Any easy to install CPU Coolers ?

venomx · 16 Dec 2020 at 19:19

Relentless81 said:
You want air flow front to back so fans at the front intake air and fans at the back exhaust it

You need to flip your rear fan

Ok thanks. That's how it came when I bought it from ******** . Guess they did it the wrong way?

I dont have any front fans, just the fans on the GPU, cpu, and rear fan

Plus my temps are excellent, are you sure I should flip the rear fan?

EViLHomer48 · 16 Dec 2020 at 22:04

venomx said:
Ok thanks. That's how it came when I bought it from ******** . Guess they did it the wrong way?

I dont have any front fans, just the fans on the GPU, cpu, and rear fan

Plus my temps are excellent, are you sure I should flip the rear fan?

Yes definitely flip, never had a case or made a case with an inward pointing rear fan

Relentless81 · 16 Dec 2020 at 22:05

venomx said:
Ok thanks. That's how it came when I bought it from ******** . Guess they did it the wrong way?

I dont have any front fans, just the fans on the GPU, cpu, and rear fan

Plus my temps are excellent, are you sure I should flip the rear fan?

Seems odd that the case doesn't come with front fans, I would buy some personally but up to you

venomx · 17 Dec 2020 at 06:16

Ok after checking yes there are two large fans right at the front of the tower, sucking air into the pc

I've looked at the fan and it appears it can only be screwed in one way , which is the way it is already installed. Because the threads are only in one side of the fan

I need a new case fan, so I can use it as an exhaust would the arctic p12 or f12 be best ?

Relentless81 · 17 Dec 2020 at 07:36

P12 is fine but I would be surprised if you can't flip your current exhaust fan

venomx · 17 Dec 2020 at 08:17

Relentless81 said:
P12 is fine but I would be surprised if you can't flip your current exhaust fan

Definitely not unfortunately. The threads In the four corners of the fan are only on one side ..
So it cant be used as an exhaust, shame as it's a nice fan with RGB

venomx · 17 Dec 2020 at 08:26

Will the standard p12 with fixed speed do the job? I'm not interested in messing with the fan speed

ANDARIAL · 17 Dec 2020 at 08:31

That red fan look like it is exhausting to me
You sure it is sucking in?

venomx · 17 Dec 2020 at 08:32

The front two fans could be exhausts couldn't they ? Although I'm fairly sure they are pulling air Into the computer

venomx · 17 Dec 2020 at 08:33

ANDARIAL said:
That red fan look like it is exhausting to me
You sure it is sucking in?

If I put my hand inside the case in front of the fan you can feel the air. But you cannot feel anything on the outside.

Thing is my temps are excellent at the moment even with the stock cooler so may just leave it , and just get the cpu cooler, see how it performs and then take it from there

ANDARIAL · 17 Dec 2020 at 08:38

The motor support bars???look like they are on the outside/nearest the case which `usually`means air goes out that side
Try a piece of paper on the outside and see if it sticks?

venomx · 17 Dec 2020 at 12:06

ANDARIAL said:
The motor support bars???look like they are on the outside/nearest the case which `usually`means air goes out that side
Try a piece of paper on the outside and see if it sticks?

Thanks dude !!
I put a tiny bit of plastic sheet at the front fans and it's pulling inwards. I put the plastic by the rear case fan and it's definitely pulling away from the computer in an exhaust style

venomx · 17 Dec 2020 at 15:14

So when I fit my cpu cooler. Should it be this way.. (Air going through the heatsink towards the rear of the case )

I bought some noctua cpu cleaner stuff, expensive, but very highly rated, especially as i'd rather not buy a huge bottle of alcohol lolz.

doyll · 17 Dec 2020 at 19:55

If image in post #18 is OP's system, fan on vent behind CPU looks to have closckwise rotating impeller and is mounted as exhaust.

venomx · 19 Dec 2020 at 15:48

If in future I wanted to add another cooler so i have a push and pull system, how do you attach the 2nd fan , as far as I know I can only have one cpu fan due to my motherboard?

Would you get an adapter to plug both into, and then the adapter into the cpu fan socket?

venomx · 19 Dec 2020 at 17:58

Wont need to take out the mobo to install it ?

Also how do you know which way to install the heatsink , which way is left and right ? I know which way to do the fan

venomx · 21 Dec 2020 at 14:32

Half way through the installation, does the cpu look clean enough before I apply my thermal paste ?
Theres a tiny bit of old paste by the black bit underneath the cpu but I cant get any more out.

Blackjack Davy · 21 Dec 2020 at 15:56

venomx said:
The front two fans could be exhausts couldn't they ? Although I'm fairly sure they are pulling air Into the computer

Intake in the Front, Exhaust out the Back (and the Top)

Think about the airflow. Cool air is sucked in the front ideally at the lowest point moves through the case where its heated and then exhausted out the back and since hot air wants to rise out the top too.

doyll · 21 Dec 2020 at 17:04

"Hot air wants to rise" is almost a myth.
Even the slightest bit of airflow easily overpowers any thought of "hot air wants to rise".
Easy proof is heated smoke coming off a lit incense stick. It's heated smoke from burning end of stick takes almost no airflow / movement of air to go sideways or down.