How is airflow with this case? Is the front fan behind the door inhibited by the door being closed?
1050047
No, it does a really good job with keeping the entire rig cool, even with the door closed.
1050048
Airflow is fine, I can cool a high end GPU (GTX680) and OC my i7 to 4.4Ghz if I want and it keeps temperatures acceptable. The door was well thought out, and there is enough space not to limit the fan. The only thing of note is that, one of the openings of the door is more "open" then the other for air flow. That "open" end you will want to face away from where you are sitting, or else the noise you perceive from sitting at the desk will go up.
1050049
It has plenty of airflow all along the sides of the door from top to bottom
145209
The fan it comes with is adequate. It depends on your case and airflow as well.
1940219
The one I purchased pushes/sucks the air out. In my opinion, this may be the best direction as the CPU heat sink and fan draws/pulls hot air up from the CPU and since this fan would be fixed in close proximity it would be good to have it complete the job by taking that hot air out of the case.
655704
Hi there. Your front fan should be blowing cooler air in. That is as long as your fan in the back is blowing the warmer air out. Hope that helps
1444209
I wanted to have this push air out of the enclosure, so I simply unscrewed the fans and flipped them over then simply screwed the fans back. It is very simple and works. I use it and I havent had a problem. It actually pulls alot of air through the enclosure that I have my CPU tower in. Keeps it cooler.
290322
Yes. It has a great design. I have used other fans and was always concerned with blocking the airflow. This design is much better and has a soft cushion on the bottom for resting on your lap. I use it non stop, over 8 hours a day while I run my home business on my computer.
581739
To add to the other answers- the fan is not going to blow you away. It works well, but it's hardly noticeable.
60307
I'm not too sure but i've had no problems with cooling with this case and the window side panel looks amazing.
1423190
Neither, no air is drawn from or pushed outside of the case, this guy just pulls air thought the fans forcing air on a GPU or similar or card. It does work but it is not the most quiet.
1638622
I haven't experienced any overheating issues with it. However, it should have a little bit of airflow around it.
613301
I have the PC behind my monitor. I honestly can't tell you if we have 2 or 3. Anyone out there in Amazon land have quick access to the cover to count the fans? Sorry. So far no problems and cpu runs cool. I do take all precautions to always keep items away from top and side airvents.
685485
Hello Rashad, The case only has two fan mount positions. The rear fan is about 80mm wide, and four additional screw holes are there for the next largest standard fan size (100mm?). I also have a larger fan (which I believe is a 140mm, if memory serves), that I mounted in front.The removable side door has many ventilation holes which could undoubtedly hold an improvised side-mounted fan if you really need extra ventilation. The power supply has it's own fan of course, but no one counts these. One odd thing, I notice that this case is slightly noisier than my others. Virtually all of the noise comes from my stock Intel CPU fan, despite running cool at it's fairly quiet default speed. By comparison, the front and back fans are virtually silent.
1490606
The type of CPU heat sink/fan used in this case should have the fan blow into the heat sink and not away from it. The nice thing about this case is that is is very well ventilated and heat can not build up inside of it. Try not to install the hard drive over the CPU fan if you can.
1581436
Usually, a front fan brings air in and, indeed, the product description says : "positive pressure with removable fan filter". I cannot tell you how good or bad the fan is, I returned the case before even using it.
2162351
The case is well ventilated and has been running excellently for me. You might run into fan restriction issues if you swapped out all the included fans for high CFM fans, but for a balanced or silent PC, you shouldn't have any temp issues at all. There is a (filtered) intake grill on the bottom of the PSU bay, so if you are worried about your PSU airflow, orient your PSU to intake from the bottom and exhaust out the back. I have loved working with this case so far.
1592884
We take the console out of the case during use. The case is not designed for airflow. You might want to consider a case that has a "doghouse" design that allows for use in the case. It is the Gator case "g-tour for x32" case. It is more expensive that this one but does the job. We needed a smaller lighter case for truck space so we use this smaller/lighter case.
146882
Frankly if the cabinet is open, you do not really need the fan. Biut given the choices, I would pull air through the front and exhaust to the back.