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[Bare Foot Kid]

On theCPU cooler, which way does the fan go?

Out! :roflmao:
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[WartHog]

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

 

[Wishmaster]

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.

 

[WartHog]

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.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

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

 

[WartHog]

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

 

[ignatzatsonic]

The most common advice is to blow DOWN if the fan is mounted on top of the heatsink and to blow INTO the fins if the fan is mounted on the side.

For a side mounted fan, try to mount the fan/heatsink combination so the fan blows both INTO the fins and TOWARD the rear of the case. You should be able to either rotate the heatsink 180 degrees or simply put the fan on the side facing the case front so it blows through the fins toward the rear.

If you have a fan on the back side of the case, it should suck hot air OUT. If you have a fan on the front side, it should normally suck cool air IN.

 

[WartHog]

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

 

[WDAexodus]

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.

 

[WartHog]

Good stuff there WD. Thank you much!

 

[WartHog]

Okay, another question. Do I need a Front Side Bus fan?

 

[linnemeyerhere]

No but I like to fill all openings in the case with fans and keep them flowing cool air from the front and side into case and out the top and rear of same. Over and above these fans I like a Antec spot fan for directing cool air towards the GPU and Ram. Even the South and North bridges like this extra air flow but I don't use a separate fan each. ASRock is one mobo manufacture which offers this upgrade and I think it holds interest.

 

[WartHog]

Thanks a bunch for the quick answer and for the fan flow diagram. Much appreciated!

 

[WartHog]

Okay, ordered the last piece of the puzzle: Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDX945FBGIBOX
On sale @ Newegg ($10 0ff with promo code). Can't wait to put it all together!

Glad I got my mobo when I did. They're out of stock now AND the price went up $10.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

That's great. Take tons of pic's all the way through the build to use as reference and to post the best pic's here. We'll all enjoy another members new build !

 

[WartHog]

Will do Alan. Thanks again for the BIG help!

 

[WDAexodus]

That's my processor too. Very nice and easy to install. For the money you can't beat it. It's very fast.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Well done and congrats Beau!

 

[WartHog]

Thanks WD & BFK.

 

[Dave76]

Congrats Beau, now the fun begins.

Will be waiting to see the pics, and benchmarks, of coarse.