Hi,
I build my first PC a couple of weeks ago. I was quite nervous not to break anything, but I though I'd done my homework well beforehand, and everything has been fine so far. But today I was sitting at my desk and it hit me - wouldn't it make more sense for a CPU fan to blow cold air into the heatsink rather that hot air away from it?
As it turns out, it does, and I have installed my heatsink the other way around. I remember reading inline that fans usually blow air towards the side with the sticker on it, so I thought it would make sense to mount it so that the heatsink's fan faces towards my case's rear fan. But apparently I should have it the other way, with the fan blowing air into the heatsink, on the other side of it than the case fan.
My question is how bad is this. Should I take the heatsink off today and reinstall it, or will it be fine for a while and I can just do it when I want to change the thermal paste?
I've got a be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 cooler installed on top of an i7-5820K. I've been monitoring my temps really closely from day 1 and I've had no issue whatsoever. Idle temps are around 36 C, low load gets me around 44-46, and high load (Prime95 Small FFTs / Intel Burn Test) goes up to maybe 75 C. The newer version of Prime95, the one that's supposed to be unrealistically high, goes up to 77 C, with a couple of peaks at 79. I've been playing GTA 5 the whole time, and both CPU and GPU temps are more than fine, with the CPU being at around 66-68 C.
However, I do realise that airflow is basically f***ed inside my case. The heatsink fan sucks air from the same place the case fan does so in the opposite direction, and then all the hot air gets towards the front of the case. But since the temps are fine, how big of a concern is it?
The heatsink wasn't the easiest to install, so I'm not really excited about re-installing it. Besides, I'm still quite scared of the whole thermal paste affair.
What should I do? Any suggestion is greatly appreciated, and I'm happy to provide any other details.
Thanks a lot.
I build my first PC a couple of weeks ago. I was quite nervous not to break anything, but I though I'd done my homework well beforehand, and everything has been fine so far. But today I was sitting at my desk and it hit me - wouldn't it make more sense for a CPU fan to blow cold air into the heatsink rather that hot air away from it?
As it turns out, it does, and I have installed my heatsink the other way around. I remember reading inline that fans usually blow air towards the side with the sticker on it, so I thought it would make sense to mount it so that the heatsink's fan faces towards my case's rear fan. But apparently I should have it the other way, with the fan blowing air into the heatsink, on the other side of it than the case fan.
My question is how bad is this. Should I take the heatsink off today and reinstall it, or will it be fine for a while and I can just do it when I want to change the thermal paste?
I've got a be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 cooler installed on top of an i7-5820K. I've been monitoring my temps really closely from day 1 and I've had no issue whatsoever. Idle temps are around 36 C, low load gets me around 44-46, and high load (Prime95 Small FFTs / Intel Burn Test) goes up to maybe 75 C. The newer version of Prime95, the one that's supposed to be unrealistically high, goes up to 77 C, with a couple of peaks at 79. I've been playing GTA 5 the whole time, and both CPU and GPU temps are more than fine, with the CPU being at around 66-68 C.
However, I do realise that airflow is basically f***ed inside my case. The heatsink fan sucks air from the same place the case fan does so in the opposite direction, and then all the hot air gets towards the front of the case. But since the temps are fine, how big of a concern is it?
The heatsink wasn't the easiest to install, so I'm not really excited about re-installing it. Besides, I'm still quite scared of the whole thermal paste affair.
What should I do? Any suggestion is greatly appreciated, and I'm happy to provide any other details.
Thanks a lot.
(sorry for that mistake)
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