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Originally posted by RenegadeKing
Just curious, why will putting the same fan in the rear make it quieter. It's the same fan, same noise level, etc.
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Placing the fan on the back of the case does two things...it puts the fan farther from your ears and for some reason, if you disrupt the intake side of the fan (like with the case fan grill/perforations metalwork) it tends to generate more wind noise than if you disrupt the exhaust side. These are just my own observations, but you can try it...hold a case fan in one hand and then place your free hand by the intake side of the fan (start from a few inches away and move it slowly towards the fan until you're almost covering the side) and you'll notice the sound of the wind noise changes and gets louder the closer your hand gets to the fan. If you do the same thing to the exhaust side, the change in wind noise isn't as pronounced.
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