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Tuesday, April 11, 2017 8:43 PM (permalink)
Is there any way to reverse the fans or direction they blow? I think the way I have my new setup installed, is sucking heat from my video card and exhausting out the front of my case(in my face). I want my CLC 280 to suck cool air in while my (2)AF120 fans exhaust that heat out of the top along with the video card heat. I just put this together yesterday so I really haven't done anything yet besides install Win 10 and fan/pump control. Any help would be appreciated. Here are some pics.
 

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    Re: CLC 280 Fan Direction Wednesday, April 12, 2017 2:53 PM (permalink)
    Well it seems my options are pretty limited now. You CAN flip the fans around on the radiator BUT....it looks like crap and sounds like a freight train. I'm not one to care that much about how loud my fans are but when you flip these new EVGA fans on the CLC 280 around, they sound awful. I understand their design but it seems to be an oversight/compromise. Now I'm trying to decide whether to just get another Corsair H115i or spend more money on some fans to mount to the radiator. Can you return these after installation?
     

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    Re: CLC 280 Fan Direction Friday, April 14, 2017 5:17 PM (permalink)
    91gtabird
    Well it seems my options are pretty limited now. You CAN flip the fans around on the radiator BUT....it looks like crap and sounds like a freight train. I'm not one to care that much about how loud my fans are but when you flip these new EVGA fans on the CLC 280 around, they sound awful. I understand their design but it seems to be an oversight/compromise. Now I'm trying to decide whether to just get another Corsair H115i or spend more money on some fans to mount to the radiator. Can you return these after installation?
     



    Mine sound fine pulling in air from the front on my S340 Elite. Near silent.
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    Re: CLC 280 Fan Direction Friday, April 14, 2017 5:25 PM (permalink)
    Did you flip your fans around like mine? I'm assuming you did but just checking. Also did you gradually raise your fans speeds to check noise level at different fan speeds? Because at idle my fans(flipped) aren't that loud. Once the fan speed increases is when they get pretty noisy in relation to the default configuration. I'm curious about airflow also since there is a gap in the shroud on all four side.
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    Re: CLC 280 Fan Direction Friday, April 14, 2017 5:27 PM (permalink)
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    Did you flip your fans around like mine? I'm assuming you did but just checking. Also did you gradually raise your fans speeds to check noise level at different fan speeds? Because at idle my fans(flipped) aren't that loud. Once the fan speed increases is when they get pretty noisy in relation to the default configuration. I'm curious about airflow also since there is a gap in the shroud on all four side.


    Oh, might've misunderstood it. I have my fans on the outside doing a pull configuration. Do you mean putting them on the inside and having them pull in the hot air from the rad?
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    Re: CLC 280 Fan Direction Friday, April 14, 2017 5:29 PM (permalink)
    Correct.
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    Re: CLC 280 Fan Direction Friday, April 14, 2017 5:31 PM (permalink)
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    Correct.


    Oh, nah I don't have mine setup like that. I find it much more efficient pushing cold air in than pulling hot air out.
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    Re: CLC 280 Fan Direction Friday, April 14, 2017 5:39 PM (permalink)
    You lost me. This is what I currently have with the fans flipped around backwards.
     

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    Re: CLC 280 Fan Direction Friday, April 14, 2017 6:09 PM (permalink)
    I basically have my fans set up the same way on the rad, but the fans are on the opposite side and they sound fine.
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    Re: CLC 280 Fan Direction Friday, April 14, 2017 6:13 PM (permalink)
    Ok gotcha. I'm gonna try that out. Thanks
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