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1. A cooler takes air in and exhausts air out. This is usually done with fans and the direction the air goes usually depends on which direction the fans are facing. 

2. The fans need power to spin, yes. Fan controllers can be used to manipulate the fan speed.

3. Most heatsinks just mount onto the motherboard--look at any heatsink installation. I'm not sure what you mean by sides. 

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Hello, and thanks for reading this already!

 

Can someone help me with my fans?

I'm going to get the boxed intel processor i5-4670K (socket LGA 1150), including a stock fan which I'm NOT going to use, and instead I'm going te get a quiet, strong CPU cooler fan.

Now, I've got some questions:

  • Is the CPU cooler meant to take air in or out?
  • Is the CPU cooler meant to be connected to a fan controller? (Like the NZXT Sentry series)
  • Where do you place the CPU cooler? One end goes on the CPU itself, but where do you do the other side? Mount it on the case like a normal fan?

Thanks in advance!

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1. A cooler takes air in and exhausts air out. This is usually done with fans and the direction the air goes usually depends on which direction the fans are facing. 

2. The fans need power to spin, yes. Fan controllers can be used to manipulate the fan speed.

3. Most heatsinks just mount onto the motherboard--look at any heatsink installation. I'm not sure what you mean by sides. 

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Maybe you shouldn't be building your own computer if you have those questions, seriously. Go watch some videos on YT of how to build a computer and some install videos for popular air coolers (hyper 212, dark rock pro, Ect)

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The fan on the cooler can either push or pull air through the cooler itself.

The controller can be connected to your motherboard directly via 4-pin PWM which will allow control of the speed. It could also be connected to something like the Sentry series as well.

You simply place the cooler on the CPU. The fan is connected to the cooler.

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1. It's meant to exhaust air

2. For the sake of simplicity--connect your fan to the "cpu fan" header, but you can use a fan controller

3. The whole unit will mount on the motherboard

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  • The fan blows air through the fins of the heatsink. It will work pulling air through but it is generally placed to push air in through heatsink.

The fan on your CPU cooler should be connected to your CPU fan header on your motherboard.

The CPU cooler mounts on the motherboard over the CPU but hangs freely on the other end.

 

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Thanks everyone!

Basic guide to CPU's!

If I said I were 14, you would call me a kid. If I say 70, you’ll entitle me too old. If I say 20 you say I’m inexperienced and if I say 40 than I'm too boring.

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