Coolit Eco Installation help.

saayinla · 31 Jul 2010 at 09:02

Hi All,
I just had my cooler delivered yesterday and am in the process of installing it now, but thanks to the installation guide included am confused on what to do next. I kind of need help here.

The rad came with a fan , is the fan blowing air into the rad or sucking out of the rad reason I am asking is I have another 120mm fan I want to attach such that one will be blowing into the rad and the one on the other side will be sucking the air out.
SO is the preconfigured fan pulling (sucking) or pushing but am guessing its pulling out of the case.

Thanks in advance.

HW91 · 31 Jul 2010 at 09:09

you're installing a cooler at 9 in the morning?

anyway, iirc with water cooling the fan should pull air through the rad as it gives better performance, think it's because it reduces the dead spot

saayinla · 31 Jul 2010 at 09:16

HW91 said:
you're installing a cooler at 9 in the morning?

anyway, iirc with water cooling the fan should pull air through the rad as it gives better performance, think it's because it reduces the dead spot

Is this a wrong time to instal a cooler, I have nothing better to do at this time....

Thanks that what I thought as well.... also my MB has a blue plastic for the AM3 socket do i have to remove this as i dont see any other way of screwing the pump down..

HW91 · 31 Jul 2010 at 09:40

there should be instructions with it which tell you how to install it for each socket

saayinla · 31 Jul 2010 at 09:51

I got it eventually but Installation aborted due to my PSU at the top of the case thereby Obstructing me from screwing the rad to the exhust....Well back to my artic freezer until I decide on which case, any advice on case as I dont want to spend too much... currently using coolermaster elite 330.

HW91 · 31 Jul 2010 at 10:42

antec 300, also found my bro's coolermaster 360 ok

Quixote · 1 Aug 2010 at 21:30

By the way, all fans (including the one off the ECO, I'm looking at mine now) have little arrows on one of the sides that tell you which way the air is blowing through it.
Also, the air always blows towards the side where the wire runs into the central motor.

To be clear, it is the supplied fan that you attach to the rear 120mm fan mount on your case rather than the radiator directly. You use the 4 silver screws provided and screw them in from the back of the case.

Are you unable to get the fan holes to line up with the fan mounting holes with your PSU installed ?

saayinla · 1 Aug 2010 at 22:19

Quixote said:
By the way, all fans (including the one off the ECO, I'm looking at mine now) have little arrows on one of the sides that tell you which way the air is blowing through it.
Also, the air always blows towards the side where the wire runs into the central motor.

To be clear, it is the supplied fan that you attach to the rear 120mm fan mount on your case rather than the radiator directly. You use the 4 silver screws provided and screw them in from the back of the case.

Are you unable to get the fan holes to line up with the fan mounting holes with your PSU installed ?

Yes I am unable to get the hole to line up , the only way I can get the hole to do so is to remove the PSU, however I have no choice but to buy another case which has the PSu mounted at the bottom as I prefer it this way , air coming into the PSu from the outside.

On another Note, is it worth getting another fan to aid the fan already connected to radiator to make it 2.?

Quixote · 2 Aug 2010 at 00:29

I found it made a big difference (about 10 degrees) at idle and load for me, even though the fan I added was using just the low voltage.

But I've replaced the default fan with an Akasa Apache Black, it's much quieter and stays at lower RPMs much of the time but as a result needs help from another slow fan to cool nicely. I prefer to have it this way with 2 slow fans.

That said, my case is right on the desk 1 foot away from me, so you may find the default fan to be fine noise-wise if your machine is under the desk.

The default fan is enough on its own for cooling performance, its just that it becomes quite noisy under heavy load. How much you notice will depend on your own setup and habits.