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- Jan 14, 2005
I'm just getting parts in for a new build and was thinking about how to set up my 100i cooler. I see many people using it as exhaust, but in the manual Corsair recommends using intake for their CPU coolers. Every time I've read about someone trying it both ways they always get lower temps when they use it as intake so I'm just wondering why so many use it exhaust. It does make a lot more sense to cool the radiator with cool air from outside rather than blowing warm air from inside the case on the radiator. I'm going to follow the manual and have it as an intake on top since I have a good dust filter. Also using it as intake will lean my case to having positive pressure which will also help with reduce dust build up.
I can see how it would make sense a first glance to use an exhaust setup, but intake seems to make much more sense to me unless you have a GPU that gets really hot or no dust filter. What do you think?
I can see how it would make sense a first glance to use an exhaust setup, but intake seems to make much more sense to me unless you have a GPU that gets really hot or no dust filter. What do you think?