I have a Fractal R4 with two fans in the front as an intake, the back as an exhaust, and decided to use the side panel as an exhaust. I did some research and saw that it is suggested to use it as an intake to bring in more cool air for the GPU. I have a 2080 Ti Founders Edition and I know the fans bring in air and the side of the GPU pushes out hot air towards the side panel. Should I just flip the fan around and use it as an intake with no dust filter or should I just close the side panel back up? I do plan on upgrading to an H100i Platinum and going to use it was a top liquid cooling fan. So will having that side panel be useless in the future22?
[SOLVED] Should I use the side panel fan as an intake or exhaust?
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- Oct 6, 2014
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If your going to use a side fan it needs to be intake. You can always add a filter to it!
I would just not use one if it was blowing out it adds nothing to cooling, better off placing it in the top blowing out.
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