Does it matter which side the cpu cooler's fan is?

[razak3l]

So I got my be quiet pure rock cooler and i installed the fan on the right side which is close to my case's fan, a friend of mine told me i should put it on the other side in order for the air to flow through the tower, what should i do? I'll post a picture as well.

[Godlygamer23]

It should be oriented on the other side because the two fans(along with the rest of them) will conflict with each other. They are opposing each other with airflow. Put the fan on the other side so the heat is effectively pushed into the exhaust fan.

[Wyzzy Moon]

Just make sure the direction of the air is not oposite of your case fan, if not, it doesn't matter to much.
C = case
H= heatsing
> < = airflow

This is fine
C< H<
This is also fine
C< <H
This is not
C< >H

[TheRedViper]

It depends what your airflow setup is. If your fan on the left is your exhaust fan, then you can just put your fan on the cooler in pull, so they both pull in the same direction (which will be meant to pull hot air out), but you can also place it on the other side and keep it in pull which will make your exhaust fan pull hot air out and your cooler fan pull fresh air in your tower.

 

I used to have a Noctua NH-D15 with dual fans, each fans was pulling on the left side of the tower and the exhaust was pulling too.

[razak3l]

1 minute ago, TheRedViper said:

It depends what your airflow setup is. If your fan on the left is your exhaust fan, then you can just put your fan on the cooler in pull, so they both pull in the same direction (which will be meant to pull hot air out), but you can also place it on the other side and keep it in pull which will make your exhaust fan pull hot air out and your cooler fan pull fresh air in your tower.

I'll put it on the other side, does it matter how I put it? With logo back or front ?

[Wyzzy Moon]

Just now, razak3l said:

I'll put it on the other side, does it matter how I put it? With logo back or front ?

If you look on the side of the fan, there will be an arrow pointing in the direction that the air flows, make sure that is pointing to your casefan

[Wyzzy Moon]

 

[TheRedViper]

3 minutes ago, razak3l said:

I'll put it on the other side, does it matter how I put it? With logo back or front ?

Just make sure your fan sucks air in the same direction as exhaust. Some fans don't have the arrows to show direction, but the general rule is that the air is coming out of the side where you can see the tag on the rotor.

[TheRedViper]

Like this, where you can see the specs and the cable hanging out. This is where the air is coming out normally, so stick that side on the right side of your tower

[razak3l]

10 minutes ago, TheRedViper said:

Like this, where you can see the specs and the cable hanging out. This is where the air is coming out normally, so stick that side on the right side of your tower

We guchi ?

[TheRedViper]

Just now, razak3l said:

We guchi ?

yes we guchi

[razak3l]

1 minute ago, TheRedViper said:

yes we guchi

Awesome, thanks guys

[Praesi]

I like the Cooler and the Backplate. Looks nice. Now get some sweet LED Fans and you are done

[LogicalDrm]

Push or pull doesn't matter in terms of temps.