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How do i know which way its pulling and is the back fan automatically exhausting out the air?

normally, a cpu cooler has the fan blowing into the heatsink but there should be arrows indicating which way they are blowing.

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Looks like i have a problem here. My Heat sink is too big for me to turn it. As of right now the air flow of the back fan and the heat sink fans are suffocating each other i believe. Do you guys have any suggestions or ideas on how i should go on about this?

 

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can you provide pictures? @

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You should be able to flip the heatsink fan so that its pulling air through the heatsink and out towards the case fan.

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can you provide pictures? @

Try refreshing the page. a second ago it wasn't showing and now its showing

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You should be able to flip the heatsink fan so that its pulling air through the heatsink and out towards the case fan.

How do i know which way its pulling and is the back fan automatically exhausting out the air?

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How do i know which way its pulling and is the back fan automatically exhausting out the air?

there are small arrows on the side of the fans

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How do i know which way its pulling and is the back fan automatically exhausting out the air?

normally, a cpu cooler has the fan blowing into the heatsink but there should be arrows indicating which way they are blowing.

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If you can't get the fan removed from the cpu heatsink to mount it on the other side, just take the case fan and turn that one around.

That should be possible, 4 screws and job done, but it's not optimal because it will probably suck dusty air into the case.

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normally, a cpu cooler has the fan blowing into the heatsink but there should be arrows indicating which way they are blowing.

Thank you sir!

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