Help me configure the fan setup in my case

[Achilles97]

I have a case with a side fan. The fan is perfectly in the middle of the left side of the case. This fan is a lower RPM fan. NOW, I only have one other case fan. Should I put it in the front pulling in air or in the back pulling air out? I will have a fan on the video (9500pro) and a big fan on my CPU (2100+). Plus the PSU fan....


I was thinking that putting my remaining fan in the back would be better to pull all the air away from the cpu, but would this leave no circulation down near the PCI slots? In that case I would want to have the fan in the front of the case blowing towards the PCI slots.

Anyway, what do you think?

Thanks

 

[Nocturne05]

If the side fan is right in the middle of your case it should be ventilating the video card nicely, this is the only thing that really heats up, other than that you should definetely have the other fan in the back ventilating out. Having it in the front will just suck up dust, having it in the back blowing it will just pull in the hot air venting from the power supply. Remember the processor, motherboard chipset and graphics card are the main heat generators in your case, as long as you've got a stead flow of air over those you should be fine