Hey guys. Check out my new PC.

[JEMC]

feico865 said:

JEMC said:

feico865 said:
I have always wonder if the PSU fan should be oriented up or down. The case has some holes in the down side... aren't this for the psu fan ventilation?. Sorry for my bad english.

Installing the PSU that way, it helps to get rid of the hot air from the case to the outside. It's very helpful if you have a graphics card that exhausts the hot air inside the case, as the one in his rig.

 

OT: Nice little rig. I think that besides an upgrade on your GPU in a couple of years, you'll be able to play most if not all the new gen multiplats perfectly fine.

Sorry... It's not my intention to get offtopic but I think this info is of interest to the OP. I have read some stuff on the internet and some people say this:

"The screw holes allow you to mount the PSU either way.

Fan facing down is my recommendation.

It's better to have the PSU's intake fan pull in cooler outside air than to pull in the pre-warmed case air. PSU's operate more efficiently with cooler air. Also the case's internal air flow doesn't get disrupted."

Opinions?

Well, it's always better to use them with cool air, but that doesn't mean that using the PSU as an exhaust will damage it. All the old PC cases that had the PSU mount on topused them that way, and now power supplies are better than before.

To put it in perspective, all the closed liquid coolers like the H100 he wants to buy, recommend using them with cool air. But that means that all the hot air goes into the case messing with all the components. That's why most users put them on the roof (or the back) as an exhaust.