[jvhellraiser]

hi i have been looking for this on the net but i can find a direct answer to this question is how to install a fan on your video card and no is one of those that you buy specialy made for video cards,i just want to add a fan to the heat sink of the Video card and i need to know how to install it correctly, i have some teeth specialy made for heat sink so that i can install the fan to the heat sink of the video card. now that's is easy!! but wich way it goes? blowing air OUT or IN? don't no..please help

 

[deamonhunter]

as for in or out , the fan should blow the hot air from the Fins of the hit sink and out and away from the card , as for how to exactly place it on the card this may differ based on the card and the fan , but fans usually come with a manual and things are pretty straight forward , try to post pics of both maybe we can help you more

 

[jvhellraiser]

well there is no instructions couse this is a fan i got from another computer is a mini fan but pretty strong so the air should be blowing in to the heat sink no out of the heat sink
is how it is?iam new to this stuff so just say the aair should go out of the sink or into the sink? the video card is a Nvidia 6800.

 

[redlofredlof]

the fan should blow the air towards to card. you can just use instant glue to stick the fan on to the heat sink

 

[jvhellraiser]

Thank you God somebody said it!!! that's what i was looking for some straigth answer....

Thank you!!!

 

[deamonhunter]

the fan should blow the air towards to card.

so your CPU fan sucks the air from the interior of the case and blows it on the heat sink ????

 

[KrossX]

In => Fan => Heat Sink => Out. That should be clear enough me thinks.

Preferably, In would be nice cold air and Out would be out of the chasis.

 

[Cid Highwind]

so your CPU fan sucks the air from the interior of the case and blows it on the heat sink ????

Yup, how else would you do it? That's also the reason why you should make sure you have a decent case so that you won't be trying to cool your CPU with the hot air that's piled up. Make sure there's at least one 120mm fan being used as an exhaust.

I installed a new cooler this weekend for my CPU and it's sharing the case with my 4870, which is quite the hothead really. I found that a 120mm Nexus casefan and my power supply move enough air in order to make sure my case doesn't get warmer significantly over time.

 

[redlofredlof]

so your CPU fan sucks the air from the interior of the case and blows it on the heat sink ????

yes. some computer cabinets even have a pipe like structure to allow the fan to suck air from outside the case

 

[deamonhunter]

mmm , you guys are right I've been around around electrical motors ,alternators and diesel engines so much i forgot the flow inside the PC case ,

still i would think its better if the Fan sucks the heat from the fins and throws it outside to the interior of the case where you have 2 fans on upfront and one in the back of your case that will provide longitudinal flow and exchange the built up heat with fresh air

 

[redlofredlof]

well, its your computer.

 

[KrossX]

There wouldn't be much airflow if pulling from a normal heatsink, unless it's the radiator kind (like this one). And even then I think pushing would be better.

The common way seems quite efficient to me (example). Since you pull cold air from the bottom, then push it through the heat sink to cool it down and then immediately exhaust the hot air out the chasis.

 

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Yup, how else would you do it? That's also the reason why you should make sure you have a decent case so that you won't be trying to cool your CPU with the hot air that's piled up. Make sure there's at least one 120mm fan being used as an exhaust.

I installed a new cooler this weekend for my CPU and it's sharing the case with my 4870, which is quite the hothead really. I found that a 120mm Nexus casefan and my power supply move enough air in order to make sure my case doesn't get warmer significantly over time.

Why the move away from the Arctic Freezer?

 

[Cid Highwind]

Cause it felt like the noisiest component in my system, and I wanted to mess around with my PC again, it's been too long. The Scythe Mugen is a great cooler for a very competitive price, and it's completely inaudible over my other parts. So my next upgrades will be making the HDD silent (considering to actually hang them in my case using rubber straps, or getting an internal case to silence it. Never knew HDDs could be so loud oO Also, when folding it's not my GPU making most noise, but my PSU. I guess indirectly I should still blame my 4870

 

[SCHUMI_4EVER]

Yet in the past you often gave it props for it's almost silent cooling of your overclocked CPU...so why the sudden change from great to noisiest component?

 

[Cid Highwind]

Well there's a difference between almost silent and fully silent And it still seemed to be the noisiest component, although right now I wonder if I might have been wrong there, seeing how under load my PSU becomes the noisiest part. Right now I think that under full CPU load my CPU cooler would be the noisiest, but it would return to its rather silent low rev mode quickly after work is done, while my PSU fans take much longer to settle down.

I think there's a clear difference between the Arctic Cooling fan and the Scythe, and it mostly depends on your other computer parts on what will be considered silent enough. Keep in mind that my GPU is pretty much inaudible when the fans run at 8% if its idle, while most gamers have a GPU that can be heard permanently. Also, there's simply a price difference of the Scythe being double the price (but still relatively cheap).

Moral of the story: Your system is as silent as your loudest component. And Cid sometimes just needs to buy some new hardware even if it perhaps isn't really required Yes, the Scythe is kinda overkill for an undervolted Q8200

 

[n_w95482]

I had the same issue when I switched to watercooling on my old PC. My power supply ended up being the loudest component .

 

[redlofredlof]

I think my graphics card is the loudest component in my computer