I'm curious if anyone has any input on how bad it is for the power supply to flip the fan? My secondary system that I honestly rarely use has a 500W CWT 80Plus Bronze PSU that came out of some low-mid range prebuilt desktop at some point.
Anyway, I replaced the stock Yate Loon 120mm fan for a Cooler Master RGB fan, but I decided to install it backwards so that it pushes air the same direction as the GPU fans right above it, as I have the PSU installed with the fan facing up. The GPU I'm going to end up putting in here is an XFX RX 6600 8GB, so it's not a super power intensive card.
Long story short, is this going to lead to the actual components inside the power supply (capacitors, etc) running hotter since the airflow pattern is different, is it going to lead to better cooling since it's sucking in cold air vs warm air from inside the case, or is it going to make pretty much no difference whatsoever? I did retain the little plastic cover they had on the bottom of the fan that blocks off about 1/4 of the fan closest to the outside of the PC.
Anyway, I replaced the stock Yate Loon 120mm fan for a Cooler Master RGB fan, but I decided to install it backwards so that it pushes air the same direction as the GPU fans right above it, as I have the PSU installed with the fan facing up. The GPU I'm going to end up putting in here is an XFX RX 6600 8GB, so it's not a super power intensive card.
Long story short, is this going to lead to the actual components inside the power supply (capacitors, etc) running hotter since the airflow pattern is different, is it going to lead to better cooling since it's sucking in cold air vs warm air from inside the case, or is it going to make pretty much no difference whatsoever? I did retain the little plastic cover they had on the bottom of the fan that blocks off about 1/4 of the fan closest to the outside of the PC.
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