as the title says. i um using this cooler http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-017-XG with an extra fan on the back, both fans are pointing outwards like the picture shows on the front and the back...if i did push and pull would it cool my cpu better?
can somone explain push and pull
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The air needs to go in a single direction through the heatsink. Arrange the fans so they're blowing in the same direction.
Ahhhhhhhh..
Opposite to how i have it set up at hte mo.
Will remember this bit of advice for when I do buy some new fans.
Too lazy to rip it out just to change my current fans round...
Cheers though..
I've seen a few tech sites say the same but then you look at professional builders and they do the opposite.
As I stated in my previous post I'll be using it with it exhausting straight out of the case. It's unwanted heat so it makes no sense to me to push it into the case where it's going to meet another heat source (GPU).
Granted that airflow in the case (intake in the front, exhaust at the rear) should help dissipate some of that heat but it's just going to have to work harder (ergo more noise for the increase in fan speed)
Corsair says that because doing that will give the absolute best sourse of cool air to cooler. Corsair is not interested in what is best for overall system cooling, only what is best for their cooler.
Example of why I don't like Corsair
ALL companies that produce their own product, not just in computing but in everything recommend what's best for their product rather than the end user so to use this as one of your excuses as to why you don't like Corsair is an extremely flawed way of thinking.
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original question: both fans should be blowing the same way, one pushes into the heatsink/rad and the other pulls through it.
rad question: depends on the rad placement. If it's in the roof/back = exhaust, bottom/front = intake
rad question: depends on the rad placement. If it's in the roof/back = exhaust, bottom/front = intake
No, not all companies.
Many provide customers with information on how to use product best use their produt to customer's advantage.. which is to their advantage by satisfying the customer.
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No, not all companies.
Many provide customers with information on how to use product best use their produt to customer's advantage.. which is to their advantage by satisfying the customer.
Have a word with yourself. You're starting to believe your own bull****.
Interesting.
My set up,
Case is the Obsidian 800D.
At present intake through the bottom.
Exaust out of the back.
H100 mounted at the top with the two fns under the rad pulling air in.
If I were to exaust through the top rad would I need to reverse the rear fan to intake. ?
Honest opinion?
Have it as intake so long as it doesn't harm overall system temperatures.
There is no definitive answer, every system is different. Similar cases and hardware could give different results due to restrictions (cables and that).
It's a case of try both and choose the best for you.
Have it as intake so long as it doesn't harm overall system temperatures.
There is no definitive answer, every system is different. Similar cases and hardware could give different results due to restrictions (cables and that).
It's a case of try both and choose the best for you.
i have personally tried 2 fans on heat sink, using one pushing one pulling, its weird but it seemed to restrict the cooling, my core temp rose by 2 degrees.
Maybe the pull fan was not running high enough rpm, or maybe the exhaust fan non the back of my pc was not extracting air quick enough. Not sure, ill play about with it
Maybe the pull fan was not running high enough rpm, or maybe the exhaust fan non the back of my pc was not extracting air quick enough. Not sure, ill play about with it
I had something similar and I tried lowering the fan speed (both mine are connected to 1 PWM port). Strangely knocking a couple hundred of the RPM saw it drop 1°c under the single fan temp.
This however is on an Alpenfohn Matterhorn Pure heatsink and not a rad.