Fan to Power Supply Distance

[Kostya]

Um, just a simple question. I just upgraded my system, and in doing so I bought myself a new case... This new case was mini tower, not a mid tower, and consequently, my CPU fan is only about an inch or so from the power supply.

I'm running a pretty basic system, T-Bird 700 on an Asus A7V. No overclocking. Not doing much in the way of high powered apps either. Is the airflow gonna be a major issue? Or can I get away with it as long as I don't overclock?

My other issue is pretty much the same one, except with another system, this time a t-bird 1333 mhz, 266FSB. This is on a K7S5A board from ECS, and it is gonna be doing some gaming, using an older Geforce 2 MX card. Again, is it gonna be an issue, or can I get away with it...

 

[Swanny]

If you're not overclocking you should be OK.

 

[dejo]

if you're still worried about it, put an exhaust fan on the back of that case. that should draw hot air off the PSU so your hsf ins't blowing all hot air onto the processor