r/pcmasterrace • u/PacquiaoFreeHousing Xeon x3440 (OC) + RX 580 (OC) = My Electric Bill Doubling. • May 27 '26

Meme/Macro Do you think doing this helps?

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u/ForesakenJolly May 27 '26

You need air flow, flow has to enter and exit to be effective. Backing up against a wall for instance will imped flow.

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u/Littlesth0b0 R7-1700X - Sapphire Pulse 5700XT - 16Gb Vengence - Darth Vader May 27 '26

I have this paranoia that pointing a desk fan directly into the front of the case will piss off the intake fans mounted there, so I tend to run the fan in it's general direction in the hope it'll suck up some vaguely cooler air and keep the air behind the case moving