PSU and GPU intake fans face each other

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You see, I bought a HP pavillion 500-368na about 6 months ago, and being the pc novice I was, bought a pre-built, instead of building one my self. As you can see in my desktop specs, it had an i7 processor, 8GB of Ram, a really poor nvidia geforce gt 705 (1gb ddr3 vram), and a very odd and weak power supply of only 180 watts. Well, I am going to upgrade it, by installing a new power supply, corsair cx430, 430 watt psu, and a new gpu, EVGA gtx 750 1GB ddr5. My problem is that, I already know that the fans for both my psu and gpu are both intake, and exhaust on the outside, but the intake fans for the gpu and psu are facing each other, at about 2-2.5 inches apart. Will this be a problem? Also, is my gpu and psu well good components????
 
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The motherboard must be mounted upside down in your HP for the top-mounted PSU intake fan and the gfx card's intake fan to be facing each other. In a conventionally mounted motherboard, they both face down. Either way, it won't hurt a thing. There's plenty of air in the world for both to share.

The CX line of Corsair PSUs is their economy line. Somewhat poor quality capacitors. But it should be good enough for the GTX 750or 750 Ti. At least as good as the OEM unit that came with the PC... but bigger. If your budget can stand it, move up to the 2GB GTX 750 Ti. Gaming at 1080p today really needs more VRAM. And the GTX 750 Ti is just strong enough to make use of more.

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The motherboard must be mounted upside down in your HP for the top-mounted PSU intake fan and the gfx card's intake fan to be facing each other. In a conventionally mounted motherboard, they both face down. Either way, it won't hurt a thing. There's plenty of air in the world for both to share.

The CX line of Corsair PSUs is their economy line. Somewhat poor quality capacitors. But it should be good enough for the GTX 750or 750 Ti. At least as good as the OEM unit that came with the PC... but bigger. If your budget can stand it, move up to the 2GB GTX 750 Ti. Gaming at 1080p today really needs more VRAM. And the GTX 750 Ti is just strong enough to make use of more.
 
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It would depend on which model Evga. Both Corsair and Evga make some low end, medium quality, and high quality units. Here is a current tiered list of PSUs for enthusiasts and gamers. Try to stay in the top 3 tiers if possible. Go thru the list and compare it to what is available in your area.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html#xtor=EPR-8886

Here's another similar list that is a bit older: https://community.newegg.com/eggxpert/computer_hardware/f/135081/t/45344.aspx?Redirected=true