aHAHAHA...oh hell...

[entropy]

so .... always make sure you double check how the fan is mounted. cuz for the last day or two ... apparently my Smart Fan 2 has been pulling air OFF THE CPU. the funny part is, ambient temperature is 27*C. 100% load, cpu temp is 38*C :zombie: wtf...that, my friends, is insane. it's still backwards as i type this, and i'm gonna get down and fix it soon.

[Justin]

I thought that was how they worked for the longest time....

[entropy]

actually, i believe some do. dells might. but for normal heatsinks, you want air blowing down on them.

[kanezfan]

those are good temps, why change it?

[Justin]

Those temps aren't too bad, any thoughts Geeky?

[entropy]

i figured i can get cooler. few minutes into windows, idling at 25*C, fan rpm of 2260. previously, it was at 28-29*C with rpm of 3k or above. at night obvoiusly it changes but i'm talking about several minutes before i switched it around. still need to test load temp and will do so in a bit.

[leishi85]

some heatsink actually works better when the fans pulls air off of it, but some works better than the fan is blowing air onto it.

[entropy]

guys ... i never thought i'd say this ... but it seems to be more effective pulling air off :eek2: 100% load i'm getting 37-38*C, as opposed to 39-40*C the other way, but with close to 300 extra rpm on the fan. this isn't supposed to happen lol. slightly higher temps idle ... better efficiency when under load :hrm:

[Jimborae]

Alpha Pal 8045 advise to have the fan pulling air off the heatsink as its designed to work that way. I did a fews tests myself with it a long time ago & it did cool it a few degrees better pulling the air off it.

[TheGr81]

Interesting... I'll have to to some testing when I get a SF2 on my shiny new sp-94! :thumbsup: