sgrossklass
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Since fans are better at blowing (or rather emit air under a small angle only while drawing it in from almost a hemisphere when blowing freely, thus the air speeds are different), HDs can be cooled much better by fans blowing onto them. However, you have to keep overall case ventilation in mind, which shouldn't be messed up entirely by the fan. I achieved (overall) better results blowing out here - the PSU fan alone was too weak and blowing in just heated up the case and led to near-zero airflow around the secondary drive. Now enough air gets drawn in near the latter that it remains fairly cool, with the HD behind the fan running warmer but still plenty cool enough. A picture from last year:
(The DVD burner sticks out because of the RAM slots behind. This case isn't huge and wasn't really constructed with boards like the P2B-D in mind. At least that one still fits - my ex-dream mo/bo, the Tyan Thunderbolt, wouldn't.)
BTW: Got a pic of your PC's interior? It's a bit hard to imagine where things are situated otherwise.
Originally Posted by bundee1 Whats more effective in close proximity to the fan; exhausting hot air away or blowing cool air onto it? |
Since fans are better at blowing (or rather emit air under a small angle only while drawing it in from almost a hemisphere when blowing freely, thus the air speeds are different), HDs can be cooled much better by fans blowing onto them. However, you have to keep overall case ventilation in mind, which shouldn't be messed up entirely by the fan. I achieved (overall) better results blowing out here - the PSU fan alone was too weak and blowing in just heated up the case and led to near-zero airflow around the secondary drive. Now enough air gets drawn in near the latter that it remains fairly cool, with the HD behind the fan running warmer but still plenty cool enough. A picture from last year:
(The DVD burner sticks out because of the RAM slots behind. This case isn't huge and wasn't really constructed with boards like the P2B-D in mind. At least that one still fits - my ex-dream mo/bo, the Tyan Thunderbolt, wouldn't.)
BTW: Got a pic of your PC's interior? It's a bit hard to imagine where things are situated otherwise.