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"Muttly" said in :
Thanks for the replies guys, I think I'll be pointing it downwards. *Vanguard* as I said, both "both fans are internal to the psu". Cheers. I figured you were talking about a 2-fan PSU. See my reply to Hank in this thread. -- __________________________________________________ __________ *** Post replies to newsgroup. E-mail is not accepted. *** __________________________________________________ __________ |
The thing that made me question you drug habits is that after the OP clearly
states that both fans are internal to the PSU you came up with this gibberish. From your description, is the bottom fan (which should be blowing upward and into the power supply) actually on the *outside* of the power supply? It is likely the power supply's case consume the standard volume as spec'ed for an ATX power supply. That means the bottom fan being on the outside of the power supply is extending beyond the volume set aside for the power supply and intruding into the volume that would be assume usable by the motherboard and any components sitting atop it. Hank |
"Muttly" wrote in message ...
Hey all. My PSU (I can't remember the make or model, but its 550w) has 2 fans. 1 points of the case, the other is inside the case pointing either up or down, both fans are internal to the psu. My questions is which way should I have the inside fan pointing? If it points up its got bout 4cm clearence between it and the top of the case. If it points down its right over my cpu. For better cooling which way do you think it should be pointing? If theres a site or something that will give a good reason as to which way, a link would be great. Better yet if someone has experience as to which way is best that'd be great 2. Thanks. Martin. The fan should be pointing down. If you look closely on the back of the tower, you will see that it has to go that way or the screw holes won't match up correctly |
The inside fan HAS to point down, to suck hot air up and out of the case.
-- DaveW "Muttly" wrote in message ... Hey all. My PSU (I can't remember the make or model, but its 550w) has 2 fans. 1 points of the case, the other is inside the case pointing either up or down, both fans are internal to the psu. My questions is which way should I have the inside fan pointing? If it points up its got bout 4cm clearence between it and the top of the case. If it points down its right over my cpu. For better cooling which way do you think it should be pointing? If theres a site or something that will give a good reason as to which way, a link would be great. Better yet if someone has experience as to which way is best that'd be great 2. Thanks. Martin. |
"Hank" said in .com:
The thing that made me question you drug habits is that after the OP clearly states that both fans are internal to the PSU you came up with this gibberish. From your description, is the bottom fan (which should be blowing upward and into the power supply) actually on the *outside* of the power supply? It is likely the power supply's case consume the standard volume as spec'ed for an ATX power supply. That means the bottom fan being on the outside of the power supply is extending beyond the volume set aside for the power supply and intruding into the volume that would be assume usable by the motherboard and any components sitting atop it. Hank Hey, some of us get interrupted while we are working even if it is at home. I forgot or missed that he said the fans were *internal* and remembered only that he mentioned one fan was mounted on the bottom of the PSU. I thought it strange and had never seen a fan on the bottom that was outside the case but figured maybe the OP was installing the fan themself. You see some very strange stuff when folks do case mods. -- __________________________________________________ __________ *** Post replies to newsgroup. E-mail is not accepted. *** __________________________________________________ __________ |
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 08:03:07 -0600, "*Vanguard*"
wrote: Hey, some of us get interrupted while we are working even if it is at home. I forgot or missed that he said the fans were *internal* and remembered only that he mentioned one fan was mounted on the bottom of the PSU. I thought it strange and had never seen a fan on the bottom that was outside the case but figured maybe the OP was installing the fan themself. You see some very strange stuff when folks do case mods. OEMs do sometimes put the fan outside the casing, but otherwise at most it's the outer fan grill that extends beyond the plane of the case, as an attempt to make 'em as compatible as possible. |
kony wrote:
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 08:03:07 -0600, "*Vanguard*" wrote: Hey, some of us get interrupted while we are working even if it is at home. I forgot or missed that he said the fans were *internal* and remembered only that he mentioned one fan was mounted on the bottom of the PSU. I thought it strange and had never seen a fan on the bottom that was outside the case but figured maybe the OP was installing the fan themself. You see some very strange stuff when folks do case mods. OEMs do sometimes put the fan outside the casing, but otherwise at most it's the outer fan grill that extends beyond the plane of the case, as an attempt to make 'em as compatible as possible. I can confirm that. I had a PSU with the fan and a finger-guard mounted on the outside of the PSU, blowing in. I don't have it anymore so can't tell you what brand it was. I remember I had probelms fitting it into a different case. -- ~misfit~ |
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