Blocking airflow on Enermax Galaxy 1000w

[Flanno]

I am thinking of buying a Galaxy and while it will fit no problem in my Akasa Mirage 62 case (no problem with length), there will be a problem with the fan being blocked. You see the the bottom of the Akasa's psu cage has an opening approx 120mm. The Galaxy fan is bigger, and is off center so I have calculated only about 60% of the psu's fan will actually be free to draw in cool air through that hole. The rest of the fan will overlap the part of the psu cage you normally route your psu cables through. So while it will still be able to take in some air through that hole, a fair bit of the fan will be blocked. Pic below to give you an idea.

See where psu cables are routed through. The Galaxy fan will now block this.
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/4942/topspacebigvb0.jpg

Just wondering if I should save myself the hassle and get a Silverstone Zeus 850w.

[jonnyGURU]

Ah yes.. I have this case myself.

My suggestion... Don't use an Enermax Galaxy. ;)

[Flanno]

I was thinking the same thing :) Pity the psu cage it not more open at the bottom so it can handle bigger fans. It's the Silverstone for me then. I assume that will be ok as it's only slightly bigger then my Seasonic which it will be replacing.

Thanks.

[haste]

im using a thermaltake armor.
the hard drive cage mount directly beside the PSU.
im using an enermax galaxy with no trouble. i have the hard drive cage filled also(3 hard drives).
i can take a pic if you like to show you how much of it is being blocked...
im not having any issues at the moment and the galaxy seems to be staying fairly cool.

[jonnyGURU]

I'm afriad the Thermaltake Armor is nothing like the Akasa Mirage.

The Akasa mounts the PSU in the normal place, in a normal position, but actually is made for large PSU's with front-to-back cooling. It's technically a server case (if you ask the folks at YCC) and is therefore engineered for large, long PSU's like the PCP&C or Silverstone Zeus. They give you a hole that's barely 120MM large just in case you use a "normal" PSU, but that PSU has to be normal depth as well (between 5 and 6" deep.)