Scythe s-flex no airflow?

Craig321 · 22 Apr 2012 at 12:05

I've got a 140mm Scythe S-flex attached to the side of my Fractal R3.

It's a bit strange as there doesn't seem to be any airflow coming directly off the fan, I can only feel it if I put my hand right on the fan, or at the edges of the fan.

Is this normal for these fans? Bit disappointing considering they aren't the quietest of things

Surveyor · 22 Apr 2012 at 13:44

Have you fitted it the right way round?

There's usually an arrow on the fan frame pointing in the direction of the air flow.

Craig321 · 22 Apr 2012 at 14:30

Yup, definitely.

Tealc · 22 Apr 2012 at 15:23

It could be that the remainder of your system fans are off setting the airflow of this scythe fan.

If you have positive air pressure in your case and try blowing more air inside, especially with a slower, perhaps lower pressure fan it'll be battling against the air trying to naturally move out of the hole made by the fan and reduce the effect of having the fan fitted. It's just the way airflow works sometimes.

Craig321 · 22 Apr 2012 at 23:50

I was checking the fan with it outside the case, so should have felt a good lot of airflow coming off it, but can only feel air strangely coming out of the sides of the fan rather than where you would expect, so I'm just wondering if there is much point it pointing at my graphic card :S