Taito X2 case fan - Intake or exhaust?

[BuddyC]

Been enjoying Crimson Clover on my NNC the last couple of days, but my X2 gets kind off hot, pretty fast when in my cab.
The cab itself has a intake fan, but looks like it’s not enough to keep things cool.
Could just remove the service door, but it’s nice to have it locked away from curious 4 year old kid.
No issues yet, but would prefer to not have any issues at all and just enjoy the games....

I did change every fan to some nice quiet ones (Noctua) when I got my X2 a couple of years ago, but maybe I messed up the install on the case fan?

Is it intake or exhaust that works best for the bigboy in the front?

 

[XeD]

Stock was exhaust in my x2. Does the game slow down due to the heat?

 

[BuddyC]

Thanks for the reply! No slow down yet, but would rather avoid heat issues.
wouldn’t it be smarter to use the case fan as a intake? Or does this mess with the airflow for the CPU?

 

[XeD]

You would think so, but it would depend on the cab airflow. If it's in a cab with no real air flow you would be sucking in the warm/hot air from the cab chassis/psu

 

[BuddyC]

Good point. Since my NNC has a intake fan that sucks “cool” air into the cab, I would think a intake fan would be best suited? Looks like I have to do some experiments...