Bottom mounted power supply

Mikester70 · Apr 18, 2011

Fan up or fan down? Case is Corsair 650D

TheQuadFather · Apr 18, 2011

most people put the psu fan down, so it draws in cool air from under the case, but many people say it doesnt make a difference, so if the case is on a solid surface put the fan down but if its on carpet etc. put the fan up to keep fluff out.

RollingThunder · Apr 18, 2011

Mikester70 said:
Fan up or fan down? Case is Corsair 650D

TheQuadFather said:
most people put the psu fan down, so it draws in cool air from under the case, but many people say it doesnt make a difference, so if the case is on a solid surface put the fan down but if its on carpet etc. put the fan up to keep fluff out.

The only other issue is that you lose a few inches of length mounting the fan up because the power cables revert to the outside of the power supply and not next to the inner motherboard panel.

TheQuadFather · Apr 18, 2011

RollingThunder said:
The only other issue is that you lose a few inches of length mounting the fan up because the power cables revert to the outside of the power supply and not next to the inner motherboard panel.

oh yeah, cheers for the reminder!

Automata · Apr 18, 2011

I mount mine down so I don't drop screws in the power supply.

RollingThunder · Apr 18, 2011

thideras said:
I mount mine down so I don't drop screws in the power supply.

^^^ This too!! :thup:

Automata · Apr 18, 2011

I learned quick, with my Mountain Mod case, that the fan facing up is a very bad idea. I think I dropped 4-5 nuts in the power supply when attaching the hard drive converters.

Mikester70 · Apr 18, 2011

Thanks everyone, I will be mounting it with the fan down for sure, especially since I am always dropping hardware.

markp1989 · Apr 19, 2011

I tried a bottom mounted PSU, with the fan pointing up. When filling my WC loop I accidently spilled 2 drops in to a running PSU

never did work after that.

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