PITA fans?

[NeonSamurai]

Originally Posted by Syxx_Killer

Well, I removed it today while I had my case open. It was a huge fight. I had to use vice grips to get it out. I replaced it with an 80mm fan. Even that took a little bribing to get in there but nowhere near as bad as the 120mm fan. I've got the 80mm pointing out to expel warm air. My computer sure is running cooler. I can already feel my sinuses stuffing up from all that dust.

Umm... put the fan back blowing the other way. You don't want to mess with the airflow directions or have all the fans blowing outwards, otherwise it creates these hot air pockets in the system (and makes the fans work harder). Fans in the front for almost all cases are designed to suck air into the case and have it flow through the case and out the back/sides. Also you may regret having put in the 80mm fan as it moves less air then then 120mm fan, and may cause it backwash due to the gaps around the grill for the 120 fan (unless the grill was for an 80mm fan originaly).

The rules for airflow in a computer are to have the air flow in one direction, and flow out where you can expel the most air (almost always the back) as that will cause a slight suction effect drawing in air from openings in the front panel and front sides. It also helps prevent the computer from sucking hot air back in to the case.