Cooler Master Hyper 212x pushing air through the heatsink, into my case.

[AKLT]

I recently changed my stock fan to the hyper 212x, the thing is massive and well, could not be placed on the right as it will be blocking the ram slots. Im using all 4 slots, as such the fan is swapped to the other side.

Heres the question, as it is essentially right next to my exhaust, will the pulling of 2 opposite fans affect cooling? There is a significant gap between them but i fear it may be hindering the effectiveness of the exhaust fan once the CPU fan gets up to speed.

Heres a simple illustration, ive removed the fan to check that the fan indeed pushes air THROUGH the heatsink and into the machine

I have 1 intake infront and 1 at the side blowing right to the GPU.

Will the pull of both fans create some vortex of heat?

I kind of feel its messed up. Help?

 

[RobCrezz]

You should have the fan on the 212 round the other way, so its blowing towards the exhaust.

 

[bootcher]

Yes that doesn't look good. Is it possible to reverse the cpu fan so it blows to the exchaust direction?

 

[AKLT]

You should have the fan on the 212 round the other way, so its blowing towards the exhaust.

editted the image, the ram slots get in the way of the fan, its not able to fit inbetween

 

[AKLT]

Yes that doesn't look good. Is it possible to reverse the cpu fan so it blows to the exchaust direction?

i've looked into that, reversing the direction doesnt seem plausible, the fan has arrows indicated which way its blowing

 

[RobCrezz]

You should have the fan on the 212 round the other way, so its blowing towards the exhaust.

editted the image, the ram slots get in the way of the fan, its not able to fit inbetween

Then attach it to the otherside of the heatsink so its "pulling" through.

you know you can just turn the fans around right? the mounting is the same.

 

[RobCrezz]

Yes that doesn't look good. Is it possible to reverse the cpu fan so it blows to the exchaust direction?

i've looked into that, reversing the direction doesnt seem plausible, the fan has arrows indicated which way its blowing

Yeah so mount the fan the other way round to its blowing the other way.

 

[AKLT]

You should have the fan on the 212 round the other way, so its blowing towards the exhaust.

editted the image, the ram slots get in the way of the fan, its not able to fit inbetween

Then attach it to the otherside of the heatsink so its "pulling" through.

you know you can just turn the fans around right? the mounting is the same.

Checked that out, the mount is screwed on in such a way i HAVE to assume its not meant to be reversed. :|
(not the latches attaching it to the heatsink, the fan to the gripping mounts)

 

[bootcher]

Yes. just disassemble the fan from the heatsink and mount it backwards so it blows in the direction of the exhaust.

 

[RobCrezz]

You should have the fan on the 212 round the other way, so its blowing towards the exhaust.

editted the image, the ram slots get in the way of the fan, its not able to fit inbetween

Then attach it to the otherside of the heatsink so its "pulling" through.

you know you can just turn the fans around right? the mounting is the same.

Checked that out, the mount is screwed on in such a way i HAVE to assume its not meant to be reversed. :|
(not the latches attaching it to the heatsink, the fan to the gripping mounts)

You are assuming wrong. You can move the gripping mounts to the other side of the fan.

Temps should be basically the same
http://www.overclock.net/t/1199135/hyper-212-testing-push-vs-pull-vs-push-pull-also-horizontal-vs-vertical-positioning

 

[bootcher]

Your only other options are removing ram so it does fit, or reverse the airflow entering and exiting the case, which is not recommended since hot air goes up.

 

[madmatt30]

You can't just turn the fan round - putting it do its trying to 'suck ' air out of the heatsink loses 60-70% of its performance.
If your case is wide enough you can unclip the fan mount & clip it back on higher up so it clears your ram.

 

[AKLT]

You should have the fan on the 212 round the other way, so its blowing towards the exhaust.

editted the image, the ram slots get in the way of the fan, its not able to fit inbetween

Then attach it to the otherside of the heatsink so its "pulling" through.

you know you can just turn the fans around right? the mounting is the same.

Checked that out, the mount is screwed on in such a way i HAVE to assume its not meant to be reversed. :|
(not the latches attaching it to the heatsink, the fan to the gripping mounts)

You are assuming wrong. You can move the gripping mounts to the other side of the fan.

Temps should be basically the same
http://www.overclock.net/t/1199135/hyper-212-testing-push-vs-pull-vs-push-pull-also-horizontal-vs-vertical-positioning

Hm, i looked at the fan and the way it was screwed to the grips, i dont think i can remove them.

Regardless, wasnt concerned about the blowing or pulling of the fan.

EDIT: I guess my question is: will the pulling of both fans affect the cooling of the PC? since the exhaust pull wont be as strong OR will it be even better since air surrounding will be pulled harder to that "spot" and thus overall flow is increased

 

[RobCrezz]

Yeah you can remove them, have a look at that thread I linked.

Yeah it will affect the cooling as the airflow will be conflicting.

 

[bootcher]

You should have the fan on the 212 round the other way, so its blowing towards the exhaust.

editted the image, the ram slots get in the way of the fan, its not able to fit inbetween

Then attach it to the otherside of the heatsink so its "pulling" through.

you know you can just turn the fans around right? the mounting is the same.

Checked that out, the mount is screwed on in such a way i HAVE to assume its not meant to be reversed. :|
(not the latches attaching it to the heatsink, the fan to the gripping mounts)

You are assuming wrong. You can move the gripping mounts to the other side of the fan.

Temps should be basically the same
http://www.overclock.net/t/1199135/hyper-212-testing-push-vs-pull-vs-push-pull-also-horizontal-vs-vertical-positioning

Hm, i looked at the fan and the way it was screwed to the grips, i dont think i can remove them.

Regardless, wasnt concerned about the blowing or pulling of the fan.

EDIT: I guess my question is: will the pulling of both fans affect the cooling of the PC? since the exhaust pull wont be as strong OR will it be even better since air surrounding will be pulled harder to that "spot" and thus overall flow is increased

Yes, it will affect the cooling of the cpu and the temps of the case. The hot air from the case isn't being blown out, it partially gets sucked back into the cpu heatsink, meaning the case and cpu temp will rise.

What you could do is to reverse the exhaust so it sucks air in, and on the other top where you have dvd's, hdd, get a exhaust fan. It is not ideal but your temps should be ok.

But the best solution has already been mentioned, just reverse the fans on the cpu heatsink.

 

[AKLT]

Yeah you can remove them, have a look at that thread I linked.

Yeah it will affect the cooling as the airflow will be conflicting.

Sorry i doubted you, guess my fear of cocking things up didnt allow me to peel off the thick screw covers.

I have flipped over the fans, guess they werent meant to be that way since the fan cage at the back is out and the logo is behind now XD

Thanks so much for the hand holding guys. Needed that push over the edge to fix it.

 

[RobCrezz]

Yeah you can remove them, have a look at that thread I linked.

Yeah it will affect the cooling as the airflow will be conflicting.

Sorry i doubted you, guess my fear of cocking things up didnt allow me to peel off the thick screw covers.

I have flipped over the fans, guess they werent meant to be that way since the fan cage at the back is out and the logo is behind now XD

Thanks so much for the hand holding guys. Needed that push over the edge to fix it.

Cool, good luck. Should be much better exhausting out the back.

 

[AKLT]

yes, cooling is a couple degrees lower and using Prime95 with the max temperature torture option my CPU does not go above 62C