Myth_Pharoah
Contributor
Ok I know they're quite a few questions. But meh... something has got me kicked.
All the following questions are purely about technical performance. No human ease consideration.
1. Does it matter in which way a HDD is placed? Does it matter that its kept vertical or horizontal or diagonal? I've seen external hard disks that sit vertically on their docks, so I don't think it matters. Just confirming.
2. Whats a good way to cool HDDs? Suppose I stack 3 HDD's on top of each other or if kept vertically next to each other. I stick a fan on the non-cable side with the air flow direction being away from HDDs. Is this enough? 24x7 usage, but not necessarily HDD intensive.
3. Is there a minimum distance that needs to be there between two HDDs?
4. Do PSU's have a specific orientation? Does it matter if keep them bottom side up or top side down? (wondering this cause of how I want the fan to face)
5. For a PSU like Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies does it have 2 fans? I see only one on the bottom side. The one I use currently has one on the backside not the bottom. Does this fan throw air out or suck it in?
6. For case like say CM690, with component place like so http://www.techenclave.com/rig-galle...mage-6130.html (hope you don't mind FaH33m).
(a) There is probably one intake fan at the bottom of the front side of the case.
(b) The one exhaust next to the CPU on the back side of the case.
(c) Cpu fan pointing downwards... is this exhaust? If this is, its throwin air on the card. Bad thing no?
(d) Gfx card fan pointing downwards, again exhaust? Throwing air down to the end of a cabinet which is going no where unless there are holes around it, cuz there is a inward air flow because of (a).
Isn't this whole setup of fans kinda messy? No smooth air flow. Air being thrown left right and center. The ideal air flow of cool air coming from front-bottom, becoming lighter cause of heat + getting sucked out from the top-rear, just isn't happening. Most air goes through the cpu fan or gfx fan to get thrown down. So like... wtf is happening? AM I going about this the wrong way?
7. Finally which is better. Positive or negative air flow? Before you ask me to watch that smoke video showing positive air flow is better, I've seen it. But lotsa of sites say negative is better and an equal number say the opposite. What are we to do, to be on the safe side, if we can't experiment much?
8. Are there any mobos out there that use a form factor bigger than the regular full ATX? excluding server ones of course.
I have a few more, which I can't remember and are just as annoyingly specific as these ones.
Thank you so much!!!
Working on something, need these things sorted.
All the following questions are purely about technical performance. No human ease consideration.
1. Does it matter in which way a HDD is placed? Does it matter that its kept vertical or horizontal or diagonal? I've seen external hard disks that sit vertically on their docks, so I don't think it matters. Just confirming.
2. Whats a good way to cool HDDs? Suppose I stack 3 HDD's on top of each other or if kept vertically next to each other. I stick a fan on the non-cable side with the air flow direction being away from HDDs. Is this enough? 24x7 usage, but not necessarily HDD intensive.
3. Is there a minimum distance that needs to be there between two HDDs?
4. Do PSU's have a specific orientation? Does it matter if keep them bottom side up or top side down? (wondering this cause of how I want the fan to face)
5. For a PSU like Newegg.com - CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies does it have 2 fans? I see only one on the bottom side. The one I use currently has one on the backside not the bottom. Does this fan throw air out or suck it in?
6. For case like say CM690, with component place like so http://www.techenclave.com/rig-galle...mage-6130.html (hope you don't mind FaH33m).
(a) There is probably one intake fan at the bottom of the front side of the case.
(b) The one exhaust next to the CPU on the back side of the case.
(c) Cpu fan pointing downwards... is this exhaust? If this is, its throwin air on the card. Bad thing no?
(d) Gfx card fan pointing downwards, again exhaust? Throwing air down to the end of a cabinet which is going no where unless there are holes around it, cuz there is a inward air flow because of (a).
Isn't this whole setup of fans kinda messy? No smooth air flow. Air being thrown left right and center. The ideal air flow of cool air coming from front-bottom, becoming lighter cause of heat + getting sucked out from the top-rear, just isn't happening. Most air goes through the cpu fan or gfx fan to get thrown down. So like... wtf is happening? AM I going about this the wrong way?
7. Finally which is better. Positive or negative air flow? Before you ask me to watch that smoke video showing positive air flow is better, I've seen it. But lotsa of sites say negative is better and an equal number say the opposite. What are we to do, to be on the safe side, if we can't experiment much?
8. Are there any mobos out there that use a form factor bigger than the regular full ATX? excluding server ones of course.
I have a few more, which I can't remember and are just as annoyingly specific as these ones.
Thank you so much!!!
Working on something, need these things sorted.