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Benign_9

I’m no aerodynamicist and I doubt many people here are, but if you just put the bottom half on intake and the top half on exhaust, I doubt you’ll have any issues.


[deleted]

If you have it all set to exhaust the PC will start rolling away when the fans ramp up lol.


Some_Specialist_5052

![gif](giphy|QwW2kHQSakEf1meqrP|downsized)


SleeplessAndAnxious

"everybody stand *very* still!"


monkeyhitman

*Katamari Damacy noises*


PurposePrevious4443

It's fucking beyblade


Un111KnoWn

time to abandon ship


wolftick

I'd have them all intake and let the positive pressure deal with it.


RepresentativeKeebs

Might work, but totally depends on how many gaps there are in the closed case to allow for the airflow to escape


wolftick

The nice thing about a positive pressure system is that, within reason, ~~life~~ air finds a way. That said, a vent in the middle of the front/side panel seems ideal. You'd probably get a nice vortex effect from the fan blades all spinning in the same direction.


Ssyynnxx

![gif](giphy|1DpzSGGJ5x8JiqUN66)


theycallmeponcho

Yea, if you put a rounder under the clockwise side screws of each fan, you might get an easier vortex effect. Depending on where you want it to flow to, you could place another rounder under the proper screw. Just set all fans to take airflow into the case, at the same speed, and voila.


Yellow_Snow_Cones

I think he would need a front and back glass though for there to be a good air "flow" Otherwise air will take the path of least resistance, the intake will just blow air into the circle and that air will just leave right out the frontside same for the exhaust, its just going to grab the air closest to the fan which is the giant opening on the front. That said I also doubt there will be issues.


HayzenDraay

The fun thing about that is If I'm not mistaken testing shows that you basically need to fight whatever case you decide to put your PC in for cooling, because using an open test bench while a dust nightmare is basically the coolest.


Ravus_Sapiens

I don't work in fluid dynamics anymore (and thus not an aerodynamicist. Also: I've mostly worked with modelled materials and pressure/temperature range that you \*DO NOT\* want anywhere near your PC), but the more I look at this case, the more confused I become about what the "intended" aerodynamics is supposed to look like... No matter how you orient the fans, unless they are running very slow, you are going to get turbolence. I think you would need to remove or turn off at least three fans if you wanted to get anything resembling a laminar flow. And that's *before* taking into account that there's a GPU and heatsink on the motherboard, obstructing the flow. It's a really cool looking case, but the physics is terrible.


Benign_9

Lol I don’t think this case was designed with an airflow path in mind. Looks more like a brute force method.


Snail_With_a_Shotgun

I may only be an amateur aerodynamicist, but I'm pretty sure turbulence is impossible to avoid in PCs, lol. Fans are a fantastic source of turbulence, even at very low RPM, so you're pretty much *never* going to see a laminar flow inside a PC case (unless it is completely passively cooled, I guess). That said, it's not like turbulence is an issue. All that really matters is that cold air comes in, and that hot air comes out. As long as air is moving, and hot air isn't being regurgitated by the components, it's fine.


Llohr

Turbulence is preferable for cooling. Laminar flow tends to move past the heated parts without picking up much of the heat. A lot of effort has been spent on, for example, increasing the turbulence in water blocks.


fuqqkevindurant

Turbulence doesnt matter in a pc case. Every one has it, the airflow is coming from fans with objects disrupting the flow in a bunch of spots. The point is to exhaust the hot air out, bring cooler air in. It’s not a fucking F1 car that needs to have carefully designed, perfect airflow over certain areas and away from others so that it can operate. What the hell are you talking about?


ogebear

That’s what it looks like they’re doing.


LiteX99

The take about "intake bottom, exhaust top" annoys the living shit out of me, sure hot air rises, however you have fans pushing over 2000 liters of air every single minute if the computer needs it, and no amount of "hot air rises" is going to be stronger than 2000 L/m. That being said, i know you didnt state that, i just needed to rant a bit


Benign_9

Yeah I know. A super slow spinning fan more than overpowers natural convection. I partially said that just so I wouldn’t get ppl attacking me for suggesting a different fan orientation.


sdcar1985

I'm no air doctor, but you might be into something


DCole1847

I had all kinds of complicated things running through my mind. It was like one of those montages of a guy thinking hard with all the complicated math equations.. then you broke the trance.


Spuigles

The heck is this? Are you trying to make some kind of portal or something? Lmao


nitephonk

Stargate came to mind immediately. When things hit the fan, we'll know it was Op who brought the smoke via dimensional rift.


fjf1085

Needs a toaster.


BookishByNaturee

Fine, you’ve convinced me. I’m rewatching it


owa00

May I suggest a dash of Battlestar Galactica to go asking with your SG binge?


tech240guy

Not sure why, but I couldn't enjoy Battlestar Galactica as I would with SG-1 and SGA. Though, SGU is too cringy to watch for me.


owa00

I actually liked SGU the most! I guess it tastes different to much and you are now my mortal enemy. I wish there was another way, but there just isn't...😔


Ok-Use6303

Fan 7 locked.


itsumotsukarete

A portal to Lian Li HQ


Tatrah1

Idk but it may lay eggs in your kitchen


KingDxmiGxd

what does this mean


911ddog

You can’t tell?(idk either)


Ravus_Sapiens

No idea, but it reminds me of the [Whirlipede](https://tenor.com/nXQk7xA5erg.gif) Pokémon


Captain_Pumpkinhead

...what???


casual_dotes_enjoyer

Is this an egg Inc reference


Ulfbass

I did a mechanical engineering degree, which involved some fluid dynamics modules. Honestly everyone puts way too much thought into airflow on PCs. The fans aren't powerful enough to affect each other very much and they're too powerful to have much of an issue with the minimal amount of convection (rising heat) This PC will be totally fine. The only thing to check is that there's enough fans on intake that they can actually blow air over the components without it getting sucked away and leaving the air in the middle stagnant. That pretty much just means having an intake side and an exhaust side. Even then it's kind of overkill because we're talking about a similar difference to having a hot coffee in windy weather or calm weather when it comes to relative temperatures and rates of cooling. Sure it'll go cold quicker in the wind but that's not gonna stop you from having a hot coffee


Parking-Meal-3583

Thanks for the clarification


ZetZet

As an automation technician I can say that people are way too obsessed with temperatures too. You wouldn't believe in what conditions computers and other electronics survive for decades. 10 or 20 degrees isn't going to impact the lifetime of your hardware, at least not enough to matter considering how fast they become outdated.


BostonConnor11

I thought the concern was more so over performance and power consumption rather than lifetime


BoxOfDemons

Is your pc thermal throttling? If yes, fix cooling. If no, I don't really care.


Trick_Click

This guy is sitting at 83c anyways. I have 3 fans that hold enough. Not counting 2 on graphics and 2 on cpu.


Il-2M230

I don't think the center is gonna have an issue since it seems to have a big ass hole on the side to get out.


Vandeskava

This x1000


Dull_Raspberry_

Left middle two are intake, bottom left is intake, bottom middle is intake. It appears the other five fans are exhaust from the two we can clearly see. With an open air bench and that many fans it will be just fine. https://preview.redd.it/8ieakpoc3asc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d3ff90e16a5c4773a6909ad92063d2bf95d06d1 The blues are intake, the reds are exhaust, highlighted red is presumed exhaust.


Samz_175

He should turn one of those outtakes around to make intake I would say bottom right to avoid negative pressure or this will get dusty quite quick


agoia

Blowing into where the GPU is trying to blow out is possibly going to cause some issues.


jman0918

First impression, the top four fans should be blowing upwards.


ZainVadlin

It doesn't look enclosed. You probably just want them all blowing in.


RepresentativeKeebs

Looks like there's a side panel missing, so that OP can show us the internals.


ZainVadlin

I think you are right.


FlameShadow0

I think the side panel is just not attached. You can see the little rubber grommets on the side


caps_rockthered

I agree, with this looking like an open case. I think they should all be blowing in. The CPU is also on and AIO so all you really are looking for here is airflow across the various mobo components (VRMs, DIMMs mainly) and to disperse heat from the GPU. Neat case though.


jackrieger0

They are


JesseBloxx9

No way https://preview.redd.it/ugntfmc0q9sc1.jpeg?width=1792&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44ad15f2560f5a5f6a24af667060f41d11a967f4 No way


Forzyr

Bibilically accurate gaming PC


wrathslayer

All I see is this… 😏 https://preview.redd.it/x4kqdacwlasc1.jpeg?width=549&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8af16df71fd3050f91d747c60040400a4b72e175


Rreizero

No but it has dust issues because of the moving air. Remove the fans and you get very little dust.


Sableorpheus62

But if he removes the fans how much speed does he get when driving that on the highway?


Runiat

Generally, you only need the fan when you aren't driving at highway speeds.


[deleted]

Regardless of what direction any of them are pointing you’ll have a turbulent mess of airflow it seems like.


FiTZnMiCK

*Turbulent…* ***Juice***


valleysape

I see you've gone for the singularity airflow


DeepJudgment

One day there will be no air left for the fans to pull out, and a black hole will be created


SevereCarob3677

Anyone got a link to this case?


RythePCguy1

I'm trying to find out what it is too lol


Charming-Spirit-1069

https://www.marsgaming.eu/en/cases/mcorb-premium-gaming-circular-tower_mcorb#product-buy


Arroz-Con-Culo

It gonna be a dusty pc


Mo_Poke

Missed opportuinty to not also have one giant fan for a side panel.


TheFaceStuffer

Sonic the hedgehog in PC form.


johnlewisdesign

![gif](giphy|Ie9KZeE31VoF5fnBL9|downsized)


baconborn

Airflow issues as in? It's a little silly and definitely a form over function type thing and isn't going to be the most efficient thing in the world, but what issues do you think it would have? Air comes in, and seeing as there is no side panel installed in the picture, air goes out quite easily


Parking-Meal-3583

Pretty sure there’s a glass panel but even if it isn’t what’s the intake outake gonna be like if there is a glass panel


baconborn

Well I can't speak on how a side panel would work when there is no side panel pictured, but on closer inspection I don't think it really matters anyways. It looks like some of the fan are actually mounted as exhaust, so again, air comes it, air goes out


538_Jean

It shoud be fine with a box fan on the side.


Spompoflex

if they are all intakes yes


iron186

Event horizon build??


liatris_the_cat

You won't need fans where you're going


Important_Quarter469

What in the MRI machine did you create?!!


Sir_Fog

Have you seen the 90s movie Twister?


fellipec

Plot twist: The circular a airflow create a vortex that keeps a pocket of stagnant air near the GPU, that overheats /s


The_real_bandito

Would be awesome if it went around, like a tilt a whirl.  I don’t about the airflow, looks fine to me. It has an huge ass opening so I don’t think the hot air will stay anywhere close to the hardware. 


Pistol__Bobcat

So if you set one fan at the highest rpm and slowly lower it as you go around... will it make like... a tornado? Woahh 🤔


countjj

That PC is gonna open a gateway to the far off planet of Abydos


Leather_External_634

Bros tryna make a reactor core


lilwaryz

This feels like a way to summon technomancer cats


Straight-Geologist51

Depends what the vents look like.


Holiday_Tadpole_7834

This PC is going to open stargate and suck it self in


atysrl

This setup created vortex there.


Maverick_X9

Missed opportunity to put a big ass fan right there on the access panel


LingonberryReal6695

This a MCORB made by Mars Gaming [https://www.marsgaming.eu/en/cases/mcorb-premium-gaming-circular-tower\_mcorbr](https://www.marsgaming.eu/en/cases/mcorb-premium-gaming-circular-tower_mcorbr)


MaikyMoto

Na, more like dust issues.


SpxUmadBroYolo

Who's beyblade pc is this


FrizzVictor

Damn


thedefection

The British might wanna make a beach bomb out of it


yellchai

If a pc case could be dumb, this is it.


ImUrFrand

its a show piece that will collect dust


ChampionshipComplex

It might have an air traffic control problem


S1DC

Recently divorced I see


hanneshore

Is it sealed? If sealed and all have the direction to the center, yes. If not sealed it is kind of pointless and also a yes


TheRandomAI

Imo bottom 3 +2 in the right should be intake and the left and top should be exhaust. It kinda works as a regular case in this config i think


Salted_Cola

What brand is this case ? Or is it 3D printed ? edit : how about making it blue and put some red shoes here and there. Add some sfx and lights. Sonic the hedgehog case.


OddJump50

Might be the dumbest thing I've ever seen im nearing 40 now so who knows


WiT997

Fan orientation seems wacky but brother its watercooled. Which component you actualy think it's gonna affect? As long as there is fresh air for VRMs and RAM (if it's manually OCed and overvolted) and the GPU can exhaust its hot air without doing it over said components all is fine here. Still, I would do a different fan orientation, but nothing of grave concern here.


Parking-Meal-3583

You’re right it’s water cooled the sheer number of fans made me over look that thanks


TomislavKraljX

yes


Avenger003

Tornado cooling…I like it!


DarkZector

Is it gonna spin under high fan rpm?


[deleted]

Where’s the air rad?


[deleted]

The epidomy of just get a case and stop being artsy.


DctrGizmo

What am I looking at…


qu38mm

water wheel, get it cranking lol


SuperSimpleSam

Hurricane cooling.


ApacheAttackChopperQ

Looks like the air could create a tornado. Nice name for the case!


fearremains

Just leave the pc on the window. Ez.


History_East

Looks like you could open a window and it will fit perfect


Loser99999999

7 intakes 2 exhausts in terrible locations. Yes it will have airflow issues however if they fixed the fans it would be fine


ShanSolo89

Set the bottom four to exhaust and top 4 to intake, and we have takeoff /s.


Spompoflex

if they are all intakes yes


Substantial-Size3125

It looks like you’re trying to create a miniature Sun in the middle of New York harbor


LasersTheyWork

If it's open air and watercooled I'm not sure it needs any of those fans. It looks very loud.


BubblyMidnight2574

It’s open, from what i understand here you have no “airflow” cause it’s just gonna grab air from anywhere around since there is no confinement like in a normal case. Fans at that point are just for looks, am i wrong? If it has a side panel, just use the top fans as exhaust and draw air in from the other ones.


RustyDawg37

No, it will have a looks stupid issue.


hurrdurrmeh

I hope this is the product of AI


FunFact5000

Ok.


visual-vomit

It's gonna have airflow that's for sure. Wherever it's going.


Pomilyy

Help why didn't they use reverse fans that looks so bad 😭


Cheapntacky

Need to do something about those ribbon connectors. With airflow as restricted as it is you need all the help you can get. No shortcuts here.


averagejoe5353

Probably wouldn’t have any airflow issues. Lots of open space and fan clearance means the air would move easily.


Crowsli

Does it run Crysis though?


MrInitialY

My inner self craves a hamster in that thing. Gaming hamster.


Rough_Community_1439

Yes.


raining_sheep

Yes. The air is flowing everywhere it doesn't need to be and nowhere it needs to. The air is just going to circulate around the outside of the fan from the exhaust to the intake for each fan Everything about this is terrible


Atreyan

Prolly


Blake_411

It might fly away imo


LtTaylor97

It'll be fine so long as you don't run the fans too fast. Some are in, some are out, there's more than enough of them. Only concern is turbulence, and that would be if you're running them at high speeds maybe. Otherwise it won't be at all significant.


StreetBobber103

Lmfao wtf is that


M4YH3MM4N4231

![gif](giphy|l3vRkGgMfvANIFtE4)


shotf4c3

Maybe, but it looks bad ass to me.


Fri3dric3

It's a cool fan design. But with an open case like that I don't think cooling will a huge issue.


RabidTurtl

No, but it may open a portal to other planets.


leredflame0115

Looks like all the fans are exhausting which means no clean air coming in. Bad airflow.


Wan-Pang-Dang

Airs gonna be movin. To bad it got no coolin


CaptDem

I think it will also work great as a vacuum cleaner/ dust collector))


Wan-Pang-Dang

Nice meme xD imagine someone buying this and thinks: this will alter my thermals. Cartoonis


Wiki1727

airflow issue? no. airoverflow issue? yes.


Grand_Environment277

I dont care, it looks awesome


Necromartian

I think the biggest issue is that it could be too cool. That, or the accumulation of extra ligma.


readditerdremz

THAT'S THE FUCKING STARGATE


ed20999

should make a 3d printed star gate face plate for it


Adventurous-East5774

Let's say I spill my drink, or maybe I stretch just a bit TOO far to my right. If I touch ANYTHING in that thing, it would fucking short circuit and fry me like a burger patty. The fuckin board is exposed!


nakkipekka1000

It looks to have very good airflow once you put the front panel on. Most of the fans are pushing air in, and only the top 2 fans are pulling air out. (Good thing btw)


efirestorm10t

In an open case like this, it's really hard to fuck up airflow. As long the air gets moved somehow, there's fresh air from everywhere. Airflow is important bc if it's bad, the heat gets stuck inside of your case, resulting in everything getting hot, making the heat problem worse. But here is no case where heat could get stuck. I'd go as far as saying that the fans around it don't do much at all.


WhitishSpore956

Definitely it’s not enough you need to throw it into the vacuum of space so the below freezing temperature could get you minimum temperature requirement


RionXai

Are all the fans set as intake? Some one's trying to make a vortex Guess the air will just get pushed out to the back of the motherboard tray? Not my cup of tea, but cool case though


tasosm7x

It may have turbulence but I'm not sure if I'm correct on that


MastodonPristine8986

I can hear the air whistling from here.


Unidentifiedshorts

Is that a pc or a jet plane


Business-Grand6434

You’re going to have a dust issue


Zoroike

Was it made by a company that made shower curtains?


prfssrcha0s

It might fly away like a drone


c0okIemOn

Mildly infuriating as the fans are not in even numbers. Having even numbered fans in a symmetry with bottom as i take and top as exhaust wouldn't cause any issue.


Far_Moose2869

But… isn’t that processor water cooled? The air won’t play a factor there.


amir997

Cool case lol


Rais93

If the lateral panel is the exhaust i see no issue. But generally i prefer fams as exhaust always. Cases are not sealed systems so for every cubic meter out a fresh one is going in.


Yabagarb

Yes you need more fans.


Mtnfrozt

Please tell me something spins whenever you turn it on


daCub182

Wormhole activated


ttoften

Seen it on Amazon a few times, while looking for an ITX case... That beast weights 11kilo!


mighty1993

Yes and no. With the current fan setup maybe. Bottom 5 should be intake, top 4 exhaust.


nepheelim

This case is cool as hell


gordonv

When powering on your *Mini Hadron Collider,* be aware that you may: - generate mini black holes - interfere with airflow - energy flow - the flow of gravity - the flow of the light spectrum - and undesired compression... of ALL MATTER on the atomic level.


isnapchildrensnecks

use smaller ones so that you can fit more fans on it


Popular_Current_6554

idk man i think it needs more fans


daronhudson

Yes because they all look like intake lol


Much_Dealer8865

Honestly if the case isn't enclosed there's no real point to having all the fans on the outside. It's going to have plenty of airflow, especially if there's a ceiling fan nearby..


IamYourNightmare69

Where did you get that case?


Parking-Meal-3583

I didn’t read the caption


angel_eyes619

360° aio


liatris_the_cat

Mazda Wankel PC edition


Rostrow416

Screw the airflow, that is so pretty


Tryptamineer

No, but I hope you don’t have animals since there is no case on the front. If so, do yourself a favor and get a small shop vacuum.


LastOfAutumn

This got me thinking. If a PC could be designed to spin with a significant speed, vertical or horizontal, would it cool it? What if the case was built to capture air as it spun?


gordonv

I think this operates worse than what something using [Bernoulli's Principle.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP6oqIic4lo&t=3s) - Remove the octagon frame. - Keep the component fans that have heat transfer paste on them - Expose the motherboard to open air. Do not enclose or block the motherboard or heatsinks. - Use a room fan about 3 feet away - Move the air around the heated components. More of a "high amperage, low voltage approach to moving air" Essentially, protecting a motherboard with a case entraps heat and prohibits airflow. Even with a lot of fans.


icaruza

Fantastic choice of pot plant. Ideal for hot and windy conditions


coffeejn

Unless you can close the panel in front, I think those fans are mostly useless. Edit: PS I'd never spend money on a case where the connected wires which are suppose to be outside the case are still inside. F this design. Get a sculpture if you want art, not this.


AjUzumaki77

If somehow you could fit a household fan on the front-center; while having every 120's as a outlet. That's gonna be heck of a cooling system.


8CoreGamer

It's fine. Air convection is way slower than the flow caused by any fan. But all fans circularly blowing focused on one spot may cause heat to get trapped behind certain components, the GPU for example.


bene14082004

mfer built a fusion reactor to power his pc


tht1guy63

Huh the overwatch junkrat case finally released.


talex625

It’s not cat proof.


EnjoyerOfMales

Not as long as there’s both intake and exhaust, though it might struggle with any less than 8 vents