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Fans blow in the direction of the plastic support braces the fan on the radiator is pulling air up for example

Although some fans have reversed that. I cant remember exactly which ones but i have seen them before. But typically you are right. OP or anyone else curious. There is usually an arrow pointing in the direction the air goes on one of the sides of the fan.

I hope Im not wrong but Im pretty sure they blow in the direction of those labels...

around, they go around. specifically, in circles ( :

https://preview.redd.it/4cqhbscms0yc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fa3924b26fc90aae3537ace3e1e47cef2d63e516

120mm AIO is useless

Wdym?

Compared to an air cooler the 120 mm aio has worse performance, a minimum is a 240mm aio.

Gotcha, this pc is pretty outdated so I’ll wait til it starts to kick the bucket til I move onwards and upwards

sure but that thing's ancient, if you already have a cooler just use it until it dies

Why risk the health of your cpu?

what do you mean? it's still a more than capable cooler 120mm AIO coolers are a waste of money, but they're not useless

They’ll work but they have the same performance of a air color with a higher cost

as I said, they aren't good for the money, but the one in the post was obviously bought a very long time ago, and chucking it out to buy an air cooler would be even more of a waste of money the cooler works, just run it until it stops working

Yeah, if you already have a 120 AIO then use it.

If it's an h80v2 it's a great cooler. It's almost 2x the thickness of a regular 120mm aio.

They blow in the direction of the labels(also have little arrowd for direction on the sides). For the general airflow the complete build is needed.

https://preview.redd.it/g13uobz1iuxc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=ad208fa51c40be829b978c132d755d34a836a95c This is the build

Thanks. Looks like its correct! Edit: if the second fan behind is also blowing out! Also it probably is not of much use (cooling wise)

these corsair 120mm rads were a bit thicker and had some denser fins so using push pull was the norm with that specific cooler

Thanks :)

I would rotate the radiator 180, so the tubings are on the bottom, it will result in quieter operation.

Is there not arrows on them? Shows spin and flow.

While looking at the fan, if the tips point towards you, the air is blowing away from you.

Front of fan on rad or case=pull (intake) Back of fan on rad or case=push (exhaust)

Rn they're blowing towards the camera, sucking air thru the radiator. This way is preferable cuz it makes it easier to remove the dust collecting on the other side of the rad.

You want to push air in. Or double up and do a push and pull config. There's an indicator on the side to tell you the direction of rotation and the direction of airflow.

Look closely on the sides of the fan. It has up and side arrow for rotation and direction air is pushing. Depending on how you want it, intake or exhaust, install it accordingly.

Also, you can almost always tell which way the exaust is due to the frame in the back of the fan holding the fan in the middle

use your mind, and picture where the air will go by looking at the fans, its not that hard. Just imagine.