Making a custom fan setup for PS3

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tigersharkdude
First off I have the older fat model PS3. I am going to be making a custom fan setup for my ps3 soon, using one large 120mm computer fan and two smaller 80mm fans, something like this. My question is, does anybody know which way the system's fan moves air? like does it push or pull air in on the disk drive side, or on the other side where the memory card readers are? If anybody knows I would appreciate it
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It pulls air in from the front underneath the BD drive/memory readers, and pushes air out of the back and on the side opposite from the hard drive (mostly out the back). There really isn't anything in the way of ventilation in the hard drive area.
 
The air blows out. You don't want the fans fighting each other, so you'd want the other fans to blow out, as well.
 
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Sorry if this is too late but here I made a diagram for you.

The arrows show the way that the air is being blown/sucked.
 
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