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Old 03-31-2004, 11:49 AM   #1
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Heatsink fan? help

I was just thinking which way to have the fan ontop of the CPU heatsink?
Blowing onto the heatsink
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Sucking air away from the heatsink

this is for a retail hsf that comes with the AMD 2500 CPU
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Old 03-31-2004, 12:24 PM   #2
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Blowing down onto the heatsink.

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Ditto, also to see what direction air will be flowing, look for 2 arrows on the side of the fan, it will tell you what way the blades spin and what direction the air will be flowing.
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mine have all sucked air through the hs
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Old 04-01-2004, 12:38 PM   #5
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mine have all sucked air through the hs
The only heatsinks that I know of that "sucked" air through the heatsink were the Alpha's and certain Swiftech's. Stock Intel or AMD heatsink fans have always blown air down onto the heatsink.

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