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    Quote Originally Posted by Cusco View Post
    My brother is building a desktop for our father, his needs are low so it's going to consist mostly out of our old hardware. My brother's old 650W psu made more sense in my computer than in our father's, seeing as mine is 550W, so we decided to swap. Unfortunately, the 650W isn't modular either (just like the 550W).

    Cable management... I still don't know how you guys can stand it, hahah.



    If there's any illogical difference in light anywhere, then that's because the picture is composed out of three different exposures, which I threw together for optimal light and quality. Couldn't bother much about fixing the colors, though.
    I have the same heatsink, but my fan is on the other side. I just did something when i put it on because i could see no way to identify which way it was directing the air to...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cusco View Post
    My brother is building a desktop for our father, his needs are low so it's going to consist mostly out of our old hardware. My brother's old 650W psu made more sense in my computer than in our father's, seeing as mine is 550W, so we decided to swap. Unfortunately, the 650W isn't modular either (just like the 550W).

    Cable management... I still don't know how you guys can stand it, hahah.

    If there's any illogical difference in light anywhere, then that's because the picture is composed out of three different exposures, which I threw together for optimal light and quality. Couldn't bother much about fixing the colors, though.
    Lol I hate it as much as the next guy, but I decided to get it over and done with and not have to worry bout it after that.
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    ATI Radeon HD 4850 with Accelero Twin Turbo Pro aftermarket cooler. This is one of the pieces that will be going in my home server.... Because I got it free. lols

    VRAM heatsink is not exactly.... stuck in place, but is rather being held in place by the heat pipes. >_>

    My Zalman ZM-STG2 thermal grease from a year ago is dying. I need more. sigh. Going to test this thing in my build now to see how horrible the temps are.

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    I'm just really curious right now because everyone seems to have their heatsink fan pointed towards to front of the case, mine is pointed towards the back.. is that bad?

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    His fan might be oriented differently.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DeltrusDisc View Post
    His fan might be oriented differently.
    Naw it looks right, the fan is in push. If it was in pull you would see the rear framing.

    Quote Originally Posted by Holo View Post
    I'm just really curious right now because everyone seems to have their heatsink fan pointed towards to front of the case, mine is pointed towards the back.. is that bad?
    When you have a single-side fan setup, pushing air onto a heatsink/radiator is more effective than pulling air through it. Fans in general push air better than they pull.

    Also if your CPU fan is in pull, you basically end up with your case's rear exhaust and CPU fan right next to each other (which isn't achieving much).

    So yeah, this pretty much sums up the ideal fan placement with a single-fan heatsink:



    The temperature drop will barely be 1-2c (at that most) with a heatsink like that, but the theory becomes more noticeable with big radiators in watercooled setups.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Holo View Post
    I'm just really curious right now because everyone seems to have their heatsink fan pointed towards to front of the case, mine is pointed towards the back.. is that bad?
    If youre talking about my heatsinks fans i have them pushing thru to the back exhaust.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xuvial View Post
    Also if your CPU fan is in pull, you basically end up with your case's rear exhaust and CPU fan right next to each other (which isn't achieving much).
    I don't even know if my fan is pushing or pulling. How do i know?

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    Your fan should come with some arrows on it, pointing towards the fan is directing the air (so to speak).
    If those arrows point towards the heatsink you are pushing, otherway around is pulling. Or so i assume

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    I guess i need to open it up for a second time and reinstall it again then -_-

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    ...arrows indication the fan direction? Pfffft no need lol.

    Here is the easiest way to remember it.

    The "smooth and clean" side of the fan is where air gets pulled in from (intake):
    http://www.atxpowersupplies.com/imag...er-350x350.gif

    The "framed and wired" side of the fan is where air gets pushed out from (exhaust):
    http://www.cooltechpc.com/ctpc/images/tricool.jpg

    So you can either have the fan "pushing" air onto the heatsink (like the image I showed earlier, the ideal setup) or you can have the fan "pulling" air through the heatsink.

    With 2 fans you can have a "push/pull" setup like this:
    http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/mot...8_T3EH8_12.jpg
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    That's a horribly busy motherboard you've found there, Xuvial...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drunkenvalley View Post
    That's a horribly busy motherboard you've found there, Xuvial...
    Haha yeah I realized it looks so chunky with all that heatsinking and filled RAM slots.

    But who cares, motherfucking 3000rpm ultra kazes! 38mm thick and loud enough to wake up everyone's mothers.
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    Haha

    So yeah, it was definitely pulling air in then. So it was actually pulling air in, where 5cm next to it the rear exhaust fan was pushing air out of the case. I'm such a genious.

    Fixed it now though.

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    Pull means it was still sending air towards the back, ie, takes it through the heatsink to reach the fan.
    Push is when it takes it from the open and you know, pushes it through the heatsink.

    So if you had it in push, it'd be bad.
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by Saehon View Post
    http://imgur.com/S0fLA
    http://i.imgur.com/sf42j.jpg
    http://imgur.com/X7VCJ

    Specc:

    CPU: Intel i7-2600k (not overclocked yet)
    RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16gb 1600Mhz (black)
    MoBo: Asrock Z77 Extreme4
    GPU: Nvidia GTX 660 TI Power Edition
    Cooling: Corsair H100
    Case: Corsair 650D with 3 Corsair high Profromance SP120 install (2 on H100, and 1 at the back - 200m at the front)
    HDD1: Intel SSD 330, 60bg
    HDD2: 1TB Normal drive
    PSU: Corsair HX1050 (for future SLI - "may still be overkill" :-P )

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    Fix your cable management! No excuse in a 650D! Plenty of space to tuck em away!

    Nice build

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    Quote Originally Posted by tetrisGOAT View Post
    Pull means it was still sending air towards the back, ie, takes it through the heatsink to reach the fan.
    Push is when it takes it from the open and you know, pushes it through the heatsink.

    So if you had it in push, it'd be bad.
    I know. The thing is that the pull fan was facing the rear exhaust fan. Kinda pointless don't you think?

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    Not as bad as it had been pushing at that place. :P

    It feeding the rear-exhaust, doesn't matter much whether pushing or pulling, imho D:
     

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