Stupid Question - Which way round should the CPU fan be!?!

[ChrisNightingal]

Hi all,

Sorry for the really stupid question but it's something that only just struck me when putting my motherboard bundle together.

The bundle has a 6600 Quad processor and it came with the Thermalright SI-128 CPU Cooler heat sink but didn't indicate whether the fan should blow onto the heat sink or suck the air away.

I have initially put the fan with the label on top - so it is blowing air "away" from the heat sink - i.e. outwards.

Is this correct or should it blow air onto the heat sink?

Again excuse my ignorance about these things - it's my first go at putting a PC together!!

Thanks in advance,

Chris

 

[ChrisNightingal]

Thanks for that, I will adjust it before I get it up and running (just waiting on a BFG 8800GT OC2 - should be here today or tomorrow ).

BTW: that's a very pretty looking heat sink - LOL!!

Thanks again,

Chris