Patent ID: 7535707

Claim:
A computer system, comprising: a chassis; a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted in the chassis; one or more computer components coupled to the printed circuit board; a power supply for supplying power to the one or more computer components, comprising: a power supply housing comprising a front and an opposing back, and four sides perpendicular to the front and back of the power supply housing; a power supply intake port provided on the front of the power supply housing for receiving first cooling air into the power supply housing, wherein the first cooling air is used to cool the power supply; a power supply exhaust port provided on one of the four sides of the power supply housing, and oriented to exhaust the first cooling air from the power supply housing into an interior region of the chassis; and a power supply air mover configured to draw the first cooling air into the power supply intake port and exhaust the first cooling air out of the power supply exhaust port and into the interior region of the chassis; a chassis air intake port for receiving second cooling air into the interior region of the chassis, wherein the second cooling air remains outside the power supply housing; and a chassis air mover to draw a mixture of the first cooling air and the second cooling air out of the interior region of the chassis via a chassis exhaust port, wherein the chassis exhaust port is in close proximity to the power supply exhaust port, and wherein the chassis air mover is adjacent to the chassis exhaust port; wherein the chassis comprises a wall having the chassis exhaust port provided therein such that the mixture is emitted from the chassis exhaust port in a first direction; wherein the power supply exhaust port is oriented to emit the first cooling air in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and wherein the back of the power supply housing is adjacent to the wall of the chassis.