Are you a Sucker or a Blower.

[MrNeeds]

just default fans in my antec 900 does the job for me,
2x120mm front intake
1x120mm back exhaust
1x200mm top exhaust

 

[calhounhusker]

In - 3 120mm fans on the front of the case, 1 120mm on the side of the case
Out - 220mm fan on the top of the case, 2 120mm fans on the back of the case.

 

[Everlong]

if you suck more air in than your blowing out or vice versa it creates a volume of trapped air that circulates around the case getting hotter and hotter (to a point obviously im not saying it gets to 100 degrees or out )

you need a good balance of "suck" and "blow" this can also be balanced out with vents or small holes in the case sides as are often present in new cases.

the differance between balanced and unbalanced cooling can be small but as your asking...........

Not all the time. Different cases are built for different cooling setups, like some Coolermaster cases are built for negative pressure cooling, and some for positive pressure.

My setup is 1x 120mm intake, then 1x 120mm side fan, 1x120mm rear fan and 2x 120mm fans at top of the case for outake. I did have a 1x120mm at the bottom blowing inwards, but I took this out to improve cable managment and it didn't affect temperatures at all. I've changed the side fan around a couple of times and there's a slight decrease in temps when it blows in on the graphics card, but when I've been running a few games during the day, the temp difference soon becomes negligible. Temps never exceed 60C on the graphic cards.

The only thing I'd improve with my case is though is having a fan slot blowing in from the 5.25" bay slots as this would help the CPU temps a bit more.

 

[archie123]

if you suck more air in than your blowing out or vice versa it creates a volume of trapped air that circulates around the case getting hotter and hotter (to a point obviously im not saying it gets to 100 degrees or out )

you need a good balance of "suck" and "blow" this can also be balanced out with vents or small holes in the case sides as are often present in new cases.

the differance between balanced and unbalanced cooling can be small but as your asking...........

Not all the time. Different cases are built for different cooling setups, like some Coolermaster cases are built for negative pressure cooling, and some for positive pressure.

My setup is 1x 120mm intake, then 1x 120mm side fan, 1x120mm rear fan and 2x 120mm fans at top of the case for outake. I did have a 1x120mm at the bottom blowing inwards, but I took this out to improve cable managment and it didn't affect temperatures at all. I've changed the side fan around a couple of times and there's a slight decrease in temps when it blows in on the graphics card, but when I've been running a few games during the day, the temp difference soon becomes negligible. Temps never exceed 60C on the graphic cards.

The only thing I'd improve with my case is though is having a fan slot blowing in from the 5.25" bay slots as this would help the CPU temps a bit more.

yes ive been looking into it a little myself :D Im thinking of a negative pressure case to cut down on dust

 

[alexdagr8est]

Depends which of my computers you are talking about, my most recent has a fair few,
3x 120mm fans for inbound airflow
3x 120mm fans for outbound.
But all people should be wary esp if they have cpu heatsink fan add-ons
example: I have one and I still do, but if you put the fan inbound it can blow the cpu fan the wrong way (therefore the fans cancel each other out kinda and sometimes it can overheat or at least stuff the motor of one of the fans)
like this: if one fan rotates one way and blows on the other that rotates the other, something's going to give. just watch out for it, very rare

 

[Everlong]

if you suck more air in than your blowing out or vice versa it creates a volume of trapped air that circulates around the case getting hotter and hotter (to a point obviously im not saying it gets to 100 degrees or out )

you need a good balance of "suck" and "blow" this can also be balanced out with vents or small holes in the case sides as are often present in new cases.

the differance between balanced and unbalanced cooling can be small but as your asking...........

Not all the time. Different cases are built for different cooling setups, like some Coolermaster cases are built for negative pressure cooling, and some for positive pressure.

My setup is 1x 120mm intake, then 1x 120mm side fan, 1x120mm rear fan and 2x 120mm fans at top of the case for outake. I did have a 1x120mm at the bottom blowing inwards, but I took this out to improve cable managment and it didn't affect temperatures at all. I've changed the side fan around a couple of times and there's a slight decrease in temps when it blows in on the graphics card, but when I've been running a few games during the day, the temp difference soon becomes negligible. Temps never exceed 60C on the graphic cards.

The only thing I'd improve with my case is though is having a fan slot blowing in from the 5.25" bay slots as this would help the CPU temps a bit more.

yes ive been looking into it a little myself :D Im thinking of a negative pressure case to cut down on dust

Yea that is a plus side to it, there is very little dust inside, even more so when the only intake fan has a dustguard as well

 

[Impulse Fire911]

heres the best solutiuon
(what i have)
1 120 mm fan in the front (suck) 2 80 mm fans on top (suck)
1 220 mm fan on the side (blow)
1 120 mm fan in the back (blow)
thermaltake VI cooler
oh and 2 blue neon lights (sexy)
after 5 months of use almost no dust. while playing crysis temps max 32c and min 28c.

 

[amplid]

if you suck more air in than your blowing out or vice versa it creates a volume of trapped air that circulates around the case getting hotter and hotter (to a point obviously im not saying it gets to 100 degrees or out )

you need a good balance of "suck" and "blow" this can also be balanced out with vents or small holes in the case sides as are often present in new cases.

the differance between balanced and unbalanced cooling can be small but as your asking...........

Not all the time. Different cases are built for different cooling setups, like some Coolermaster cases are built for negative pressure cooling, and some for positive pressure.

My setup is 1x 120mm intake, then 1x 120mm side fan, 1x120mm rear fan and 2x 120mm fans at top of the case for outake. I did have a 1x120mm at the bottom blowing inwards, but I took this out to improve cable managment and it didn't affect temperatures at all. I've changed the side fan around a couple of times and there's a slight decrease in temps when it blows in on the graphics card, but when I've been running a few games during the day, the temp difference soon becomes negligible. Temps never exceed 60C on the graphic cards.

The only thing I'd improve with my case is though is having a fan slot blowing in from the 5.25" bay slots as this would help the CPU temps a bit more.

Hey everlong, been a long time. About the second intake fan you wanted in the front over the ODD drives, I actually did it by breaking off the metal parts on the front, like the ones closing everything down, and you can fit a 120 mm in there perfectly! Off course you don't have the nice little grill you have with the bottom one then, but oh well.. I'll post some pics after I got my new stuff in!

Cheers mate,

Amplid

 

[Everlong]

if you suck more air in than your blowing out or vice versa it creates a volume of trapped air that circulates around the case getting hotter and hotter (to a point obviously im not saying it gets to 100 degrees or out )

you need a good balance of "suck" and "blow" this can also be balanced out with vents or small holes in the case sides as are often present in new cases.

the differance between balanced and unbalanced cooling can be small but as your asking...........

Not all the time. Different cases are built for different cooling setups, like some Coolermaster cases are built for negative pressure cooling, and some for positive pressure.

My setup is 1x 120mm intake, then 1x 120mm side fan, 1x120mm rear fan and 2x 120mm fans at top of the case for outake. I did have a 1x120mm at the bottom blowing inwards, but I took this out to improve cable managment and it didn't affect temperatures at all. I've changed the side fan around a couple of times and there's a slight decrease in temps when it blows in on the graphics card, but when I've been running a few games during the day, the temp difference soon becomes negligible. Temps never exceed 60C on the graphic cards.

The only thing I'd improve with my case is though is having a fan slot blowing in from the 5.25" bay slots as this would help the CPU temps a bit more.

Hey everlong, been a long time. About the second intake fan you wanted in the front over the ODD drives, I actually did it by breaking off the metal parts on the front, like the ones closing everything down, and you can fit a 120 mm in there perfectly! Off course you don't have the nice little grill you have with the bottom one then, but oh well.. I'll post some pics after I got my new stuff in!

Cheers mate,

Amplid

Yea wouldn't mind seeing how you did that