case fan

**LVExpo** · 01-31-2006, 08:44 AM

should i install xtra fan, beside the one that came with the ampie case??

i use m10k with 512 and m2-atx and going for 80gb.

thx

**MatrixPC** · 01-31-2006, 11:32 AM

Why NOT?

**DK888** · 01-31-2006, 12:21 PM

did you get your monitor and gps yet?

**LVExpo** · 02-01-2006, 03:14 AM

no, get the monitor soon and gps a littl later. think its better to install another fan?

if i install a second fan, should this one blow air out of the case or should it blow air in the case? the one thats already there (in the middle) is blowing air out.

thx

**DaveB** · 02-01-2006, 03:15 AM

I'm installng one 80MM fan in my homemade case and it will blow air out.

**LVExpo** · 02-01-2006, 03:50 AM

so u don't need air in and out to get circulation...u just need to blow the air out of the case???

so every time i am installing something that gets warm in a box/case and needs to be "cooled", i just install fans, that "takes the warm air away", instead of bringing "fresh" air in, to "push" the warm air to the "blow out fan", to get the circulation?

hope u know what i am talking about

**DarquePervert** · 02-01-2006, 07:51 AM

In a normal desktop-style case, you want two fans (at least) to pull fresh air in from the front and blow it out the back. In an ATX system, the heat builds up right around the CPU, which generates the most heat. So there's usually an exhaust fan right there, to pull that hot air out of the case.

In a smaller case like the Ampie, there's not a lot of room, so you're going to want a fan to draw air out more than you want one to pull fresh air in.

**DaveB** · 02-01-2006, 10:28 AM

I'm putting a 32CFM fan in the lid of my box. Elsewhere, the box will have ventilation holes. It will draw cool air in through the vent holes and pull the warm air out through the lid. I could just as well have turned the fan around and pushed air out of the vent holes.

It doesn't matter which way the air goes as long as you moving air through the box.