ObscureScience

This isn't my pic, stole it from first page to illustrate:



That is how my cooler and fan is positioned right now. By the end of next week I'm getting the antec 902 case with a 200mm exhaust on top of the case and a 120mm exhaust in the back. Should I move the cpu fan to blow from underneath? Or even position the cooler horizontally?
I think I saw somewhere that it is better to have the fan blow through rather than across the fins or something.

sLowEnd

No, the orientation in this picture is correct.

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LarsMarkelson

Yeah, having the fan blow from the bottom or top is crappy, because you only hit 2 immediate heatpipes. From my testing I found that having fans on the sides doesn't do much to help cooling. Right now I just have one fan on the broad side in pull configuration, working at a low speed and my cooling is fine.

ObscureScience

Shall I write my post again?

I was thinking positioning the Scythe like this with the fan underneath might be better for the case I was talking about because of the more powerful exhaust at the top.


But I don't know.

BlackHoleSon

Maybe you guys can help me.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Tpk=mugen%202

newegg has the mugen 2 for around $35, and im planning on getting a Phenom II 940 BE soon.

I would love this cooler, but it would need to fit inside this case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-102-_-Product

i can remove the duct or possibly do some drilling, but will it fit? thanks.

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LarsMarkelson

Ah I missed that part. Anyway, I think the difference would be minimal, but it might be worth trying.

ObscureScience

No problem. My motherboard may not even allow it, but I thought I'd bring it up anyway

Demonkev666

some 1/32 wire and BAM! $5 of wire, 5 three foot long pieces = 15 fan clips.

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chill guy as always.

sLowEnd

That would work too.

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Stance

The other day I accidently made some scratches on the surface of my Mugen 2. They've got no depth at all but it doesn't look pretty, so I was wondering how I can get rid of them. I've bought some sandpaper sheets that range from 400 to 2500, to lap my i7 (and possibly my GPU heatsink).

As the Scythe already has a pretty good finish could I just take the highest grit and treat it shortly to erase the spots?