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Help me setup airflow...

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HondaCop

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Ok, here is the situation... I have a Cooler Master Cosmos S case and I need to maximize airflow but there are so many options or routes I can take that it's driving me nuts. So I come to you guys and ask you share your opinions.

Here is my current configuration:

(1) Corsair H100 installed on top, inside the case, in a push/pull configuration with four 120mm fans, pulling/pushing air INTO the case.
(1) 120mm fan behind the hard drive bay (lower front) pulling air INTO the case.
(1) 120mm fan in the rear, pushing air OUT of the case.
(1) 120mm fan in the bottom, pulling air INTO the case.

As you can see, air is being pulled into the case from the top, front and bottom, while air is being pushed out of the case in the rear. That's a total of 7 fans (4 on top, 1 on bottom and 1 in front) with only 1 fan pushing air out the rear.

Now here comes the tricky part... I also have the 200mm fan on the side panel! Should this 200mm fan also be pulling air INTO the case or should I flip it around and have it push air OUT of the case?

I'm open to suggestions!

I have included an image illustrating what I said above. I'm more inclined in having the 200mm fan pushing air OUT but not quite sure yet.

cosmos.jpg
 
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The faster you can exhaust hot air, the lower your temperatures. The only real reason to set up positive air pressure is to avoid dust buildup, but it doesn't have to be a massively positive pressure, just slightly tipped on the positive side.

1x120mm front intake
1x120mm bottom intake
1x200mm side intake
- cool intake air to all components from low-located fans

1x120mm rear exhaust
1xH100 top exhaust
- hot air rises and is naturally pushed up due to intakes, so it naturally exhausts out the back and top

Terrible idea IMO to set the H100 as an intake... so counterproductive, you'd be pushing all the hot air down back to the components. Even with the 200mm fan set as an exhaust, it'd be a sub optimal setup because the 200mm fan would exhaust air from the intakes before it passes over components. And the 200mm fan is good for cooling the GPU and mohterboard directly.
 
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lehtv said:
1x120mm front intake
1x120mm bottom intake
1x200mm side intake
- cool intake air to all components from low-located fans

1x120mm rear exhaust
1xH100 top exhaust
- hot air rises and is naturally pushed up due to intakes, so it naturally exhausts out the back and top

Terrible idea IMO to set the H100 as an intake... so counterproductive, you'd be pushing all the hot air down back to the components. Even with the 200mm fan set as an exhaust, it'd be a sub optimal setup because the 200mm fan would exhaust air from the intakes before it passes over components. And the 200mm fan is good for cooling the GPU and mohterboard directly.
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Hmmmm I see your logic and it does make sense. I will give that a shot. Thanks!
 
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