SLK 800

What do you think is better, installing a heatsink on the SLK 800 in blowing position or in sucking position? I'm using an 8 cm Papst fan and I wonder which way provides a better air flow / cooling.

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What do you think is better, installing a heatsink on the SLK 800 in "blowing" position or in "sucking" position? I'm using an 8 cm Papst fan and I wonder which way provides a better air flow / cooling.

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What do you think is better, installing a heatsink on the SLK 800 in "blowing" position or in "sucking" position? I'm using an 8 cm Papst fan and I wonder which way provides a better air flow / cooling.


I got an idea. Flip your fan an check the temps.

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great. why didn't i come along with that myself? maybe i wanna hear from other slk users what their experiences are. health monitoring is rather unreliable (for my board at least), so I dunno if i can trust the stated temps.

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i´m having better results (2-3°C) blowing on the cooler


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Thanks Alonso! (Minardi freak??)

I think I'll give it a try as I only tested it in sucking position yet.

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just curious but wouldnt you think your eventually going to be trying both either way? seems about right.

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Thanks Alonso! (Minardi freak??)

I think I'll give it a try as I only tested it in sucking position yet.


Personally I like it when they suck, but theirs nothign wrong witha good blow now and thehn

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lol

my gues on the best result was blowing too :)

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just curious but wouldnt you think your eventually going to be trying both either way? seems about right.


quite so. but IMO it still ain't a bad thing to know what other people think about it, if you don't bother. EOT

PS: I'm not sure what Nikemarines advice is actually, but it was a good laugh anyway. I knew twas inevitable somebody wold post a comment like that ;)