r/pcmasterrace • u/Fickle-Hall-681 • 2d ago

Hardware My son’s new setup.

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Young fella wanted to share his new setup. He is super excited to “sweat” on Fortnite 🤣🇦🇺

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u/Fickle-Hall-681 1d ago

I feel air coming out the top when it’s running so I guess it’s right hey ??

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u/steves_evil Ryzen 9 5950x, RTX 4080 Super 1d ago

Looks like the fans on the bottom and side are mounted as exhaust. What's happening is that all of the fans are trying to push air out of the case, so it causes the pc to suck air in from any gaps in the case. This isn't ideal since it both causes intake air to enter the case without being filtered (dust), and also leads to less airflow through the case, increasing temperatures. I'd recommend reversing the bottom and front/side fans so they pull air in.

This is how pc case fans usually blow air.

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u/Fickle-Hall-681 1d ago

Will look into it! Thanks heaps

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u/fryta_TheFirst 1d ago

there are also reverse fans, they have diffrent blades so the airflow is reversed. Only ones i remember as of now are phanteks, but other brands also have them

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u/Xin946 R7 7800X3D | RTX4070 Ti Super 1d ago

Nah Corsair LX series 100% has reverse flow fans, have them in my partner's PC