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Alpha 8045 and Swifty MCX462
- Thread starter jbell
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For the swiftech its made to blow air in, the Alpha is made to suck air out. But it only takes 30 seconds to switch the fan around so try both and see which works better for you
Josh
Josh
The Swifttech blows in...the Alpha blows out...usually. It kinda depends on what your airflow in your computer is like. Sometimes it just depends...like if you have fans on the side of your case blowing over the CPU then blowing away may not be best.
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jbell said:
It is all in the design of the heatsink. Alpha has the shroud on top of the heatsink that tends to trap air and impede airflow when you have the fan blowing into the heatsink, so you can also try removing the shroud if you want to try blowing into the heatsink on the Alpha. I have both hsf's and I find that there isn't much difference in performance between the 2, running the same Delta 68 cfm fan on them.
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Its all down to airflow, conflicting airflow makes higher temps. Which is why you have to experiment, there is no right.wrong way as every setup will cause difference results.
Also whilst blowing on some Motherboards this can affect the system temp as air is blowing over it. Therefore just concentrate on the CPU temp.
M_N
Also whilst blowing on some Motherboards this can affect the system temp as air is blowing over it. Therefore just concentrate on the CPU temp.
M_N
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sucks off and use the extra washers to get a good fit. did you get the hs?
