Can you use this as a case fan, I just bought it and realized people are talking about it being used as a cpu fan.
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Yes, you can. What kind of case do you have? In most cases, you can set it in the rear panel, or you can place it on top.
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This fan can be mounted on your case or on an aftermarket cpu heatsink. You cannot use it alone as a means of cooling your cpu.
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I bought two of them, and they can be used as a case fan at the back or as a case fan at the top. Topside requeres a lager fan though but I have a Coolermaster CM690 II and it is designed to make even a smaller fan that fit. Hope this answer helpes?
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I bought two of them, and they can be used as a case fan at the back or as a case fan at the top. Topside requeres a lager fan though but I have a Coolermaster CM690 II and it is designed to make even a smaller fan that fit.Hope this answer helpes?
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This case will provide plenty of airflow to help cool your processor. Just make sure you have a good cooler to pair it with if you plan to overclock it.
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I believe so. A quick look at the Rosewill page for this case says that it will allow liquid cooling to be installed, if required. Though, I am running an Intel 3570K with a Noctua CPU fan and I have never even got near to being overtemp with this case and it's standard fans.
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The bottom one may not be usable depending on the length of your power supply. I was not able to get a fan to fit because the cables coming from mine were just too close. I do have 4 fans in use though, along with the CPU fan and that is plenty in my opinion. Stock fans are usable, but average at best. I moved them to the front and side and have high end 120mm in the back and top. Airflow is excellent in my opinion. I do really like this case due to the price and features.
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You connect the fan either to the motherboard or to the case. If your motherboard has sensors or settings to regulate the fans then you can use those or if you would prefer to do it via the case you hook them up to the case instead. I would recommend hooking the CPU fan to the motherboard as my MOBO gives me an error every boot saying no CPU fan detected.
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Greetings,Both Saeed's and P. Rachels' answers are spot-on. An optional CPU cooling fan is included for applications that require additional cooling.Best regards,MITXPC
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With the proper adapters. It can be done. Would I use this particular fan on a CPU? No. I have a couple of these fans. My opinion. They are good for case use. But I would look for something that moves a bit more air than these to use on a CPU.
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I bought one of this to use on a dual core CPU. It does it's job as expected, throws out lots of air and it very good at reducing several degrees from the CPU. However, if you are planning to purchase a cooler for an Eight Core AMD FX, this is not your fan. For a CPU like yours I recommend you to get a watercooler. I have the same cpu as you and got a coolermaster Seidon for about $60. AMD cpus overheat a lot, so I would stay away from air cooling if I were you
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As long as the power supply is installed so the fan is facing down; you're good to go. I've used an Swiftech AIO water system on top for the cpu and fans throughout. No problems.
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This kit came with a little heat sink. I overclocked it and the heat sink barely even warms up I don't think a fan would be a great investment for this setup. Not to mention you wouldn't be able to close the case being it is very tight as is.
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You can use it either way. For me personally I have the front case fan blowing air in. The rear case fan blowing out. Two top fans blowing out and two side fans blowing in. My CPU Temp is at 25 Celsius at no load.
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Sorry for the late reply. There isn't any space for a case fan. This thing is tiny :).
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I'm seriously considering buying this cpu. I have a APEVIA X-CRUISER-AL Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower with 3 fans (one on top flowing out, one on the backside next to the cpu blowing out and one in the front of the case blowing out). I have a GEForce 750 Ti, which also runs fairly cool, even while playing Sims 3. Do you think the stock fan would be sufficient?
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I have bought three of these cases and none came with fans. It would have to be an add-on by the vendor. There is so much ventilation on case that fans aren't needed, IMO, unless you are using a hot running CPU. In that situation this might not be the best choice for a case.
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I actually had mine in a pretty small, mini-itx build. It stayed reasonably cool during most day-to-day operations with the stock fan, between 35C and 50C--and that's without any other case fans. As long as you aren't doing anything too CPU-intensive, I'd consider the stock fan pretty adequate. Good luck with you build
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Yes you can use it as an exhaust fan but don't buy it. It's junk. Don't waste your money. A hand held fan is better than this one
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Actually it is designed for PC case. So, if you want to use it on CPU, you have to make sure its size can fit your CPU heat sink.