#Corsair h50 vs h60 Pc#

In a normal fan cooled set-up, you have your rear fan drawing cool air into the CPU while the top exhaust fan drives the warmed rising air out. Why would you use warmer inside case air to cool your rad? Also in regards to top mounted fans, you always have them blowing out, it's common sense that heat rises, in the exception when you have your rad mounted at the top, then it's ok to have it drawing air in to cool the rad and have your rear fan blowing warm air out, they're just swapped around. I don't really understand what you're saying. Air in from the bottom and out at the top. :) But overall, since heat rises, you don't want to be pushing that hot air back down. My explanation was kind of crappy, so I apologize for that. It's kind of confusing and it took me a little while to wrap my head around it. The only exception to that is if you want to blow air in from the rear (through the water-cooling radiator), and then you'd need top-mounted fans to pull the hot air out the top. No, fans on top of the case are good as long as they aren't blowing air into the case.

#Corsair h50 vs h60 Pc#

Turbulent flow is more efficient than laminar flow.Р В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’В«ut there's more to consider in regards to a PC case, as we've both noted. What I was basically saying was it's more efficient to push air through a radiator, than to pull air through it.

I agree, and I always follow the principle of 'in from the bottom/front, out of the top/back'. Of course you can use other fans to draw the heat out afterwards but thats only mitigating the problem that you've created.Р В РІР‚СњР вЂ™Р’В«est to push air out, and let the radiator do its job. Meaning you're putting heat back into the case. You'll be forcing air over the radiator, and the heat will be transfered into the exit air and it'll be warmer. However, having the fans push cooler air into the case will result in more hot air inside the case as the radiator will work more or less like a household central heating radiator,with the case being a room. The same thermal resistance and transfer is going to happen over the radiator's fins. Thats how it cools it won't matter if you're sucking hot air from the inside of the case or pushing cooler air into it. These radiators are designed to create a low pressure airflow creating a cooler thrust of air as it passes over the small fins on the radiator. It just doesn't happen because you're still using the air to cool the radiator that is a thermal heatsink for the water (conductor). You're never going to cool the radiator or the liquid down more then the ambiant temperature of the room.

When it comes to cooling the liquid in the radiator it doesn't really matter too much. Overall, either method works if done correctly. If not, you'll be fighting thermodynamics and creating a pressure bubble inside the case. I sort of agree with that if and only if you have fans at the top of the case that will pull air out of the case. Some people will argue that by doing that, you aren't running air through the radiator hence getting less efficient cooling. I personally have mine mounted to pull air out of the case and out the back. Another part of the discussion is which direction the radiator fans should be facing.