Volcano 7+

[Psykoh]

Quick question. I bought a Volcano 7+ Heatsink for my AMD 2100+ cpu and I noticed that the fan for the heatsink blows inward toward the fins. I flipped the fan around so that it would blow outward like all other heatsinks. Is this alright? Anyone have any opinions or suggestions for this. Thanks

 

[ejsmith2]

Go for it.

If (when ) you see your temps rise instead of fall, you can always flip it back.

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[HammerBot]

I should be blowing inward. Flipping the fan will most likely give worse performance.

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[johnoh]

Mine blows inward. Try it each way and check your temps.

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[Ghostdog]

Aren´t fans supposed to blow air at the heatsink, not "extract" air from it?

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[buddry]

It usually depends on the heat sink. It is more common to blow onto it now. I believe that the intel retail blows onto it, but I don't remember for sure.

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[Psykoh]

Well on my Soyo TEMP monitor i'm getting a temp ranging from 38-43 C, depending on the fan speed and the amount of time i left the computer on. The highest i've seen it at was 44C after playing Counterstrike for 4 hours at medium fan speed (i shoulda put it on high speed, but forgot). I really dont want to open it up and flip the fan again. I just wanted to see if these were about the same temps as the inward blowing fans. BTW (i have a AThlon 2100+, for reference)

Thanks