CPU Cooler Fan Direction

[johnpaul.gajudo]

Good day! I'm using a Deepcool gamaxx on a gigabyte b360 HD3 as a cooler for my i5-8400. The orignal location of the cpu fan is in the front and the direction of the airflow is inwards. Now I added another ram stick as an upgrade but the slot is being partially blocked by the cpu fan. It could fit, but its too close to each other and I fear the vibration might affect the ram in the future. So I transferred the CPU fan so it will be behind the CPU cooler and made it outflowing. Is it advisable to use such kind of airflow configuration for the cpu cooler? I notice most of the time people use fans to direct air towards the cpu cooler.

Oh and you should know that the cpu fan is also directly facing an outflowing rear case fan .

 

[ElectrO_90]

You won't notice any serious change in Temperature. I'd say maybe 2'C if that

 

[Yoakim Anastasov]

I would try to reverse the entire air flow in the case - to turn the case fans in so that they suck air from the rear and blow it to front (this sound a little bit like a weird porn 😉 ). But have in mind that by turning the cpu fan, you are saving the ram stick from the vibration, but you are also directing the hot air towards it...