Quote (Incendiary @ Aug 20 2016 11:45pm)
I would think that you don't lose any pressure on exhaust (unless it's going through a radiator, in which case you use SP fans to balance that) because there's typically nothing blocking it. Any fans on your CPU are meant to help push through to exhaust, and even if you don't have a CPU fan the airflow is typically fairly unimpeded. At least, if your fans are set up correctly it shouldn't be.
What do you mean by case seams? I don't understand why that would matter...
Quote (Incendiary @ Aug 20 2016 11:38pm)
It's common sense, man.
When air has to change direction (going around the face of a PC case that covers the fans) or goes through a filter (restricts airflow as a tradeoff to help prevent dust), you lose pressure. Do you really need a source for that..?
Well here's a few facts...
Air bends...no problem.
Air doesn't ONLY live on the sides of your case.
A room (where the intakes get their air) has 100's of cubic feet of air.
A case, where exhausts get their air has only 2-3 cubic feet of air.
Yes, maybe 12 air molecules get impeded by the filters.
Even more yes..is the fact that exhaust fans are ALWAYS starved for air.
So when I said: 2 in, 2 out is neutral..it pretty much is. If not neutral then it's at least positive air flow.
This post was edited by Ghot on Aug 20 2016 10:52pm