it seems to be working Basically my advice is to have one intake so as to limit the amount of dust and crap that is drawn into the system. __________________ I tried to put my signature in here but my pen ruined the monitor. http://www.peytonmusic.com/ http://forum.peytonmusic.com/ the most uplifting soulful music you will ever hear...

08-08-2007, 06:07 PM	#5 (permalink)
Noah Silver Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 185	And side panel fan blowing into the case, yeah?

08-08-2007, 06:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
Noah Silver Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 185	My case only has 3 Fan inputs, and no vents that i can see. Right now i have my front fan sucking air in, my side panel fan pushing air in against the gpu and mobo ,and my back sucking out.

08-08-2007, 07:13 PM	#9 (permalink)
Noah Silver Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 185	So spin my side panel fan around? The only fan on my case that has a filter is actually my side panel, haha. Do you use home made filters? If so ,what do you use? I'm trying to think of things that i could make a mini-filter out of.. hmm... thanks :]

08-08-2007, 08:23 PM	#10 (permalink)
ThatGuy16 Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA Posts: 5,105	I got the apollo, i have the back exhaust, front intake, side intake and another fan on the otherside of the hdd bays to pull air I bought a new fan for the exhaust (70 CFM) since the stock only gives a small breeze __________________ CPU: C2D E8400 @ 4Ghz 1.23v HSF: Apogee GTX MB: Gigabyte X38-DS4 Ram: 2x2GB G. Skill DDR2-1068 HDD: 320GB Seagate PSU: OCZ GameXStream 700w OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit GFX: HD3870 @ 837/1152 LCD: LG 22" L226WTQ My Old 3DMark06: 20008 =(

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