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Hey all, I was able to check out the airflow guide that might be quite old but still relevant on the forums here and I was curious as to how I should position the H80 radiator and fans in the antec nine hundred case Im getting to maximize airflow.
You may be familiar with the Antec Nine Hundred but heres an image of it for my question.
Red arrows-exhaust hot air
Blue arrows-intake cold air
Yellow arrows-possible locations for H80 radiator and fans
So the problem is to get the best cooling possible for the H80, corsair suggests you setup the fans so they blow into the case, using the cooler outside air to cool the radiator, which of course makes sense. I don't want to use the back fan shown through the glass side because I want to use the default setup of the case by exhausting air out the back and through the top of the 200m big boy fan while drawing air in from the 2 front fans, so the direction of the airflow goes from front to back and up, since hot air rises.
I wasn't sure whether I should put the H80 radiator (permitting that it would fit) in the front behind one of the front fans, or whether I should leave the front fans and put the radiator and fans for the H80 in the 'optional' side window. The obvious advantage I see right off the top is that the cool air would blow across the video cards, but I'm wondering if it may screw with the proper airflow of the case if I put the H80 radiator and fans there. Any suggestions to how you would do it?
Thanks for your time
*updated post to include picture of case illustrating airflow to make it easier to read*
You may be familiar with the Antec Nine Hundred but heres an image of it for my question.
Red arrows-exhaust hot air
Blue arrows-intake cold air
Yellow arrows-possible locations for H80 radiator and fans
So the problem is to get the best cooling possible for the H80, corsair suggests you setup the fans so they blow into the case, using the cooler outside air to cool the radiator, which of course makes sense. I don't want to use the back fan shown through the glass side because I want to use the default setup of the case by exhausting air out the back and through the top of the 200m big boy fan while drawing air in from the 2 front fans, so the direction of the airflow goes from front to back and up, since hot air rises.
I wasn't sure whether I should put the H80 radiator (permitting that it would fit) in the front behind one of the front fans, or whether I should leave the front fans and put the radiator and fans for the H80 in the 'optional' side window. The obvious advantage I see right off the top is that the cool air would blow across the video cards, but I'm wondering if it may screw with the proper airflow of the case if I put the H80 radiator and fans there. Any suggestions to how you would do it?
Thanks for your time
*updated post to include picture of case illustrating airflow to make it easier to read*
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