[SOLVED] Am I Putting the Power Supply in a " SAFE" position?

123Requiem

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I had an old system with a busted power supply. My system`s case had a power supply positioned at the top. However my old psu got its fans located at the back so no problem with airflow. Now that I got a new PSU which is this one :
https://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=463&area=en
As you can see, this PSU got its fans at the bottom.
My question now is, would there be no problems in terms of airflow or airflow being choked if I positioned this PSU downwards?
 
Solution
If its mounted in the top of the case then you want that fan facing down towards the CPU.

It works as an exhaust pulling air into the psu and exhausting it out of the back.

So no issue at all.

overclocler14

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I installed the same kind of PSU in a case that had mounting points ot the top and it worked fine. Just make sure the fan is pointing down inside the case and not up against the top of the case so it has space to suck the air