Fan Question

[Mike..]

Hi! Me again. Got a quick question. I got an Antec 120 LED blue for the side panel of my Antec 900. I want it to draw air from the outside into my case. I have no clue which way it is supposed to mount. I am use to some of these fans having an arrow on them indicating which way the air flows. This one does not. I went to the website for instructions and it was a dead end. It says Antec on one side and you can see the wiring on the other. I am sure if I just install it and once I put the card in tomarrow I could fire it up and do a little paper over the fan test to see if it's in the right direction. I would rather not do that though so I don't have to keep opening the case while I am trying to get the programing done.


Also. Every fan in the case has a 3 speed switch. High,medium,low. I have them all set to high right now. I know this is going to produce quite alot of noise. Being that I am not going to OC right off the bat, the cpu has the stock fan asy, the card has it's own fan (8800 GTS SSC), would there be a problem running them (the case) on say medium or even low?

1 200
4 120,s
1 on the CPU
1 on the Vid Card
2 on the PSU

Thats alot of fans. Maybe I should go a step further and put wings on it and try to fly it instead of using it to fly at home


Mike

[matt2190]

You have as many fans as I do. Regarding the fan direction, I think you just installed the same fan I did. The air blows out from the wiring towards the lettering. You could always just hook it up and see which direction it moves the air.

[richardd43]

Almost all fans blow towards the wire side.

[Mike..]

So in other words I should turn the fan around so that the wire side faces inward toward mobo and the logo should be visible from the outside of the case correct?



Mike

[MWISimmer]

Wire it up and try it out, it can't do any harm. Put your hand close by and you can feel the airflow.

[Mike..]

Ya I suppose. It's what I mentioned doing to start with. What about the speed settings question? Where should I put them based on what I mentioned above? Leave em all high?



Mike

[richardd43]

I put the fan on the side cover blowing in so it blows right on the video card, although I am not sure which direction would be most efective for everyone.

I have a Zalman 9700 HSF pointing up at the top exhaust fan. My side fan blowing in blows across the video card plus on the intake side of the 9700 allowing outside air to be sucked up through the cooler.