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Guide to proper case airflow design

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TechnicalFreak said:
Good work! However , when I was a total beginner, I thought I would have 2 fans in the front sucking in air, and 2 at the rear blowing it all out. So I tried.. And uhm,I was not even amazed. On my new case I have 3 fans only, 1 rear,1 top, and one on the "window". All sucks the hot air out of the case. And now I can see a difference, one of them the Tt fan has adjustable speed, putting it on max really sucks the hot air out.
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i also prefer the negative pressure setup
 
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Good work! However , when I was a total beginner, I thought I would have 2 fans in the front sucking in air, and 2 at the rear blowing it all out. So I tried.. And uhm,I was not even amazed. On my new case I have 3 fans only, 1 rear,1 top, and one on the "window". All sucks the hot air out of the case. And now I can see a difference, one of them the Tt fan has adjustable speed, putting it on max really sucks the hot air out.
 
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saharali said:


Good work! However , when I was a total beginner, I thought I would have 2 fans in the front sucking in air, and 2 at the rear blowing it all out. So I tried.. And uhm,I was not even amazed. On my new case I have 3 fans only, 1 rear,1 top, and one on the "window". All sucks the hot air out of the case. And now I can see a difference, one of them the Tt fan has adjustable speed, putting it on max really sucks the hot air out.
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case?

there are several ways to improve airflow... 10000 fans aren't needed
fill your speecs and ill try to help as much as i could...
 
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Hi there, I can see that this thread is very old, but I will try anyway to ask a question, considering that it seems that it is the right place for airflow related stuff. I want to install a 12v fan, 120 mm x 120 mm, inside my big fridge, so that, inside the fridge, the cold air at the bottom can go up, the goal being having a more uniform temperature inside the fridge. My question: should the fan be at the bottom? Pointing up? Should I build some kind enclosure for directing the flow? Thanks for the help in case someone read this msg.
 
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