side intake fan or top exhaust fan for better cooling???

[ajgo333]

i have a cooler master n200 advanced case with two xtraflo 120mm fans and i recently bought a jetflo 120mm fan which i installed as front intake fan and i have installed one xtraflo fan as rear exhaust but i am confused as to what to do with the 3rd one.should i install it as a top exhaust or as a side intake(for my r9 280x graphics card).please reply quickly.
thanks in advance

 

[Rami Zerker Reini]

I would say make it a side intake fan. This would mean that you have more fans pulling air in which means your case has a positive air pressure, I'm guessing your case doesn't have dust filters so you don't benefit from it at all but it's the same for negative air pressure that you don't gain anything good so might as well supply the GPU with air directly.

So front intake, side intake, top exhaust would be quite nice for you.

 

[dudeman509]

I would prefer top + rear exhaust. Get more heat OUT of the case.

 

[ajgo333]

I would prefer top + rear exhaust. Get more heat OUT of the case.

guys,i am confused now could you give me answers like pros and cons of both arrangement if there is like no defenitive answer to this

thanks for the quick reply guys

 

[dudeman509]

2 intake fans - draws air INTO the case; less dust inside since intake fans usually have dust filters over them. Temps can build up inside when CPU and graphics card are both working hard.
2 exhaust fans - draws hot air out of the case; usually keeps the inside temps cooler. More air is brought in through other vents in the case besides the intake fan, which is not always filtered.

IF you have a higher airflow fan than the others, put that in the front of the case as intake.

 

[ajgo333]

2 intake fans - draws air INTO the case; less dust inside since intake fans usually have dust filters over them. Temps can build up inside when CPU and graphics card are both working hard.
2 exhaust fans - draws hot air out of the case; usually keeps the inside temps cooler. More air is brought in through other vents in the case besides the intake fan, which is not always filtered.

IF you have a higher airflow fan than the others, put that in the front of the case as intake.

so are you saying that if i use 2 intake fans that wont be of much advantage to me .will the 2 intake fan system keep my gpu cooler than 2 exhaust fan system considering a side intake would blow air right onto gpu.my jetflo is a 95 cfm fan so i have put in as front intake and my xtraflos are 93 cfm fans but jetflo seems to outperform them by huge margin.so will 2 intake fans pulling that much air be too much for my single xtraflo fan.