Which way doe sthe fan go ? Thermalright

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Hi All,

Really noob question here.

I have just recieved my Thermal right SI 128 for my q6600.
Can anyone tell em what direction I should set the 120mm fan?
I currently have a 120mm at the front pulling air into the case over the hardrives then CPU and then another 120 at the back pulling the air out.

Do I put the heatsink fan to blow ait onto the cpu or pull away ?

I have also had the stock HS on this cpu with no thermal paste do I need to clean the chip before putting artic silver on and if so what do I clean it with.

Cheers

Shorty
 
Have it blowing onto the CPU.

I'm not quite sure what you mean by not having any paste under the stock heatsink :/

If there's old paste on the chip then it needs to be cleaned off.
 
shortone said:
Do I put the heatsink fan to blow ait onto the cpu or pull away ?
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Normally you would have the fan blowing down onto the CPU and PWM although some people have tried it in reverse but its probably better to have it blowing down :)

shortone said:
I have also had the stock HS on this cpu with no thermal paste do I need to clean the chip before putting artic silver on and if so what do I clean it with.
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Yes its a good idea to clean off the old goo, use Isopropyl alcohol for general cleaning or use that Akasa Citrus cleaner for the more stubborn goo (it dissolves it!)

Bog roll is fine for general cleaning but I always use a lint-free cloth as a final wipe.
 
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Thanks for the replies guys, I was an idiot I hadnt applied any thermal but of coure the stock came with some already on doh.

Anyway all cleaned and new HS on :)

Now to have ago at overclocking this q6600 :)
 
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