A good gaming PC needs proper cooling to keep temperatures low and framerates high. Most PCs nowadays include a lot of fans, ...

A optimal fan configuration would include intake fans on the front of the case. You’ll also want to add the top exhaust fans. Including an exhaust fan on the rear of the case will round out an ...

The intake side of the fan will have the fans in a convex orientation, i.e., the fans will be curving away from you and there ...

It might be better spent elsewhere. Most PC cases have intake fans mounted on the front, and one or more fans mounted on the back to exhaust the heat. But heat rises, which means you’ll ...

Lian Li has unveiled a crazy new PC case at Computex 2025 where it has carved out three massive holes in the tempered glass ...

Exhaust fans can also be mounted to the top of the case, while intake fans are usually mounted on the front or sides. In all but the lowest-power, passively cooled systems, you’ll likely find at ...

Cases that use three fans aligned vertically on the front are a great place to start, as they draw in air evenly across the entire face of the enclosure. That many intake fans will most likely ...

so I have hacked the front fan position to accommodate a 120mm Papst which operates as an intake fan. The PS fan is a low-wattage, dead-silent 80 mm Papst, which is just sufficient to cool the PS.

On each side of the tempered glass are mesh slits allowing for the front intake fans to pull fresh outside air into the APEX. Chieftec has also placed its name and logo in the bottom center.

Even cases that come with filters usually only have them in obvious areas, such as the PSU and front intake fans. There may be additional fan mounts in your case that lack filters, letting dust ...