Fan question

[ILC]

Alright, may sound silly but...which way should the CPU fan be blowing?

Air into the heat sink, or pulling air through the heat sink and dispersing heat?


Thanks.

ILC

[PresterJohn]

it should blow air onto the h/s.

[Bones1]

I'd have to say through.

All the ones I've seen force air into the heatsink (with the exception of some Dells and some HP's).

[littlebird]

It depends of your other fan setup inside the case. But usually, like PJ says, you want the fan to blow air onto the heatsink.

[Jeordiewhite]

Yes you do that when you have cool air going towards your hs, I get a degree cooler when I blow it away from the processor, It usually depends on your setup.