air flow direction? out PCI or in from PCI slot?
1423190
Neither, no air is drawn from or pushed outside of the case, this guy just pulls air thought the fans forcing air on a GPU or similar or card. It does work but it is not the most quiet.
1423191
Neither. The air does not flow in or out of the PCI case slot. The fan throws the air onto the PCI card next to it. In other words the air flows from the side shown in the picture to the opposite side keeping it all within the case.
737357
I would say to draw out or circulate hotter air flowing out away from the CPU.
1574700
Due to my setup there really is no stagnate, hot air sticking around my case...all the hot air goes directly out the back. I do know that since using this card, my computer IS a LOT quieter and IS cooler based on temp reading since I placed it in my case.
1959156
Just my opinion... I am not an airflow expert...I don't think it would have a major impact. Ours makes a 90% before exiting and it doesn't cause any issue. depending on your setup I would be most concerned with distance between the fan and exit point...
404052
All you do is plug it into your PCI express spot. For me this was right next to my graphics card. All you do is line up the card and the spot, plug it in and then that's all.
1940222
You should pull air out of the back of the case. If you look on the edges of the fan there are arrows that indicate air flow direction . use this to help you install.
458901
Where it shows the Corsair logo is where the intake is. So if you face logo to the front of case, then the air will go through fan to the inside.
2180779
No. It's a PCI slot card. As long as you have a PCI slot, you're good to go.
1455644
Just to amend my answer, mounting the heat sink horizontally could also be a problem as the fan could block the PCI and PCI Express slots and the power connectors on the motherboard. So, do the measurements first.
223771
Not really, only thing I know of is the signature being an open case cooling system doesn't push the hot air out the rear of the machine as well as the super clocked model. So your internal case temp may play a bigger role in your gpu's temp, both of mine run very cool even when pushed hard on a high res display. You cant go wrong either way though. SLI either model of card and your good to go.
1270573
The heat sink/fan caused me some trouble. I'd reckon you consider the Sapphire Radeon 7750 LPF as it is a proper Low profile card ad noticeably more powerful.
2066969
Chances are it pushes less air than you're default fan, at least it did for me . I was debating between a new card or new fan, i should have chosen a new card because I've had to buy one anyways
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.
1203751
PCI. I had this installed in a legacy PCI-X slot (not to be confused with PCI-e.....PCI express)
1884790
Howdy, yes, depending on the size of fans you use, it can take up one or two PCI slot spaces. It doesn't use the PCI connector, however. It takes one 3 or 4 pin connector per fan and comes with an adapter for each one. I upgraded the fans to nicer ones with more umph. I'd recommend that, as the fans that come with this are pretty unimpressive overall.
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
458899
Air flows from the front (label) to the back. Intake is from the corsair label.