How Desktop Computers Direct Air Through the Case
How Desktop Computers Direct Air Through the Case
The path through a case helps determine whether cool air reaches the components that produce the most heat.
Intake fans bring air into the enclosure, and exhaust fans remove warmed air. Filters, cables and solid panels can change the resistance along that path.
A system can cool the processor well while a graphics card or drive sits in a pocket of warm air. Adding a fan can shift the path instead of improving every temperature.
Measure temperatures and noise during the same sustained workload after each change. Include the graphics card and storage if they share the area around the new fan.
