Faster fans = higher temps???

[Cbeck527]

call me crazy, but whenever I turn up the fans in my case using my fan controller, my case temp thing goes up. I have one 120mm fan intake and one 80mm fan outake. Am I doing something wrong???

 

[Jon Boy]

All I can think of is that the fan working harder infact generates more heat than its getting rid of. Maybe ventilation in the case is poor so they cannot work to the full potential?

 

[palmmann]

hotter air on the outside?

 

[Cbeck527]

hotter air on the outside?

Now that you mention it, i think that you are right. The intake fan is on the back and it is right up againts a wall. Also, it is right by my power supply that is pushing heat out of the system.
Could that be it?

 

[The_Other_One]

I don't know how you have your fans setup, but I noticed my front fan seemed to cause the case to heat up if I got it above about 1/2 speed or so... I think somehow the airflow is distrupted... if you can, have the rear fan going full blast and the front fan going 1/4-1/2 speed and see how that works...

 

[Cbeck527]

I don't know how you have your fans setup, but I noticed my front fan seemed to cause the case to heat up if I got it above about 1/2 speed or so... I think somehow the airflow is distrupted... if you can, have the rear fan going full blast and the front fan going 1/4-1/2 speed and see how that works...

Ill give that a try after school tomorrow, thanks.

 

[Yeti]

All I can think of is that the fan working harder infact generates more heat than its getting rid of

Overall, the few watts of heat the fans generate won't be noticed by the temp probe.

hotter air on the outside?

The only way that could happen is if the air is recirculating... and technically at steady state it couldn't happen.

I think somehow the airflow is distrupted..

Bingo. You might also want to rearrange the fans so that the rear is exhaust.

 

[Cbeck527]

Overall, the few watts of heat the fans generate won't be noticed by the temp probe.
The only way that could happen is if the air is recirculating... and technically at steady state it couldn't happen.
Bingo. You might also want to rearrange the fans so that the rear is exhaust.

Thanks for the help!!!!