Does this blow hot air out the PCI slot or take cool air in from the PCI slot?
1094620
It blow hot air out away from the box. I saw no difference in temps however, and it was loud when new and even louder when it went bad. No matter what, dust will get stuck on it, and it will get progressively louder. I do not recommend it. I suggest some vented PCI slots if you want some additional cooling in that price point.
1094621
It blows it out. The picture also describes the air flow and blade rotation.
1574704
As long as its mounted correctly it should only blow hot air out the exhaust. If ran intensively the card does get hot and can make the inside of your case warmer but this is the same with all cards. Be careful though as the metal pipes on the top do get hot to the touch after running for awhile.
116721
For the most part the air blows out the back(exterior), but yes, with this design, some of it does blow inside the case -- here is where having a case with good airflow design is key. My top card is a bit warmer than my bottom card, but that's to be expected in an SLI setup, and again good airflow design helps here as well.
116720
It pushes air directly onto the card through the heatsink and heat pipes. There is no reason to exhaust the air. Your case should exhaust the air that is circulating.
1354193
Hopefully, you have air slots or vents in the hotter components. If you have air vented slots on the sides and bottom, mount the fan below, if you have vented slots on the top, mount the fan unit above to draw the heat away.If you have room in the rack to space the components from each other, that is best. It is a little noisy, but works well. If you can, put the fan closest to your most critical component that is effected by heat
2280282
I'd call it low profile, but it does have some width to it. The heat sink makes it wide. In my case, the PCI express slot was isolated. If you have an existing card next to this slot it might be tight.
2058210
The card will use the fans depending on the temperature. You can override the settings using the provided application or MSI Afterburner
282527
Probably not. I used it for a passively cooled card and it was great. But it would be fighting the fans on your card, they both draw air instead of blow. This blower is kind of loud so I moved the pins to run on 7v instead of 12v and it runs much quieter after that. 5v is too low and it might not start spinning.
1394845
It only uses One physical Slot, But takes up two spaces worth. Most motherboards have the PCIe slots spaced enough that this is not an issue.
833530
The card with the 2 fans can probably cool itself and the case better.If your gonna put it in small computer case the cooler the better.If your putting the card into a mid size or full size case, the 1 fan will suffice.
1933302
This is a dual fan style cooler. The fans blow air out the edges unlike the single direction reference card. This xfx card is considerably quieter than the reference design, also.
1078897
No fan, Big heat sink that wraps around card. Comes very close to card in the next slot.Sapphire does NOT honor rebates.
126340
I have one blowing in and one blowing out. I also added a cooling tray under my components. it has been over a year and it seems to be working very well.
1951745
We own a tower PC, but the fan slides into a slot in the tower n I can't see what's the difference between one unit from the other! The fan is just a fan! So why would it matter...it's only cooling the unit when on n I doubt the fan care whether it's connected to either systems. If I'm wrong, first check with the computer company if your so concerned. Ok
1276799
It blows toward the card. I found that I only needed one fan to cool my Adaptec Raid card, so now have a spare fan (yea).
325092
Yes. This is an improved thermal design which isolates the power supply's airflow from the rest of the computer components. The power supply will pull cool air in through the bottom vents and blow warm air out the back of the case. This prevents the dust and heat from inside the computer from passing through the power supply.
227075
Hi the switch hot shot push you will hot air or cool shot push you get cool air.ThanksJackie