Good morning everyone.
I have an Antec P180 that I purchased about 2.5 years ago with a new rig. I have left all of the stock fans (1 rear exhaust, 1 top exaust, 1 HDD intake) and have added two more (1 CPU fan and 1 upper front intake). All are 120mm fans.
Now for those who are familiar with the P180, the case comes with two intake dust covers to keep dust out of the case - It does a very good job indeed. However, for the longest time I have taken them off as I thought it would provide more airflow for into the case, rather than risking a low pressure system and pulling air from other orifices throughout the casing, possibly creating hot spots.
I noticed that when I put my outer dust cover on, the one with slats and no mesh, then my upper front intake fan's (120mm Silverstone, not controllable, only readable) RPMs jump up. SpeedFan clocks it as 1250rpm without the dust cover, and 1380rpm with the dust cover.
Am I losing any airflow? I'd rather have better airflow and compromise a clean rig than only adequate airflow with a clean case.
I would greatly appreciate it if someone could clear this up for me.
I have an Antec P180 that I purchased about 2.5 years ago with a new rig. I have left all of the stock fans (1 rear exhaust, 1 top exaust, 1 HDD intake) and have added two more (1 CPU fan and 1 upper front intake). All are 120mm fans.
Now for those who are familiar with the P180, the case comes with two intake dust covers to keep dust out of the case - It does a very good job indeed. However, for the longest time I have taken them off as I thought it would provide more airflow for into the case, rather than risking a low pressure system and pulling air from other orifices throughout the casing, possibly creating hot spots.
I noticed that when I put my outer dust cover on, the one with slats and no mesh, then my upper front intake fan's (120mm Silverstone, not controllable, only readable) RPMs jump up. SpeedFan clocks it as 1250rpm without the dust cover, and 1380rpm with the dust cover.
Am I losing any airflow? I'd rather have better airflow and compromise a clean rig than only adequate airflow with a clean case.
I would greatly appreciate it if someone could clear this up for me.