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WartHog said:

On theCPU cooler, which way does the fan go?

Out!

LOL. Okay, but does it draw air across the fins or away from them?

WartHog said:

On theCPU cooler, which direction does the fan go?

What kind of cooler is it?

Normaly, most have them set up pulling air from the front of the case.. blowing through the CPU heatsink & exahusting out the back of the HS, towards the case exhust fan.

You may want to mount it differently depending how your case is set up.

But the general idea will be to pull cool air across the HS, and exhaust towards a case exhaust.


If this is a stock clooer, I believe most of those pull air from the case, blowing it down into the HS. But .. theres only 1 way to mount these if I remember correctly.

Thanks Wishmaster. It's a Xigmatek Gaia SD1283 Newegg.com - XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler bracket included I7 i5 775 1155 AMD and dual fan push pull compatible I'm sorry, just having a tough time picturing this in my head.

Sorry Beau I couldn't help it; plug it in to the PSU on the HP and see what way the flow is.

It's all good Big Brother. :) Thats' a REAL good idea!

Thank you Ignatz. Good info there and helps me with all the fans too. :)

WartHog said:

Thanks Wishmaster. It's a Xigmatek Gaia SD1283 Newegg.com - XIGMATEK Gaia SD1283 120mm Long Life Bearing CPU Cooler bracket included I7 i5 775 1155 AMD and dual fan push pull compatible I'm sorry, just having a tough time picturing this in my head.

This cooler appears to suck air from the heatsinks so that it cools them allowing the CPU to stay cool. It is EXTREMELY important that you keep these heatsinks free of dust. If they get clogged you could fry your CPU. Just need to buy some canned air, use an unused paint brush, and a vacuum to give your pc a good cleaning once every a year minimum. Some environments may require more frequent cleaning. It may be prudent to buy fan filters if you don't have any. Newegg sells them also.

Good stuff there WD. Thank you much! :)