If you only have 1 case fan; should it suck air in or blow air out?

[Cosmicsaber]

So I only have one Fan for my case. Will actually two one in the front preinstalled (Don't know how to get to it to remove it) which I don't think does anything for cooling since most of the air is being blocked by nonremovable hard drive bays.

TLDR: I have one fan where should I put it at the top of the case or the rear? Should I have it suck in air or blow it out. It's a 120mm fan

 

[nukemaster]

The rear and out is generally the place to put it. The top would be out in most cases.

If you had a side panel fan, you would have to try in or out to see what works best for you.

As for accessing the front fan and fan locations, Check the manual most cases have a front that just pops off, but you want to be 100% sure before trying to remove it.

 

[USAFRet]

So I only have one Fan for my case. Will actually two one in the front preinstalled (Don't know how to get to it to remove it) which I don't think does anything for cooling since most of the air is being blocked by nonremovable hard drive bays.

TLDR: I have one fan where should I put it at the top of the case or the rear? Should I have it suck in air or blow it out. It's a 120mm fan

So you actually have 2 fans. 1 in the front blowing in, and another one?
Either top or back, blowing out.

 

[Cosmicsaber]

So I only have one Fan for my case. Will actually two one in the front preinstalled (Don't know how to get to it to remove it) which I don't think does anything for cooling since most of the air is being blocked by nonremovable hard drive bays.

TLDR: I have one fan where should I put it at the top of the case or the rear? Should I have it suck in air or blow it out. It's a 120mm fan

So you actually have 2 fans. 1 in the front blowing in, and another one?
Either top or back, blowing out.

From what I can tell the front is sucking in also and my rear is sucking in for sure

 

[nukemaster]

I would try to flip the rear to push air out(remove hot air).

You can always monitor temperatures. Some users have different fan configs that work for them.

 

[Cosmicsaber]

I would try to flip the rear to push air out(remove hot air).

You can always monitor temperatures. Some users have different fan configs that work for them.

This is the case im using if this helps http://azzatek.com/PDF/AZZA%20CSAZ-206%20Sirius%20user%20manual.pdf

 

[Cosmicsaber]

I would try to flip the rear to push air out(remove hot air).

You can always monitor temperatures. Some users have different fan configs that work for them.

Im thinking about moving the front fan to the top of the case and have it suck air out while the rear blows air in. What do you think

 

[nukemaster]

Both the image and the illustration seem to indicate that the rear fan is is pushing air out of the case.

They even show a airflow pattern with cool in the front and hot out the back.

That is the standard way to running a computer case.

EDIT.
The illustration makes that front fan look kind of strange. looks like it may be backwards(so the blades are shaped differently).

The advantage to bringing air in the bottom of the case like that is it will cool the drives and should help video card temperatures.

Pulling air into the back and out the top gives air no reason to cool other parts of the system.

Here is about what you are looking at.
This should be the default fan setup

Here is what you want to do. I am not sure how good it is for the rest of the system. Also if your video card happens to exhaust heat out the back it may get pulled back into the system

 

[Cosmicsaber]

Both the image and the illustration seem to indicate that the rear fan is is pushing air out of the case.

They even show a airflow pattern with cool in the front and hot out the back.

That is the standard way to running a computer case.

EDIT.
The illustration makes that front fan look kind of strange. looks like it may be backwards(so the blades are shaped differently).

The advantage to bringing air in the bottom of the case like that is it will cool the drives and should help video card temperatures.

Pulling air into the back and out the top gives air no reason to cool other parts of the system.

Here is about what you are looking at.
This should be the default fan setup

Here is what you want to do. I am not sure how good it is for the rest of the system. Also if your video card happens to exhaust heat out the back it may get pulled back into the system

Thank you! I now get 34 - 40c instead of 45 - 53c on normal use(CPU temps). While playing games (Skyrim) 45 - 54c.
For my gpu normal use 42. While playing games (Skyrim) 73c was the max. Which I think should be lower am I wrong. Or is that a good temperature. I have an r9 380 4gb oc

 

[nukemaster]

73c on a is not bad for a closed system. Some review sites test with an open bench(no case).

Worry over maybe 85-90(80 if you are the worrying type).

Did your gpu temps change with a fan layout swap?

 

[Cosmicsaber]

73c on a is not bad for a closed system. Some review sites test with an open bench(no case).

Worry over maybe 85-90(80 if you are the worrying type).

Did your gpu temps change with a fan layout swap?

No, it did not change really. Maybe like 2 degrees I'm usually around 52-50c regardless of the fan layout with normal use . Around 73c while play regardless of fan layout under load