Direction of CPU cooler (Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro)

ReeVo.uK · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:06

I was wondering if you can choose the direction that the cpu cooler faces? Because if you see in the pic, the fan is blowing the hot air in the case, alternatively if it was in the opposite direction it would blow onto the exhaust fan and the hot air would be gone straight away?

Can it be done? Socket-LGA775

Thanks.

siumatfung · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:08

looks fine to me

Yamahahahahaha · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:10

Shouldn't be blowing hot air into the case, it should be removing it!

Turn the cooler around 180 degrees if you need to.

ns400r · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:11

The fan as pictured above is blowing through the heatsink towards the rear fan. All is fine.

ReeVo.uK · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:17

I thought the fan would be blowing hot air back into the case? Or is it drawing it in over the heatsink? I just want the air to blow out the back of the case? Surely 180 degrees rotation would be more effective than the current placement.

izzy eckerslike · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:32

ns400r said:
The fan as pictured above is blowing through the heatsink towards the rear fan. All is fine.

It's back to front according to freezerpro instruction where it tells you to point the fan towards the rear, it doesn't blow thru the fins it pulls air thru

ns400r · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:32

What direction do you have the CASE fan set to blow? Looks like it is blowing out.

ns400r · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:39

izzy eckerslike said:
It's back to front according to freezerpro instruction where it tells you to point the fan towards the rear, it doesn't blow thru the fins it pulls air thru

Check again!

slowrunner · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:42

The fan blows into the fins, otherwise they wouldn't have designed the lower fins to be bent to direct air to the vrm's, would they.

ReeVo.uK · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:45

The REAR fan is exhaust. I don't know whether the cpu fan is drawing or blowing. If it's blowing then surely it should be flipped to blow onto the REAR exhaust fan. Humph.

slowrunner · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:49

The cpu fan is blowing towards the rear case fan as it is in that pic, so no need to change it.

ReeVo.uK · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:51

Ah right, so it sucks over the fins and chucks it out the back of the heatsink (left on pic)?

Thanks

slowrunner · 27 Dec 2009 at 16:53

No, it BLOWS over the fins from right to left as in that pic.

ns400r · 27 Dec 2009 at 17:02

slowrunner said:
No, it BLOWS over the fins from right to left as in that pic.

^ What he says. You won't need to change anything.

ReeVo.uK · 27 Dec 2009 at 17:59

What I said, yer that's ok. Thanks everyone.