damn I hate cliffhangers 😢
“Make sure to adjust your fan curves so they aren’t always spinning at max speed” The PS4 engineers at Sony: “damnit I knew we forgot something”
I have only negative pressure in my PC case. Temps are good, dust is good too (it’s everywhere).
When in doubt, do the “paper test”. Place a thin piece of paper in front of fan. If paper “sticks” to fan air blowing in. If paper is “pushed” back by fan, air blowing out
For my old tower, I just took the side panels off and parked a box fan next to it. Coolest I've ever run.
I have negative air pressure in my case and it, surprisingly, is the setup that has given me the best temps. 9 exhaust fans on three radiators with one intake on the back in the lian li 011 xl.
If your pc tower comes with a dust filter i think it's good to have a slight negative pressure cuz it's always good that all the hot air is taken out of the tower and allows more cold air to get sucked in
I thought I had set my fans up wrong but it turns out that they're actually in the right way. Mission failed successfully.
Depending on your case, negative air pressure is the best way to go. You get better temps overall, get that hot air taken out, and actually prevents the most dust entering (believe it or not, cause it's negative air pressure).
I wish fan companies had rgb fans that also spun in the opposite direction so that all the fans would look pretty
PC fans and room fans spin the same direction in reference to airflow. If the air is coming towards you the blades spin clockwise. If they air is blowing away from you the fins are spinning counter clockwise.
Cliffhangwr like it was a Chainsawman episode.
The main reason for not having negative air pressure is only related to air cooling and doesn't really apply to water cooling. Negative pressure means less air molecules in the case to transfer the heat energy into. Somewhat less importantly, but more impactful over time, negative air pressure causes more dust to accumulate on the inside of the case.
This is literally perfect timing i just got my pc fans from Amazon
Good short vid! I prefer negative pressure with dust filters though. Almost no dust at all and certainly less than no filters + positive pressure. Also the negative pressure with exhausts at the top help the chimney-effect so you can run very low rpm with air coolers! I've tested this with 1 exhaust fan at the top/rear against 3 intake fans at the front. Taking the front fans out made the temps raise about 5°C (70 to 75), while taking the rear fan out showed 83°C. But for idle desktop stuff, I stop the rear and top fans but keep the 3 front fans at 350 rpm to only have the negative pressure + chimney-effect under load.
NEVER! I will negative pressure my case and love it.
i prefer slightly negative air flow. makes sure all the excess heat is pulled quicker. slightly positive air flow will hold the heat in more. slightly positive airflow will give slightly more heat diffusion, but it'll be more temperamental as there will be more hot pockets.
This video helped me finally understand why positive pressure is better!! Thank you LTT
The default curves on motherboards are fine. Its just a linear flop rate relationship. There are pros and cons to each curve style depending on what you want, but most people won't notice or care for those from the linear line.
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