AlphaPal Fan Installation

[nooyawkah]

I have been using an AlphaPal 8045 heatsink for a while and the temps are quite good. However, I was recentlt told that the fan on these should be install the opposite way so as to draw air out instead of force it in. What's the truth?

 

[brianF]

Can't say for sure on that specific heatsink, but the latest tests I saw on thermaltake's showed that pushing air into the heatsink resulted in better cooling

 

[olivercoles]

It's hard to say.... experiment!


If you have a fan in the side of your case pushing air into the case reverse it aswell as the cpu fan if you're going to switch the cooler fan.

I have a thermaltake 7+ and temps are abotu 2oC cooler with the fan pulling air THROUGH the heatsink and out of my case fan in the side, this makes case temps a few degrees cooler aswel.