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Most of the time there will be a little arrow on the sides marking the direction. 

 

If you can't find those, air almost always blows in the direction of the support beams. If you look at the fan head on and there's no plastic beams in front of the fan blades, it will blow away from you. If there are, it will blow towards you. 

 

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Away from you:

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Towards you

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Just look at the blades, they are concave for a reason.

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12 minutes ago, XxBatman99xX said:

How do I know what direction the air is blowing on case fans? I have 6 Corsair SP120 RGB fans and I want to make sure they are intaking and blowing out air how I want them to.

also there are arrows on the side that show the direction on spin and air flow

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Usually intake on the side with the hub and exhaust on the side with the frame. 

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