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[Relikar]

Bumping with another question, Would reversing the fans cause any serious problems? Reduced performance/lifetime? Also would it be easier to unsolder the wires, or should I pop the end off the plug?

Edit: Never mind, Did some more digging and realised that the fans are polarity protected and can't be reversed. Guess I just have to deal with backwards facing fans.

[Izerous]

Fan blades are really only optimized to spin in one direction anyways, spinning them backwards would do all sorts of odd things to the CFM, pressure etc.

[Relikar]

I know, That's what I figured. I just hate how all fans are designed to push air away from the more "appealing" side, so inorder to mount a rad in the bottom of the 900D you're essentially blowing hot air into the case, or it looks crappy. How would you guys do it?