Cooling Tips Needed

[bobble14988]

i want a practical and reasonably cheap way of cooling my desktop. i have a fan at the front, bottom of my case sucking air in and a fan just below my PSU pushing air out. i was told this was the best way to do it but my pc still gets rather hot. about 50 degrees sometimes which i am not happy about. i am thinking of buying two more, better quality fans but was just wondering if i should know anything else before i spend money.

 

[joelkyr]

You have to know what would be the best fan orientation that would give you better airflow, what fan you want to use so you wont be buying fans that you dont need. Standard fan orientation (front intake/back exhaust) but you can still add some more fans to have a better airflow, like top fan as exhaust and side fan as intake, experiment so you would know.

 

[bigsaucybob]

the best possible way would be to have an intake fan on the bottom and a fan on top pushing air out, simple science, hot air rises.

 

[lynx6200]

It all depends, you dont necesarily want a lot of fans, just have to figure out the airflow pattern thats best. Tka a look it this, its pretty helpful I think. http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=230

 

[diduknowthat]

normal computer cases don't have top fans. My computer have two in the front two in the back and one on the side. Works really good for me.