Cooler Position.

up2nogooduk · 2 Mar 2009 at 15:54

Hi,
I'm setting up my old mans pc. but not sure which Positions best to place the cooler ?

Cheers

1.

2.

3.

4.

OneTime · 2 Mar 2009 at 15:57

4. with the fan blowing the air through the heatsink and out the rear exhaust fan.

thepeganator · 2 Mar 2009 at 15:59

4.

Fan pushing air through the cooler.

mp260767 · 2 Mar 2009 at 16:00

i'd go for 2 or 4, just make sure the fans on the right way round

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Trialbiker · 2 Mar 2009 at 16:04

4 to keep the airflow circulating.

up2nogooduk · 2 Mar 2009 at 16:12

Ok cool, 4 it is then

Thanks for that lads

Inferno99 · 2 Mar 2009 at 16:20

1.

Draws the hot air from the graphics card (which gets the air from the front of the case) and blows that through both the back of the case and PSU fan.

Try 1 and 4 and give us some temps

icey_haj · 2 Mar 2009 at 16:22

up2nogooduk · 2 Mar 2009 at 16:33

Inferno99 said:
1.

Draws the hot air from the graphics card (which gets the air from the front of the case) and blows that through both the back of the case and PSU fan.

Try 1 and 4 and give us some temps

I see what you mean. I best make up my mind, as If i do either one of them, that means i'll have to take the board out again to turn the mount round

ChrisLX200 · 2 Mar 2009 at 16:58

It's 4.

icey_haj · 2 Mar 2009 at 17:04

ChrisLX200 said:
It's 4.

Final answer?

ChrisLX200 · 2 Mar 2009 at 17:08

icey_haj said:
Final answer?

That's how mine is setup, and it works. Had to do some other things though:
You see that black NB heatsink with the heatpipe? With the stock cooler blowing downwards it gets a nice blast of cool air, with a vertical HSF it gets nothing (much) so your chipset gets toasty - especially with a hot GFX card sat next to it.

On mine I put another fan in the side of the case blowing on to it, if you got room use a chipset spot fan. Whatever, when you power it up monitor the temps for a while to see if it's an issue.

up2nogooduk · 3 Mar 2009 at 11:41

ChrisLX200 said:
That's how mine is setup, and it works. Had to do some other things though:
You see that black NB heatsink with the heatpipe? With the stock cooler blowing downwards it gets a nice blast of cool air, with a vertical HSF it gets nothing (much) so your chipset gets toasty - especially with a hot GFX card sat next to it.

On mine I put another fan in the side of the case blowing on to it, if you got room use a chipset spot fan. Whatever, when you power it up monitor the temps for a while to see if it's an issue.

Hi Chris.
Got any pics of the fan please.
I've gone for pic 4. also, the board have 4 (i think) 3 pin fan connectors there is only 1 working. is there a reason for that ?

Cheers

ShaolinDreams · 3 Mar 2009 at 11:55

correct answer is 4.. you win an all expenses paid trip to bognor regis

Admiral Huddy · 3 Mar 2009 at 11:56

another one for 4.

up2nogooduk · 3 Mar 2009 at 12:03

ShaolinDreams said:
correct answer is 4.. you win an all expenses paid trip to bognor regis

Can't wait

lol
Anyone else know why only one 3 pin fan connector on the board is working ?
a's the case fans won't work.
Do you have to enable something in the bios ?

Cheers

Geckovich · 3 Mar 2009 at 12:44

It's been said enough but I'm giving another vote to 4.