Standard Airflow

[airw0lf]

What should be the standard air flow for a generic case with a front and rear fan?

Currently, I have the cpu fan blowing into the heatsink (duh). As for the case fans, should the rear one be blowing air into the case (and subsequently over the cpu) and the front one blowing out, or should they both be blowing air out of the case?

Thanks.

 

[DanFraser]

The best thing to do is experiment. Everyone has different fans, different cases, different items in the PCI slots, everything!

So change it around once every few days or somthing (to give it time to settle in) and see which gives the best results! Also, dont have both blowing out!

 

[rogerdugans]

General rules:

Equal flow in and out (don't count the psu, IMO)
Intake low in front, exhaust high in back
Messy cables wreck airflow

Start there and then experiment.

 

[airw0lf]

Thanks,

It's weird.. but having both fans blowing out seems to give the best temps!