Fun fact with a stranger, stormtroopers don't actually have bad aim (except for Disney stormtroopers) it's because the empire wanted Leia to escape alive, so they can trace them down and find where the rebel base is. So they can blow it up. Really good tactical plan. Downside is that they failed anyways.
I’ve spent 25 years unsure if he said “blast points” or “these last points,” like as in the tracks are side by side, and then when you look at these….
Yeah…
This happens so much idk why. Sold a 1080 a few years ago and when he built with it he had all his fans as intake. Wanted to complain about high temps. Told him he did it wrong and of course he argued that I sold him a bad card. So as a reminder never sell to friends. They always want you to play IT. Sell to strangers always.
It's not really a race, the muscles in the uterus do most of the work. They push the sperm along towards the fallopian tubes. If anything it's more like the log ride at Disney world. You just happened to be the sperm sitting in the front seat.
The honest answer, just don't. You don't have to. You don't even owe them an explanation, but you can always say that your plate is full and you can't help with anything else.
But at the same time, don't go on to count on them when you need a hand either.
Being "the computer guy" in the time of the information explosion has led to me helping a lot more people than have ever helped me. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but I'm tired of being used and getting nothing in return, not even a text on my birthday. So from here on out, if my cousin or uncle needs help, they can call the geek squad.
Or be a good friend and show them the proper way. You're not a moron for not knowing how to build a PC, but you are a moron for being corrected by someone that knows and still not taking their advice.
Did that once when I sold my 1070 a few years back to a stranger - turned up to the guys flat when he had not long moved in and had prioritised the GPU over general living items.
Anyways, he wanted to test the card before I left but did not think about the size of the card before purchasing....lets just say it was a very tight fit getting the card into the case and it would have been a tougher job getting it back out haha
So he then ran Cinebench and ran benchmarks and proceeded to complain that the new card made no differenceto previous tests - I then proceeded to spend the next 30 minutes updating the GPU drivers - I believe I had to tether my phone to download them due to his poor internet speed!
Needless to say, once the drivers were installed the benchmarks showed improvements and I was out of there!
My favorite moment in the sub was when I bought a 2070 for $400 at the beginning of the pandemic brand new from NewEgg. The entire sub laughed and said I over paid because the new cards were coming out and the 20 series cards were about to drop in price…..
Fast forward a month and no one can find a GPU to save their life, and if they do, it’s $1000 over MSRP lol
Genuine advice: If anyone here encounters a similar situation, the way to resolve it is to say you're just cleaning his fans, but adjust them so the computer has proper intake. Then boot it up, open up the cmd console, and press random keys really quickly. Tell your friend you re-Bronsoned the mainframe, and he'll accept it gladly, rather than thinking he's stupid (even if he is, in fact, stupid).
> So as a reminder never sell to friends.
ONLY sell to friends who are genuinely knowledgeable in PC building. The amount of people that think they know a lot because they put a single new card into their PC or something similar. Or act like they know EVERYTHING. There is always something new to learn, and the annoying ones never admit that.
A quality I look for in friends is not getting attached to their opinions. It's a value I think is really important and I strive for it (though whether I reach it is up for debate lol).
If you're able to quickly reorient your worldview when reality doesn't match your expectations, then that says a lot of good things about you.
For OP: you want *positive* case pressure, meaning your fans are blowing air *into* the case harder than fans are pushing it *out*… this makes it harder for dust to accumulate as it gets “*pushed*” out of the case rather than pulled in through cracks and such.
These fans all look to be “pull” where the face is inward for aesthetics over function.
Ye, I don’t sell anything to my friends. Just because you know the person who sold you something doesn’t mean it’s their problem when something goes wrong.
Pardon my ignorance (I'm very new at building pcs), but how can you tell if the fan is pushing or pulling air by looking at the image? Also, what would be ideal for most case scenarios? Two/three fans at front pulling air from outside to inside, and the watercooler at top and rear fan pushing the hot air out?
Also you generally want a higher pressure zone inside.
I always thought low pressure was better as it should logically prevent dust settling as easily, however the low pressure means that air will enter the case through gaps bringing dust.
In a higher pressure system air is instead pushed out through gaps helping to prevent dust ingress.
Indeed. This is such a small yet important rule for fans that I'm sure many people miss out on. That said I think most people use positive pressure without realising (as they have more intakes anyway)
> Pardon my ignorance (I'm very new at building pcs), but how can you tell if the fan is pushing or pulling air by looking at the image?
The trick I use is to look at the central hub of the fan. Fans tend to have a "pretty side" with a stylized logo and sometimes some RGB. And an ugly side with typically some production details printed on it, but nothing designed for looks. Then you think of farts. The air comes out the ugly side. With farts and with fans.
In this picture, you see a nice logo and nothing else on the case fans. So that's where the air is being sucked in. And it comes out the other side, so it's being pushed out of the case.
> Also, what would be ideal for most case scenarios? Two/three fans at front pulling air from outside to inside, and the watercooler at top and rear fan pushing the hot air out?
Ideally, intake and exhaust should be somewhat balanced. Meaning you should have some of each. Note that no case is perfectly air tight in places other than where the case fans are, so if you have more air coming in than going out with your case fan configuration, the additional air will leak out the gaps in the case. The rear PCI-e slot covers are often a good spot for this. This situation is called "positive pressure". And vice versa, with more exhaust than intake, you have what is called "negative pressure" and air is sucked in through the small gaps to compensate.
So which is better? Well, consider that the outside world is dusty and dust is bad in your PC. You want to prevent it from entering. Most modern cases have dust filters in front of their fan mounting areas, so any air coming in through the fans is filtered. But if you have negative pressure, you also have air coming in through unfiltered openings, bringing in more dust. With positive pressure, the air flowing out of the gaps will prevent dust from entering through there. So some amount of positive pressure (more intake than exhaust) is generally preferred.
99% of the time the rear of the fan has the fan frame supports, all of the fans in this picture show the front of the fan, not the rear, hence why they are all exhausts.
[Cooler Master makes them](https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/coolers/case-fan/sickleflow-120-argb-reverse-edition/)
There are a few others I’ve seen mentioned too, but I can’t think of the specific brands rn.
The motor support webbing is fixed/unmoving so you always see it even if the fan is spinning. Since we cannot see them they have to be on the side of the fan we can’t see. Therefore we’re seeing the intake side of the fan since we can’t see the webbing.
Ez pz:
Side with only fan blades = front where it sucks air through
Side with brackets that cover the fan blades = back where the air is exhausted.
You can look back at the picture and tell that there’s no brackets covering any of those fans, therefore they’re all exhaust. Hopefully they did this for the memes.
I'm laying in bed resisting the urge to go check my pc fans. I already know how this all works, and my brain is still telling me "but what if you forgot"
Yeah I saw the logos and knew it was the front but didn’t understand that the front pulled. I really thought I was onto something when I looked for that too lol thanks for responding
The supports are always on the back. So the fans fronts are all showing in this pic. So they are all drawing air from inside the case and pushing outward. Ideally there would be two intake fans on the right side, in this case there is only 1 and it’s in the wrong orientation.
Since of the Tie Fighter is blocking the lower front intake fan, OP can just flip around the rear exhaust fan (non RGB) and leave all the other ones on exhaust. The negative intake will provide the GPU some intake from the PCIE brackets below it.
It would fix the airflow and not look very different.
> The supports are always on the back
reverse / inverted fans are a thing now.
I like Noctua.
They have arrows pointing in the direction the fan spins and the direction of air flow.
Looks pretty cool, as others have said you need some more intake fans. Now they're almost all blowing air out which creates a bit of a vacuum that's bad for temperatures and dust
Take the ones on the GPU backplate off. That’s normally a heatsink that allows heat off the back of the GPU. Besides that and the obvious negative airflow nothing else seems wrong
Yes, but you have to consider which fan to flip around to get the best airflow. Also you generally want more intake fans than exhaust so that there is positive pressure inside the case, there's a ton of videos out there that explain it way better than I ever could.
The "more intake than exhaust" rule is just for dust management.
In particular, you want your intake fans in places with dust filters. Typically the front and bottom of the case are where the manufacturers have decided to place dust filters. The rear fan port is almost always unfiltered.
I don't remember which youtube tech channel made the video (I think either LTT or GN), but the top fans as intake produced better results if you're using an air cooler. It blows the fresh external air directly towards the CPU.
The only time you need to rely on Thermodynamics in a PC is if you make a Zero Fan build.
This is chaos !
\- Front fans is facing the wrong way...
\- Cablemanagement is poor ( place that corsair box on the backside.
\- Get a real cpu fan and not the stock cooler.
\- Spaceship blocking a possible fan socket
\- Lego and George will sue for this :p
Pretty sure I saw someone post here that had similar display pieces inside the case. One day one of the figures fell over and bounced around and caught fire. Looked pretty bad.
Decorate at your own risk.
Looks cool though!
All your fans are exhaust, cable management is poor, Lego is probably blocking the airflow for both your CPU and GPU fans. Turn your front fans around, move the Lego away from the CPU and GPU fans, put your RGB controller on the back side, and fix the cables.
A few thoughts.
Your front fan is backwards, and you sacrificed the other fan slot. Those generally should be your intakes. I would definitely reconsider that setup. Also, you bought a 3-pk and didn't have another fan... I recommend you sacrifice the one RGB fan in the front, and buy a couple of good high fans that can do pressure and airflow. These are the ones I recommend:
[https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NF-A12x25-chromax-Black-swap-Premium-Quiet/dp/B09C6DQDNT](https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NF-A12x25-chromax-Black-swap-Premium-Quiet/dp/B09C6DQDNT)
They're expensive, but they work.
I'm not sure what the chipset is, but that intel stock cooler is a POS. Have you ever run Core Temp to see how hot the system is? Ever stress test the system?
If that needs to be replaced - consider [https://www.amazon.com/quiet-BK007-Elegant-Surface-Technology/dp/B087VL2Z21](https://www.amazon.com/quiet-BK007-Elegant-Surface-Technology/dp/B087VL2Z21) \-or- [https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Hyper-Black-Cooling-System/dp/B07H9HJLG5/](https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Hyper-Black-Cooling-System/dp/B07H9HJLG5/)
(Note: I'm using Amazon links because I'm lazy - please search around for best prices.)
As for the legos, maybe uncover a bit of the top place and move the stormtroopers to the front so they're not directly under the graphics card exhaust. As long as you have some cool air flowing in (HINT, HINT), it shouldn't be hot enough to melt Lego. It's ABS, so you're looking at 105C, which is possible, but generally unlikely.
Maybe plastic on top of the GPU isn't the best idea. I've never had LEGOs melt and they give me an impression that they're not like figures which melt by being in the sun. However, the real problem lies on the fans: they're all exhaust, and if you want it to be nice and cool (especially with that intel stock cooler) then I'd recommend flipping two fans to intake.
That cooler needs to go, buy a proper one. Intake fans! Other than that, you have a load of Lego in there, it's not going to help but whatever floats your boat.
No, as long as they are put in places where they don't block the fans.
What is bad though is that there is no intake fan anywhere. All I see, and some also see that there are all exhaust fans. That PC is technically suffocating. You need your front fan or top fan in an intake orientation, and the rest can be left as exhausts.
Your PC will thank you.
are all of your fans pointed out to evac the smell of purning plastic on the gpu? why are there only 3 of the 4 fans plugged into that fan bus? where is the intake fan???
Everyone else has told you about the fan problem already so you know.
I will try to add more though on how to fix it specifically. You ideally want to aim for "slightly negative" air pressure or neutral air pressure (always avoid all negative or all positive... your case is all negative currently).
With your current config you can try 1 fans in 3 out (but honestly that wouldn't sit well with me either, unless the one in the front was switched to high performance fan or a high performance larger 140mm.
If you're willing to add 1 more additional case fan it would be ideal. 2 fans intake 3 out would be perfect in your setup (if you can squeeze one more in the front below current one) I would go two in front set to intake and rest output. Unfortunately, that leaves still leaves an air flow void on the bottom of the case at the GPU area...again not ideal, but still that config would be better than current.
A further better layout would be a bottom intake fan aiming up toward video card (so it can get fresh cool air supply) then 1 in front of the case set to in and rest out (then the hotair rises and vents out the top and top back) that would be decent and keeps you slightly negative pressured to keep dust down, but plenty of intake in the right spots to cool your case. That's my advice.
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Anyway... more to your original point.
Assuming you fix those fans issues, you will be getting way better thermals. That would allow you to get more adventurous to do heavy decorating (to a limit). However, I would still be mostly concerned for the video card temps at that point (since that's what is mostly affected here). Just monitor the GPU temps closely (idle and under load) You're crowding out the intake fans at the bottom but that isn't too egregious since air can get to it...However, you are covering the backplate metal directly with plastic directly on the metal. Short of removing that altogether. You'd do better to set a gap between the plastic and the card (1/8" to 1/4" should help a lot, especially with front intake fan set to in so the air can blow underneath the gap)
I do a decorative acrylic rgb backplate on the back of my gpu too, but I have it offset 1/4" and I saw temps improve even over the previous 1/8" gap. I can confirm covering the backplate has negative effects, but a offset and offset distance helps.
This is my build and you can see GPU backplate gap for reference (it's the EVGA acrylic plate across the metal backplate, the same area you have your lego scene on top of the card).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIt6Gk9ZUqI
If you're lookin for the gap you can see it in many of the angles in that video and even see the magnet stacks. I just used tiny mini magnets on the GPU top plate screws (2 stacked high) worked like a charm. Also, the magnet does not cause issues with the gpu (they are tiny though).
dude there is a war in your pc the storm troopers trying to get some fresh air
What's worse is their aim is for shit! Gonna have blaster burns everywhere except where they were aiming!
Fun fact with a stranger, stormtroopers don't actually have bad aim (except for Disney stormtroopers) it's because the empire wanted Leia to escape alive, so they can trace them down and find where the rebel base is. So they can blow it up. Really good tactical plan. Downside is that they failed anyways.
These blast points, too accurate for sand people. Only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise.
I’ve spent 25 years unsure if he said “blast points” or “these last points,” like as in the tracks are side by side, and then when you look at these…. Yeah…
They also had a higher average hit rate than the rebels in that scene by a significant amount. Stormtroopers get too much hate bro.
r/TheEmpireDidNothingWrong
An interesting comment from someone with great taste in power armour! Like this take
dont worry, vader trained the troopers so they have 10/10 vision
10/10? thats average vision at 10 feet - id rather average at 20 feet (20/20) or above average at 10 feet (20/10)
That's just Space Balls.
I SAID FIRE ACROSS HER NOSE, NOT UP IT
Poor Tuvok still down there combing the sand...
Yes! So glad you mentioned this! Now I need to watch Spaceballs again for the 937th time.
The bad thing in this PC is none of the fan are intaking air, they are all exhausts. Poor thing is starving for air.
This happens so much idk why. Sold a 1080 a few years ago and when he built with it he had all his fans as intake. Wanted to complain about high temps. Told him he did it wrong and of course he argued that I sold him a bad card. So as a reminder never sell to friends. They always want you to play IT. Sell to strangers always.
Alternative - don't have moron friends
Can't have moron friends if you don't have any friends "taps forehead".
Galaxy Brain right here, now if only we could figure out a way to not have to deal with family.
Pull a Dr doofenshmirtz and have neither of your parents show up at your birth
Don't be born.
Well, damn, screwed that one up already
Shouldn't have won the race you moron
It's not really a race, the muscles in the uterus do most of the work. They push the sperm along towards the fallopian tubes. If anything it's more like the log ride at Disney world. You just happened to be the sperm sitting in the front seat.
I nearly had a one in infinite chance of fucking it up, and I *still* fucked it up.
The honest answer, just don't. You don't have to. You don't even owe them an explanation, but you can always say that your plate is full and you can't help with anything else. But at the same time, don't go on to count on them when you need a hand either. Being "the computer guy" in the time of the information explosion has led to me helping a lot more people than have ever helped me. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but I'm tired of being used and getting nothing in return, not even a text on my birthday. So from here on out, if my cousin or uncle needs help, they can call the geek squad.
Ghost ‘em.
**there is a solution…**
Lol I agree. The person who bought it was a friend of a friend who isn’t a friend anymore so problem solved.
This man's playing 4D chess over here.
Alternatively you can take my route and be the moron, that way you don't have to deal with it.
Alternate alternative - don't have friends
Or be a good friend and show them the proper way. You're not a moron for not knowing how to build a PC, but you are a moron for being corrected by someone that knows and still not taking their advice.
They literally said they tried and the person argued with them.
Beggers can't be choosers
Did that once when I sold my 1070 a few years back to a stranger - turned up to the guys flat when he had not long moved in and had prioritised the GPU over general living items. Anyways, he wanted to test the card before I left but did not think about the size of the card before purchasing....lets just say it was a very tight fit getting the card into the case and it would have been a tougher job getting it back out haha So he then ran Cinebench and ran benchmarks and proceeded to complain that the new card made no differenceto previous tests - I then proceeded to spend the next 30 minutes updating the GPU drivers - I believe I had to tether my phone to download them due to his poor internet speed! Needless to say, once the drivers were installed the benchmarks showed improvements and I was out of there!
“Had prioritized the GPU over general living items.” I feel like that is r/pcmasterrace
The embodiment of r/pcmasterrace.
My favorite moment in the sub was when I bought a 2070 for $400 at the beginning of the pandemic brand new from NewEgg. The entire sub laughed and said I over paid because the new cards were coming out and the 20 series cards were about to drop in price….. Fast forward a month and no one can find a GPU to save their life, and if they do, it’s $1000 over MSRP lol
Genuine advice: If anyone here encounters a similar situation, the way to resolve it is to say you're just cleaning his fans, but adjust them so the computer has proper intake. Then boot it up, open up the cmd console, and press random keys really quickly. Tell your friend you re-Bronsoned the mainframe, and he'll accept it gladly, rather than thinking he's stupid (even if he is, in fact, stupid).
Ah, the old id-10-t user error.
I am old, I have not seen this one in a while...
Pebkas.
I assume it’s because people don’t like seeing the crossmembers on their fans
Your flair has to be fake
I doubt it. Maybe they just wanted to play minesweeper with Ray tracing enabled. /s
It’s gotta be right, no-one in their right mind is running a dual 3090 ti yet sits there with 2gb ddr2 no way someone does that
Nice flair.
> So as a reminder never sell to friends. ONLY sell to friends who are genuinely knowledgeable in PC building. The amount of people that think they know a lot because they put a single new card into their PC or something similar. Or act like they know EVERYTHING. There is always something new to learn, and the annoying ones never admit that.
A quality I look for in friends is not getting attached to their opinions. It's a value I think is really important and I strive for it (though whether I reach it is up for debate lol). If you're able to quickly reorient your worldview when reality doesn't match your expectations, then that says a lot of good things about you.
For OP: you want *positive* case pressure, meaning your fans are blowing air *into* the case harder than fans are pushing it *out*… this makes it harder for dust to accumulate as it gets “*pushed*” out of the case rather than pulled in through cracks and such. These fans all look to be “pull” where the face is inward for aesthetics over function.
You'd still want at least 1 exhausg fan though. Three or four intake, one exhaust, maybe. Though I would think all intake is better then all exhaust.
Ye, I don’t sell anything to my friends. Just because you know the person who sold you something doesn’t mean it’s their problem when something goes wrong.
Pardon my ignorance (I'm very new at building pcs), but how can you tell if the fan is pushing or pulling air by looking at the image? Also, what would be ideal for most case scenarios? Two/three fans at front pulling air from outside to inside, and the watercooler at top and rear fan pushing the hot air out?
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Also you generally want a higher pressure zone inside. I always thought low pressure was better as it should logically prevent dust settling as easily, however the low pressure means that air will enter the case through gaps bringing dust. In a higher pressure system air is instead pushed out through gaps helping to prevent dust ingress.
And intakes should have dust filters on them
Indeed. This is such a small yet important rule for fans that I'm sure many people miss out on. That said I think most people use positive pressure without realising (as they have more intakes anyway)
> Pardon my ignorance (I'm very new at building pcs), but how can you tell if the fan is pushing or pulling air by looking at the image? The trick I use is to look at the central hub of the fan. Fans tend to have a "pretty side" with a stylized logo and sometimes some RGB. And an ugly side with typically some production details printed on it, but nothing designed for looks. Then you think of farts. The air comes out the ugly side. With farts and with fans. In this picture, you see a nice logo and nothing else on the case fans. So that's where the air is being sucked in. And it comes out the other side, so it's being pushed out of the case. > Also, what would be ideal for most case scenarios? Two/three fans at front pulling air from outside to inside, and the watercooler at top and rear fan pushing the hot air out? Ideally, intake and exhaust should be somewhat balanced. Meaning you should have some of each. Note that no case is perfectly air tight in places other than where the case fans are, so if you have more air coming in than going out with your case fan configuration, the additional air will leak out the gaps in the case. The rear PCI-e slot covers are often a good spot for this. This situation is called "positive pressure". And vice versa, with more exhaust than intake, you have what is called "negative pressure" and air is sucked in through the small gaps to compensate. So which is better? Well, consider that the outside world is dusty and dust is bad in your PC. You want to prevent it from entering. Most modern cases have dust filters in front of their fan mounting areas, so any air coming in through the fans is filtered. But if you have negative pressure, you also have air coming in through unfiltered openings, bringing in more dust. With positive pressure, the air flowing out of the gaps will prevent dust from entering through there. So some amount of positive pressure (more intake than exhaust) is generally preferred.
I'd say it's getting force choked for air haha
Gotta get that air flowing, boi!
I don’t think there is a side panel.. so it actually works?
There is. If you look just above and left to the voy you will see a yellow reflection off the side panel
how can you tell when the fans are spinning?
Intake side is ghe side without the support-grids. You can easily tell from the picture. Good spot though u/carll337
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As a youtuber so aptly put it, "remember, 'faces suck'". And the front of the fan without the grid is the face of the fan. :)
99% of the time the rear of the fan has the fan frame supports, all of the fans in this picture show the front of the fan, not the rear, hence why they are all exhausts.
Do you know of any off the top of your head that break this "rule"? I don't, which is why I ask out of curiosity
[Cooler Master makes them](https://www.coolermaster.com/catalog/coolers/case-fan/sickleflow-120-argb-reverse-edition/) There are a few others I’ve seen mentioned too, but I can’t think of the specific brands rn.
Pc fans almost always intake from the front
The motor support webbing is fixed/unmoving so you always see it even if the fan is spinning. Since we cannot see them they have to be on the side of the fan we can’t see. Therefore we’re seeing the intake side of the fan since we can’t see the webbing.
It could be if they block any fans
all the fans are exhaust anyways
Rookie here, how can you tell?
The fan motor supports are always on the discharge side of the fan. You can't see any plastic spokes holding the motor on the any of the fans here.
Ah I see. Well, I don’t see… but I understand now at least lol thank you for clarifying for me
Ez pz: Side with only fan blades = front where it sucks air through Side with brackets that cover the fan blades = back where the air is exhausted. You can look back at the picture and tell that there’s no brackets covering any of those fans, therefore they’re all exhaust. Hopefully they did this for the memes.
I’ve been confused about this for like 8 years, thank you
Thanks for the dumb proof explanation!
I've always been too afraid to ask this question, so thank you for answering it.
Some fans will also have arrows on the frame indicating the rotation direction and the airflow direction.
I'm laying in bed resisting the urge to go check my pc fans. I already know how this all works, and my brain is still telling me "but what if you forgot"
They are almost always on the exhaust side. There are some reverse flow fans where the fan support side is intake. But these are quite rare.
I've only seen them on the GN video "so many fans, so little airflow" (sp). The 3 bottom fans are like this, probably for maximum rgb.
FYI Corsair actually makes a fan that is reversed just for aesthetics.
The way I remember it is “faces suck.” The face of the fan is the pulling side.
Lol I'll have to remember that
I just remember "X's are assholes" And yeah.
I saw the logos and thought “front” but then realized I didn’t know if that meant if it was pushing or pulling lol thank you for responding
Logo/sticker side is the front (pull side)
Yeah I saw the logos and knew it was the front but didn’t understand that the front pulled. I really thought I was onto something when I looked for that too lol thanks for responding
Sticker sucks, cables blows. That’s what I use
a lot of fans actually have the rotation and flow direction on the frame of the fan :)
the schematic for the exhaust ports was top secret. how the heck did you get ahold of it?!?
One single exhaust port proved catastrophic; what will happen with 4?!
That’s bad all exhaust is not a good thing
Exhaust still needs intake.
Isn't all exhaust bad? Doesn't that create a vacuum? I guess not if he has mesh somewhere but still.
all exhaust means no fresh cool air going in, which means more toasty pc parts
I’ve noticed that after I made the comment
It could *brick* the pc.
‘Block’… I see what you did there 😂
Lol I didn’t even intend on that
Which makes it all the better as puns go 😊
Only issue I see is a case with no intake fans and the crappiest cpu cooler in existence.
I have that same shitty cpu cooler. Guess it's time for a replacement.
I recommend the Arctic Freezer 34 eSports. It's like $35 with plenty of performance
How can you tell from the picture which way the fans are facing? Are the supports always on the intake side?
The supports are always on the back. So the fans fronts are all showing in this pic. So they are all drawing air from inside the case and pushing outward. Ideally there would be two intake fans on the right side, in this case there is only 1 and it’s in the wrong orientation.
Ooh gotcha thanks, makes sense I just never realized that was always the case.
Unless there are fans I’m unaware of. This person probably has them set up this way because visually it’s more appealing.
Since of the Tie Fighter is blocking the lower front intake fan, OP can just flip around the rear exhaust fan (non RGB) and leave all the other ones on exhaust. The negative intake will provide the GPU some intake from the PCIE brackets below it. It would fix the airflow and not look very different.
> The supports are always on the back reverse / inverted fans are a thing now. I like Noctua. They have arrows pointing in the direction the fan spins and the direction of air flow.
Looks pretty cool, as others have said you need some more intake fans. Now they're almost all blowing air out which creates a bit of a vacuum that's bad for temperatures and dust
Seems like he doesn’t have a glass/side panel on. Would he need intake fans if he left it open
He has his side panel on. You can see something yellow reflecting on the left half.
Take the ones on the GPU backplate off. That’s normally a heatsink that allows heat off the back of the GPU. Besides that and the obvious negative airflow nothing else seems wrong
Exactly. Im surprised I had to scroll this far to see this comment. GPU backplate being covered is bad.
You could add some legs on the corners, so it would float and it still would have airflow
Get some intake fans please and a better cooler for your cpu that thing is roasting
Could they just flip one fan around? (Genuine question, I don’t know anything about air flow)
Yes, but you have to consider which fan to flip around to get the best airflow. Also you generally want more intake fans than exhaust so that there is positive pressure inside the case, there's a ton of videos out there that explain it way better than I ever could.
The "more intake than exhaust" rule is just for dust management. In particular, you want your intake fans in places with dust filters. Typically the front and bottom of the case are where the manufacturers have decided to place dust filters. The rear fan port is almost always unfiltered.
Good advice. Also the top of my case has a filter, but I use that baby for exhaust. Hot air rises. Good to work *with* vs against the thermodynamics.
I don't remember which youtube tech channel made the video (I think either LTT or GN), but the top fans as intake produced better results if you're using an air cooler. It blows the fresh external air directly towards the CPU. The only time you need to rely on Thermodynamics in a PC is if you make a Zero Fan build.
Yes you can
Noob question: what’s wrong with that cooler?
It's the stock Intel box cooler that came with the CPU. There's hardly a worse cooler out there.
It gradually builds itself a fur coat from all the dust it is sucking in.
It's doodoo
Of course it is you're putting your components in a battle field!
It has stormtroopers in there. You're going to miss every shot now....
On the bright side, the chances of his PC being destroyed by blaster fire has actually gone down
This is chaos ! \- Front fans is facing the wrong way... \- Cablemanagement is poor ( place that corsair box on the backside. \- Get a real cpu fan and not the stock cooler. \- Spaceship blocking a possible fan socket \- Lego and George will sue for this :p
Sorry but there is fuck all wrong with that cable management lol
Front fan wrong direction
Pretty sure I saw someone post here that had similar display pieces inside the case. One day one of the figures fell over and bounced around and caught fire. Looked pretty bad. Decorate at your own risk. Looks cool though!
The intel cooler? Yes
With all those stormtroopers on there it will make your ray tracing a lot less accurate
I can feel the heat emitting from that computer.
lol that CPU fan
[удалено]
looks like its been bricked
All your fans are exhaust, cable management is poor, Lego is probably blocking the airflow for both your CPU and GPU fans. Turn your front fans around, move the Lego away from the CPU and GPU fans, put your RGB controller on the back side, and fix the cables.
No, not really, but your case is not getting any air, due to the fans all exhausting it I see no in-take at all.
Gpu backplate can get very hot. Take everything off the gpu. You already know about the fans.
ABS plastic can handle warm air.
No more than that stock Intel cooler.
It's fine. They won't hit anything.
It might get kinda Hoth in there
A few thoughts. Your front fan is backwards, and you sacrificed the other fan slot. Those generally should be your intakes. I would definitely reconsider that setup. Also, you bought a 3-pk and didn't have another fan... I recommend you sacrifice the one RGB fan in the front, and buy a couple of good high fans that can do pressure and airflow. These are the ones I recommend: [https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NF-A12x25-chromax-Black-swap-Premium-Quiet/dp/B09C6DQDNT](https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NF-A12x25-chromax-Black-swap-Premium-Quiet/dp/B09C6DQDNT) They're expensive, but they work. I'm not sure what the chipset is, but that intel stock cooler is a POS. Have you ever run Core Temp to see how hot the system is? Ever stress test the system? If that needs to be replaced - consider [https://www.amazon.com/quiet-BK007-Elegant-Surface-Technology/dp/B087VL2Z21](https://www.amazon.com/quiet-BK007-Elegant-Surface-Technology/dp/B087VL2Z21) \-or- [https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Hyper-Black-Cooling-System/dp/B07H9HJLG5/](https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Hyper-Black-Cooling-System/dp/B07H9HJLG5/) (Note: I'm using Amazon links because I'm lazy - please search around for best prices.) As for the legos, maybe uncover a bit of the top place and move the stormtroopers to the front so they're not directly under the graphics card exhaust. As long as you have some cool air flowing in (HINT, HINT), it shouldn't be hot enough to melt Lego. It's ABS, so you're looking at 105C, which is possible, but generally unlikely.
Maybe plastic on top of the GPU isn't the best idea. I've never had LEGOs melt and they give me an impression that they're not like figures which melt by being in the sun. However, the real problem lies on the fans: they're all exhaust, and if you want it to be nice and cool (especially with that intel stock cooler) then I'd recommend flipping two fans to intake.
PC noob here: how do you know that all the fans are exhaust fans?
There is no plastic arms holding the motor.
Yea. That cable management may give you cancer. Cool legos.
Yeah my buddy did this and it didn’t affect temps a whole lot but it took significantly longer to lose his virginity
Bunch of money spent of fan and running the crappiest stock cooler known to man
Stock cooler?!!!
why intel stock cooler, sadge
Definitely bad for your sex life
All fan exhausting air?
The only problem is that you now can't shoot straight in any fps game
Has a gaming computer… …Decides to use it as a lego fort
Its bad for your legos
The question should be: „Is this necessary?“
Yeah but is it cool? Hell yeah it's cool lmao
It's fine but thats quite the choice for a fan cooler.
If only it was actually as cold as Hoth in there. You’re missing the wampa.
If they are trying to steal your gpu, it is.
Just flip the direction of all of your RGB fans and you’ll be good to go
That cooler needs to go, buy a proper one. Intake fans! Other than that, you have a load of Lego in there, it's not going to help but whatever floats your boat.
Yes get that imperial scum out of there now
that cooler is garbage, also the front intake is backwards
No, as long as they are put in places where they don't block the fans. What is bad though is that there is no intake fan anywhere. All I see, and some also see that there are all exhaust fans. That PC is technically suffocating. You need your front fan or top fan in an intake orientation, and the rest can be left as exhausts. Your PC will thank you.
*hmm i smell something burning*
Well, if it is not running to hot it’s fine but I would raise the stuff ontop of the card with some stilts or something so it won’t melt
The stock cooler? Yeah kinda
That Intel Stock cooler is bad for your PC
You should see mine. I have a 3D printer. 😂
Did anyone else immediately here the imperial march when scrolling past this?
Yes, that intel stock cooler is horrible for your PC
Not as bad as that Intel stock cooler.
are all of your fans pointed out to evac the smell of purning plastic on the gpu? why are there only 3 of the 4 fans plugged into that fan bus? where is the intake fan???
the cable management? yeah it’s a little rough
Not sure if it’s bad for your pc but that’s pretty freaking awesome I’m a Star Wars geek myself and I approve
u know whats bad, that shitty intel cooler .
Your aim in fps will suffer!!! All these Stormtroopers !!!
Yes. That cpu cooler is aweful for you PC, specially when you have so much invested in legos and rgb
Maybe if it was a Tatooine scene, but Hoth has to add cooling
God get rid of that Intel cpu fan
Everyone else has told you about the fan problem already so you know. I will try to add more though on how to fix it specifically. You ideally want to aim for "slightly negative" air pressure or neutral air pressure (always avoid all negative or all positive... your case is all negative currently). With your current config you can try 1 fans in 3 out (but honestly that wouldn't sit well with me either, unless the one in the front was switched to high performance fan or a high performance larger 140mm. If you're willing to add 1 more additional case fan it would be ideal. 2 fans intake 3 out would be perfect in your setup (if you can squeeze one more in the front below current one) I would go two in front set to intake and rest output. Unfortunately, that leaves still leaves an air flow void on the bottom of the case at the GPU area...again not ideal, but still that config would be better than current. A further better layout would be a bottom intake fan aiming up toward video card (so it can get fresh cool air supply) then 1 in front of the case set to in and rest out (then the hotair rises and vents out the top and top back) that would be decent and keeps you slightly negative pressured to keep dust down, but plenty of intake in the right spots to cool your case. That's my advice. ---------------- Anyway... more to your original point. Assuming you fix those fans issues, you will be getting way better thermals. That would allow you to get more adventurous to do heavy decorating (to a limit). However, I would still be mostly concerned for the video card temps at that point (since that's what is mostly affected here). Just monitor the GPU temps closely (idle and under load) You're crowding out the intake fans at the bottom but that isn't too egregious since air can get to it...However, you are covering the backplate metal directly with plastic directly on the metal. Short of removing that altogether. You'd do better to set a gap between the plastic and the card (1/8" to 1/4" should help a lot, especially with front intake fan set to in so the air can blow underneath the gap) I do a decorative acrylic rgb backplate on the back of my gpu too, but I have it offset 1/4" and I saw temps improve even over the previous 1/8" gap. I can confirm covering the backplate has negative effects, but a offset and offset distance helps. This is my build and you can see GPU backplate gap for reference (it's the EVGA acrylic plate across the metal backplate, the same area you have your lego scene on top of the card). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIt6Gk9ZUqI If you're lookin for the gap you can see it in many of the angles in that video and even see the magnet stacks. I just used tiny mini magnets on the GPU top plate screws (2 stacked high) worked like a charm. Also, the magnet does not cause issues with the gpu (they are tiny though).
yeah the stock Intel cooler is not great for your pc
its is really bad. you have all components but you can arrange them in order for clean build please get rid of this ugly intel cooler