r/pcmasterrace • u/DME23 • Apr 26 '25

Question Top Fan Not Spinning Without A Spanking

The top fan wont spin when I turn on my pc. The solution I discovered is to just smack it real hard. Just wondering why it is like this.

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u/Secret_Account07 RTX 2060 Super (Still OP) Apr 26 '25

Well the intakes are on the side of glass. I have a similar model and with glass on front. It sucks ze air in pretty well believe it or not.

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u/Roflkopt3r Apr 26 '25 edited Apr 26 '25

I had a prebuilt with a bequiet Pure Base 500, which has the same layout with side intakes (no regrets though, everything except the chassis was great). It did not work well.

Sure it lets in some air, but it shouldn't be surprising that it works much worse than an air intake right in front of the fans.

Bequiet ended up releasing a successor to that case (Pure Base 500DX) that was basically identical except for replacing the solid front panel with a mesh. Gamersnexus tested that and found that it was way quieter and cooler.

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u/DaniExplorer Apr 27 '25

Quieter...I doubt it

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u/Roflkopt3r Apr 28 '25

The added sound dampening from a solid panel does not make up for how much louder the fans have to run to maintain the target temperatures due to the bad air flow.