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Flow direction of the cpu fan... question.

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hawkeye_wx

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Dec 4, 2001
I have an Alpha PAL8045 heatsink with a 40cfm panaflo. I have always had the fan blowing air away from the heatsink. One of these days I am going to see what my temps are with the fan blowing into the heatsink, but I'm just curious what most people do? I know with the popular slk800 everyone has the fan blowing onto the heatsink, but I remember when I bought my Alpha there was a mix of opinions on this, at least for heatsinks like mine.
 
I personally have it blowing into the heatsink. The one disadvantage of that is that more dust tends to get trapped in it.

Thank You,
Daniel
 
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