suck or blow

mollymoo · 14 Mar 2009 at 15:10

do standard stock cpu coolers work better blowing air through the heat sink or sucking it through or does it not make any difference?

gareth170 · 14 Mar 2009 at 17:50

mollymoo said:
do standard stock cpu coolers work better blowing air through the heat sink or sucking it through or does it not make any difference?

blowing air through the heatsink

reflux · 14 Mar 2009 at 17:54

iirc higher RPM fans such as those featured in CPU coolers tend to work best blowing rather than sucking.

mollymoo · 14 Mar 2009 at 18:06

a blow job it is

gareth170 · 14 Mar 2009 at 18:10

, i would remove that before a mod sees it.

mollymoo · 14 Mar 2009 at 18:20

cant seem to put it any other way ..............

D D Danneh · 14 Mar 2009 at 18:25

It's even better to have one sucking and one blowing. Best of both worlds.

Provided you are stud enough to get 2 girls to do that for you.

mollymoo · 14 Mar 2009 at 18:53

Girls what sort of a person do you think I am? :eek:

D D Danneh · 14 Mar 2009 at 19:08

mollymoo said:
Girls what sort of a person do you think I am?

A guy with a girls name who moos? Or... a girl? On the internet? MY GOD!

Anyway, if you only have one fan, it's better to have it blowing, and if you have 2 fans, have one each side, one blowing, the other sucking. Some heatsinks have the fan in the middle so it does both.

sk3lph · 15 Mar 2009 at 02:01

Don't think stock coolers have more than one fan. Also the ones I've seen don't give a choice.

Ideally its worth getting a cooler from the likes of Thermalright if you're looking to overclock.

GothicCorpse · 15 Mar 2009 at 02:59

suck and blow but give it more suck than blow.
and of course use filters on the fans