Optimal Airflow PC setups for your build | Positive, Negative & Balanced Explained

[@_TommyP]

Michael, please, please say "Arriving at Central Station" Every Australian here will appreciate it.

[@magikarpslapper759]

Customers, please be reminded... That the exit buttons... ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DOORS.

[@_TommyP]

​@@magikarpslapper759 Ha, say you're from brissy without saying you're from brissy

[@user-xl6yo5dr6p]

Why does his voice not match his face.

[@tetrastreamxvii]

It sounds just fine. It’s very clear and articulate.

[@Funkyzombieboi]

I'm about to deep clean pre built. This was a massive help! Thanks guys

[@MyklCarlton]

Make sure those dust filters are on the air intake side rather than the exhaust side, otherwise you've created a vacuum cleaner! If you want to suck air in from the bottom of your case, make sure it is raised at least 2-3 cm from the floor or tabletop, otherwise you won't get enough cool air in to properly cool everything. Using water cooling? Have a look at those radiators once a year, they love dust and hold onto it when they can get it.

[@JomarsYT]

Yeap, those upside dust filter on some cases doesn't make any Sense

[@morgansjodin4859]

@@JomarsYT Have those on my Chieftec Scorpion II.. magnetic filte on top .. don´t make any sense why one would loose flow performence on the outake.. been oc´ing sense early 90´s so I know that isn´t good! :)

[@saitamu0001]

I laughed so hard at the first line... so true! lmao

[@thefrickenchicken1417]

I enjoy channels like these that make short and concise videos explaining exactly what I typed into the search bar. I don't need a historical or scientific lesson behind case fans. I have a package of 6 fans coming in pretty soon. Your explanations about the different pressures was very easy to understand. Now I'm comfortable opting for the positive pressure set up since my case is lower to the ground on an elevated platform so it's likely to grab more dust. Thanks very much for the video!

[@jeremyashcraft2053]

i went to replace the fans on my AIO heatsink and realized for the past 3 years I had my fans oriented in the worst possible way! i have 4 fans (2 on both sides of heatsink) pulling air through the heatsink, but I had the fans blowing towards each other! no wonder my GPU ran so hot! lol

[@blacksheep7576]

I'm planning the blasphemous top intake negative pressure build. Performance first, dust later.

[@GyprockGypsy]

Air flow engineering? Not a problem. That tip about the arrows on the exterior profile of the fans? Fucking golden!

[@Lionfish5656]

My PC build is so that the front of the computer has intake fans, while the back & too of the PC have exhaust fans. My PC case thankfully comes with dust filters, for the front & for the top in particular. I didn't even mention that I have a cooler fan for my GPU that comes separately from it. My case is huge as well, able to fit eight fans in the front (the front has two sets of slots for fans), one slot in the back & I can fit up to four fans on the top. I have an AIO cooler that has three 120mm fans. All of my fans are static pressure optimized as well. I dust out my computer once a month as well. Whenever I dust, I have so little dust in my machine. I do seek to protect my build, given how expensive the parts are.

[@gtsdohcvvtli]

Its crazy how a few plants can really add appeal to the room

[@clydefrog8711]

I never even factored this in when I built my PC and I got lazy and didnt clean it for over a year, so it shut down on me the other day. So I deep cleaned it and put it back together but im second guessing how I put the two CPU fans back on (noctua CPU fan with 2 heatsinks and 2 fans) I can't remember which direction they were blowing, which is my fault. This helped because like I said, I never even considered this before.

[@ernievelasco23]

my current CPU fan set-up: Intake - 2 CPU Fan at the side and 2 at the bottom Exhaust - 240 mm AIO at the top and 1 CPU FAN at the back Temp: CPU - 38c GPU - 36c

[@mehbodo]

I probably have no need for ongoing pc build videos, but fuck me if that wasn't the best subscibe grift I've ever seen. Subbed

[@alexp5604]

Best part of this video is the lady asking us to subscribe 😂

[@julienlouis9400]

You have Henry Cavill 's voice with an Australian accent. Very good video by the way

[@user-si9jy3zs1j]

1:20 it's true *ONLY WHEN YOU HAVE FILTERS* , otherwise nothing prevents dust from coming into the computer case and it stays there.

[@manaferetimizithra]

an original thermaltake video with funny stuff in it? wow

[@matthewball5978]

I came here for airflow, now I'm staying for this dudes voice.

[@murtensee]

Yes

[@michaeljemery]

Corsair AIO instruction manuals always tell you to set roof mounted radiator fans to INTAKE for best performance. Having said that, every single marketing shot they produce shows roof mounted radiator fans set to EXHAUST. Show some integrity, Corsair.

[@peterbelizaire5864]

simple is always better, thank you for a great video.

[@-CornDawg]

I have thermaltake view 51 TG argb case and the thermaltake official site recommend setting up front and top as intake and bottom and rare as exhaust, since it has built to configure fans that way. I guess it's ok since the "hot air rises" really doesn't play a huge role (Linus mentioned it too). So, I have my fans configured the same way, front and top intake and bottom and rare exhaust, and the two radiator fans as exhaust on side (I guess you really can't consider radiator fans as exhaust and I assume I have a neutral fan configure, despite, I have more exhaust fans).

[@cloned81]

Every three months lol

[@jonsnoff5369]

I should be cleaning my computer every 3 months? Oh… 😅

[@Pete856]

In my last build, I didn't put any exhaust fans on it, the whole back panel is large mesh, air escapes just fine on it's own without any extra help needed. It's not a large case with only 2 intake fans on the front panel, and I have a 240mm AIO on the top pulling air in (I don't like exhausting hot air from mostly the graphics card through the CPU radiator, as this can't be good for it's cooling).

[@piyushbhalerao8257]

Help me understand this. You are pulling hot air into the case instead of pushing it out?

[@Pete856]

@@piyushbhalerao8257 No, I'm pulling cold air in through 4 fans, 2 in the front and 2 on a top mounted AIO radiator. The hot air escapes on it's own through the back mesh. Edit; Just to be clear, when I say the hot air escapes on it's own, it's the positive pressure created inside the case by the 4 intake fans and the large mesh area on the whole back panel which allows the hot air to easily exit the case.

[@piyushbhalerao8257]

@@Pete856 But isn't the air passing through the radiator hot due to the radiator being hot?

[@Pete856]

@@piyushbhalerao8257 The cool air gets warmed up a bit as it passes through the radiator, yes. However, as it's a gaming PC, the CPU doesn't produce much heat compared to the GPU. In this setup the airflow is from 4 fans pulling air into the case and it escapes out the back...the other way around you only have the flow from 2 fans in and you're exhausting the hot air through the radiator.

[@piyushbhalerao8257]

@@Pete856 fair.

[@saipabbala7103]

what about side fans. intake or exaust?

[@abhimanyubundela2568]

Hi, This video seems pretty useful. Just a small question if you can answer. My PC have cool air intake from front and exhaust other 2. But sometimes when I'm playing Game it overheat(I guess) and Graphic card stops sending signal to Monitor and it goes to standby mode. PC is still running as I can shut it down by pressing Alt+F4 multiple times and Enter. So can you suggest something I can do?

[@rileythemedlabstudent8616]

comedy always earns a subscribe from me, based

[@UnGodlyDevilish]

"Clean every 3 months" *me who has had your pc since 2019 and haven't cleaned it once

[@jenisonwildcats10]

Hi I just bought a pre built and I have liquid cooling and it looks to have 3 fans on each side of the cooler I want rgb lights can I take the fans off the cooler and replace them or are the fans built into the cooler thanks!

[@Nerdificationing]

With 9 fans, should I do 6 in and 3 out or 3 out and 6 intake?

[@RadiusNightly]

6 filtered in, 3 clear out. This will create positive pressure (depending on the filters, it may be neutral), filtered air going in, and if same pure air will not be able to get out trough 3 fans (if its high pressure), it will go out trough chassis holes and lines design, but since its filtered, dust will not collect. If you go with 3 filtered in and 6 clear out, It will be more of a 2+ vs 5-, its negative pressure, good for cooling everything, but it will suck unfiltered air in trough chassis holes and lines design, collecting dust, and you will have to clear it every couple of months. Also depends on your fan positions, if you have eg. 4 front, 3 top, 2 back, then you should put all 4 front in (probably filtered), all 3 top out (because dust falls from top to bottom, you dont wanna suck it in even with a filter because you will need to clean it every month and heat naturally wanna go up, so dont do against nature), and 2 at the back out. That will put you in negative pressure, having 4 filtered in and 5 out, that is bad for dust, and you will have to tweak their RPMs to get positive or close to neutral pressure instead of getting negative (like intake full speed, exhaust half the speed, top fans even less or something like that combination...).

[@maximelehman6336]

@@RadiusNightly Wise and gold, thank you

[@elm4nsuri]

speaking of air, this video is nothing but that......

[@JomarsYT]

I hate dust so much, make me anxious

[@triplenator]

I have subscribed :) Also very hapy with my Thermaltake View 71 TG. I use my 2 top fans (120mm) as an intake and one 140mm exhaust at the back and 2 intake fans (140mm) at the front. Seems to work just fine. Im planning to put 2 at the bottom as well (120mm) as intake. Will let them run at 250 rpm and increase manually when needed.

[@swirvin7688]

I'm planning to have 2 x 140mm intake and 3 x 120mm exhaust. Will this create a negative airflow? What should I change to get a neutral airflow?

[@xavierbradford5528]

you can take a look at the CFM of your fans; probably depends on that.

[@dreamandbass]

You sure have a pleasant voice!

[@xtragaming8054]

Is it bad to have 3 fans in front as intake, 3 aio fans as exhaust and 1 more exhaust in the back

[@jherwano1670]

thats exactly like mine! idk but mine's runinng pretty good

[@tobiaslollesgaard7389]

it would be nice to hear mention of some experiment that prove the theories you cover. (also migt be good to mention that its negative or posetive airpresure thats mentioned, so all the teenagers dont get confuced).

[@markevans3026]

So I have just bought the Thermaltake Ceres 500. You get 3 front air take and 1 rear exhaust. Am I right in saying for me to attain neautral air pressure I need 2 more CT140 fans so it’s 3 in and 3 out all running on same fan curve ?

[@jaseking6560]

funny , i come across this video looking for better airflow/cooling BECAUSE 2 of your TT 360 cpu cooler have failed me in 6 months

[@morgansjodin4859]

Ryzen 9 5900x/RTX3080/ Noctua NH-D15 CPU cooler on a midi Chieftec Scorpion II.. Have the latter setup... 3 120mm front, 1 120mm back and two 120mm on top.. when playing KZbin the CPU holds 33 celcius and MB is at 27.. installed the CPU cooler today and drinking beer right now so have not tested it yet in games.. but common 33 degrees! :) In God of Wars the CPU went to 45 and the GPU to 65.. 2022-08-06: Have now OC to 4,7Ghz @ 3,5V - 36 degees idle in Windows (/ God of Wars 45 degrees with ultra high 4k settings.)

[@madcriper1063]

Hello What is the model of the case you are using?

[@Graxis1]

Hmm I have a View 51, I have mine in a neutral air flow. I have 2 20mm trios in front , 3 120s over a Rad at bottom pulling air in. 6 120s push/pull sandwiche on Rad up top. 120 in the back exhausting from case. Should I do a Positive airflow being a larger case? Let me know thanks

[@focusred4526]

What would happen if I only have 3 fans at the front of the case and none in the rear??

[@CharlieToof]

when the accent is so strong that also the automatic traslation cant find out what the hell is saying

[@kccustodes2618]

Here in US, I have been trying to get a new gpu (without going to scalpers) for nearly a year. How are the supplies there? Side note, what is the best way to move to New Zealand? I want to escape!

[@maazshahid8920]

Please explain how can I improve the airflow the the Thermaltake Versa N21, I have a gtx 1080ti and it gets 85 degrees on the gpu.

[@prathameshlabhade]

When is core P6 coming? You guys said July end

[@decland.2111]

What about the fans at the bottom of the PC? Is it worth it?

[@askjdfkjqwn]

Do you recommend the be quiet 500dx for a midrange pc?

[@cppctek]

Check out the p500a or p400a. They are the best for a balance of everything plus amazing airflow and they look amazing. I have a video showing off a recent build I did in one I'll show more in depth soon

[@askjdfkjqwn]

@@cppctek kk

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[@Plutoquintana]

Hello, i got a question, i've been running 3 stock nzxt coolers in front of my nzxt case since a couple of years back, they started making sounds so i bought 4 new Noctua fans. I also got 2x nzxt fans on my radiator (At the top of my computer). What is the best way to get good air flow when installing these new fans? Should i use 3 fans for intake at front, and one outtake at back? And keep my radiador at the top? Or should i put my radiator in the front? What are your guys tips? I'm very bad at this, please help

[@Alex-tu5vu]

yes

[@hellomate639]

I've seen people report lower CPU temps and higher GPU temps with a front radiatior. But, I think you can get plenty low CPU and GPU temps with the rad on top, and this is better for the pump.

[@changenoways9555]

What is the name of the song my friend? Please start giving the song credits.

[@stephendippenaar9986]

I bought a Redragon Jetfire Pc case back in 2019 and it supported 9 case fans crazy right! but came with 4 other 5 you had to buy separate so i did just to complete the look problem was case was hot i was confused coz it had 9 fans it should be cold as a freezer i set it up just like the pic i saw in advertising using the same fans. i eventually took out 5 fans and ran it with 4 fans 3 infront one at the back case ran cold so left it like that

[@GarudAtma]

Adding one or two fans for top and bottom for intake as well, you might get better load temps

[@Cuddyyy]

i bought a shitty thermaltake case and the welds where the motherboard screws to snapped it ruined my motherboard and my i9

[@profchaos7289]

3months ? Lmao it's 3 years for me

[@CrabtreeGuitar]

ok i subscribed

[@LukeBroadhurstfilm]

What about for custom loops with front, top, and rear radiator. Negative, positive, or balanced ?

[@rykandiamond2949]

in a custom loop you wanna cool your radiator, so you push fresh air thru the radiator

[@DearOctave]

let me just say. I really like your voice. good video of course.

[@UnSF-1]

well I have top and front intake, and one fan at the back for exhaust; is that okay?

[@ThermaltakeAustralia]

Yep, that's a typical setup and should do fine for most systems.

[@UnSF-1]

@@ThermaltakeAustralia thanks! Also how to lower GPU temps? I usually reach 70-80 while gaming my card is rx580

[@RadiusNightly]

Top fan will suck dust naturally (dust falls down) because of gravity and will work against physics heat dissipation (since heat wanna go up and top fan are pushing it back in). I guess the best way are front intake, possibly filtered, higher RPM or airflow optimized if its not blocked by something, top and back exhaust (top less RPM or pressure optimized), to get positive pressure. Another combination that i think are good are back pressure intake (probably blowing to the CPU cooler), front intake, top exhaust. Reverse would be back high speed intake, top pressure intake (or no fan/blocked), front slow flow exhaust. This will find fresh air from behind, and scatter hot air in to the room all around, but not all systems are made good for reverse, while normal system will usually collect heat behind, blocked by the wall, table, etc., with reverse you are trying moving it away from that rig/spot like in server rooms, where its easy to deal with all heat in the room.

[@AnarexicSumo]

Unless you're worried about overtaking your front fans I would re-orient to have a top exhaust. If you're intaking cool air from the top you're fighting the warm case air's natural tendency to rise. This is called negative convection and is never ideal. Ideally you always want to intake front and bottom and exhaust top and back.

[@UnSF-1]

@@AnarexicSumo done!!! 1 Top, 1back exhaust and 2 front intake

[@Kokaloki]

my new rig currently has hot air flowing out from the front where my silent loop 2 is mounted, and cold air flowing out at the top & upper back from normal case fans, is this wrong?

[@bemysugardaddy596]

Not sure if you still need an answer but it depends on your gpu temperatures. Also what intakes do you have? Bottom/Base?

[@JayzBeerz]

are fans at the top blowing out worth it?

[@KingcoleIIV]

mostly no, in my testing

[@OctogonManny]

What case is that?

[@ThermaltakeAustralia]

There are a couple of cases in this video, but assuming you mean the one next to Michael, that would be our Divider 500 TG in black!

[@earthbornplays3853]

i refuse to be swindled by this woman.

[@ttgill1401]

🤔

[@IsiloMarz]

me not worrying about how my fans are set up due to me having 13 fans

[@raiden2steezy]

how install

[@tioraytm]

Hell I'm no expert but I didn't find this helpful advice on keeping my PC cool. Great advice on keeping it dust free I guess. I should also mention hot air does not rise. It never has - Shock!. What happens is without an external element like a fan Cold air displaces and pushes hot air upwards because it is denser so has a greater air pressure. This is called wind. Introduce a fan pumping air out the top, bottom or either side of a positive air case and hot air is more than happy to travel in whatever direction the air is getting pumped out due to the lower pressure in that direction. If you are Over Clocking your system then you are heating up either the CPU, GPU, VRAM or a combination of two or all three of these things. If you want to get the best results My advice is get a water cooler onto whatever you are overclocking and run as much cool air as you can thru the radiator. If you just want to run fans and passive heat exchangers then try to make the air flow as linear as possible thru your case and positive is best only because you can use the least amount of dust filters but at the end of the day it's not about positive, negative or neutral, it's about air exchange where it's most needed.

[@Hvelcar]

sleepery seal

[@Shura_01]

My pc only has 1x pin fan system 1 lmao

[@Yakito666]

Asking me "how you doing", telling me "don't answer that" and thne asking me to subscribe has the opposite result to what you wanted, I am afraid.

[@ThermaltakeAustralia]

That's okay, our odd, backwards humour isn't for everyone. I do hope we were able to help you in regards to airflow setups for your PC though :)

[@562Baudelio]

“Controller not found”

[@BreadAndGatorade]

Who tf cleans their PC every 3 months? MAYBE once a year, most probably don't even do that. That's like recommending 3,000 mile oil changes in the age of synthetic oil.

[@adamcollett4034]

Wtf do they not make intake and exhaust fans? You pay a lot of money for fans you like, and end up having to put any intake fans backwards showing what is always very obviously the back of the fan. Small gripe? Yes, but when you spend that much money on a system, you shouldn’t have to pick between performance and aesthetics.

[@c2shifty368]

Lian li uni fans, and I know a Corsair fan does this aswell looks the same front and back

[@DrJackJeckyl]

I am a spinnyboi :D

[@DrJackJeckyl]

not doin it tho, Lady

[@ThermaltakeAustralia]

Wow that was quite the journey DrJack, warn us next time before you take us on such a trip

[@DrJackJeckyl]

@@ThermaltakeAustralia I will try!

[@SoWhat07]

Totally wrong and amature video. How did you fix problem with RAM orientation? Not even a single word. This mean. Do you even undestend the problem with desktop mainboard? Air flow must follow dim slot orientation.

[@cyberbogart]

I just subscribed because she is a total babe

[@PrismBot]

I learned absolutely nothing and was bored the entire time. This could have been a KZbin short.

[@wibiyoutube6173]

Let the woman beg for subscriptions!!