This a problem? Or not.

Dog19941

Dog19941

Dog19941

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I bought my computer parts couple of days ago from OcUK and got it delivered yesterday. Built it but I kind of put my CPU Heatsink Fan facing the back fan of my case, I've got a Zalman Z9 Plus case and my CPU cooler is Xigmatek Gaia CPU Cooler, I kind of put the fan facing the back fan, do you think this will cause any problems? Or is this fine. Thanks :D

What I bought:

KFA2 GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE NVIDIA GPU Keyring
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS)
Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUKV2)
Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black
Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD38G1600LLK)
Xigmatek Gaia CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM3/FM1)

:D
 
Really you want the airflow going the same direction as the exhaust fan so the heat generated by the CPU is vented from the case as quickly as possible.
 
Dog19941 said:
It's blowing against the back of the case :o Is that bad?
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No that sounds right. You should have a flow of air being sucked in from the front and being blown out of the back and sucked out the top (Might be an intake). I wouldn't worry too much anyway. The Zalman is pretty cool from what I can tell.

You can check with a wet finger or some paper :D
 
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