Proper airflow and keeping computer case clean : TCMS

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[TSASIS12ify]

how many fans should my pc have?

to its air flow

[TheCompMadeSimple]

@TSASIS12ify Depends on your PC and how hot it gets. Usually only one exhaust fan will be fine for most systems.

[TheRogueMonk]

i have asked this many times cause i am suspicous to computer air..

is computer air just air or does it have bad things for our brains?

[TheCompMadeSimple]

@TheRogueMonk It's just air. Don't be too suspicious since it's the same principle as the hot air that comes out of the vents in your car ;)

[rampant1010]

Hi i know this has been asked already but i also have one spot for fan. (beside from the power supply fan.) But it's on the side and not at the back. My room is quite dusty and i have dogs and cats around so im a bit worried. So again i ask inwards or outwards? TNX..

[TheCompMadeSimple]

@rampant1010 I would go inwards so the positive air pressure tends to keep most of the dust out (but you will still have some dust accumulation which is unavoidable).

[BackSideOFFThemoon]

0:11 oh!..^^

[TheRogueMonk]

@BurritoBazooka thank you.

[BurritoBazooka]

@TheRogueMonk 1. Air enters computer

2. Metal parts of computer transfer heat to the air, which is constantly being refreshed from the air entering the computer (a bit like human sweat constantly evaporates and is refreshed by cooler sweat which then absorbs more heat

3. Warmer air exits case

The only difference is that your room will heat up a little. The computer's components doesn't put anything into the air, except thermal and kinetic energy.

[JDSIMON2]

Nice vid

[FndASltn]

I have this case. It was great for a while but not good for sli or big heatsinks like the noctua D14. The power cables get very cluttered, the power supply is on the bottom which makes it very hard to attach sata power cables, and the D14 just barely fits which I suspect is not good for the airflow. It came with lots of thumb screws and spacers, two quality antec tri speed fans, and I paid 60$ for it which was a pretty good deal.

[bassboarder4103]

@TheRogueMonk lmao