“All the pictures show the fans mounted to push hot air from inside the case out through the radiator. Wouldn't it be more efficient to mount fans to pull colder outside air into the radiator?”
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It's really the option to let you design it as you think works best; some uber-geeks will test different methods by measuring the temperature of various components in various configurations. In my opinion, since the CPU is using the most wattage (and hence generating the most heat) in my configurations, I like to exhaust the hot air directly out of the case, rather than pumping warmer air into the case and depending on other fans to exhaust. Well, shoot, now that I'm thinking about it, my graphics card uses more wattage than my CPU. So perhaps my thought isn't that great after all (without experimental design). TL;DR: It's the buyer's option! There is no right way to do it, as building a PC is part of the fun of exploring the options.
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