Intake Vs Exhaust Fan

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Intake vs exhaust fan. The thing is i will be adding a dust filter on my intake fan soon. This is the role of intake and exhaust fans. Unless your fans are complete garbage it absolutely doesn t matter. A single 120mm intake fan and a single 120mm exhaust fan would be more than enough to keep that system cool so your fan configuration isn t going to be relevant to system cooling as long as at least one is an intake and at least one is an exhaust.

An intake fan will be operating at a slightly higher pressure and will be more efficient. By installing a second fan on the intake side you will reduce the amount of negative pressure created in the grow room thereby cutting down greatly on the amount of work the exhaust fan has to do and allowing much more air to pass. Side mounted fans can be intake or exhaust depending on the setup. I have a 36cfm sunon fan for the intake.

Use proper fan positioning. Air should travel in clear path through the case. Somewhat restricting the airflow. I ask this because the 80mm fan that was included with my antec sx630 seems awfully weak as an exhaust.

The intake exhaust direction should go front to back and bottom to top. By changing the direction a fan is mounted it can act as either an intake or exhaust. Manage your cables and other obstructions. The key therefore is to add fans that either get rid of this ambient heat or bring in fresh cooler air to be used.

If you change your rear computer exhaust pc case fan into an intake fan will it make your water cooling more efficient. Neither the 1500x nor the 1060 generate enough heat to worry about. It won t be efficient enough for you to notice the difference though. Ideally the intake fan should be the same size as the exhaust fan but it can be a little smaller if necessary.

Intake fans brings fresh air into the pc while exhaust fans kick stagnant air out. As for their differences it s very simple. And the fan from the cooler that is looking to the back of the case it s set as exhaust so the hot air emitted by the own copper cooler it s blown out of the case by the back fan thus creating. If you like a.

You should also heed the placement of the fans. An intake fan will blow air directly at you. A stronger cfm rated intake fan or exhaust fan.