Empty drive bay - top or bottom?
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Empty drive bay - top or bottom?
I have an empty drive bay - currently the 4th one down from the top. For air flow & cooling, is it better to keep that bottom bay free, or would it be better to instead keep the top bay free?
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I would think it would be better to keep the top bay free since hot air tends to rise. Keeping a machine cool is critical as you know so why not work with the physics of hot air movement.
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Is it an intake or an exhaust ?
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It's an optical drive bay, not used for fans.frenchie wrote:Is it an intake or an exhaust ?
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Top, and stuff it with foam. Unless it's a case with quite bad airflow.