should there be alot of air moving thru the ps?

toph99

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ok, i have a Dell micro tower(one 5", 2 3") and i have an overclocked voodoo3 2000PCI in it. i have the ps fan, the PIII's heatsink fan, the 486fan on the voodoo, an 80mm 34cfm intake, and i just installed another one of those 80mm's as an exhaust. when all of the fans are running, i noticed that there is less air moving through the power supply fan. is this going to be a problem? if it is, i can turn the other exhaust around and use it as an intake, but theres alot of hot air in there because of the size, so i was hoping to be able to vent it out. right now the exhaust fan is off, and i just have the rest running. thanx :)
 

Viperoni

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Basically, you have more exhaust than intake.
So of course the PS is gonna flow less air, because the other 80mm is moving air for you.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should the PS blow (hot) air into the case.
I got this one cheapie PS, that blows into instead of out, and it raised my overall temp from around 35c to 47c!!!!


 

Viperoni

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You also wouldn't want to make that "exhaust" blow in, because then it'd pickup the hot air from the PS and blow it back in (from the back of the cases)