Question 1

Does this fan blow air out of computer?

Accepted Answer

Technically all fans are capable of blowing air out of a computer. This happens to be a pretty good fan if it meets your needs for connection and air flow.

If you're wanting to increase the air flow and efficiency in your existing system, the first thing you should do is research the best ways to have positive pressure in your case and how to manipulate the flow of air to get the best cooling over the integral parts.

In the most basic scenarios, if you have a front fan, a side fan, and a rear fan, there are different schools of thought, but for my money, I would have the front fan and side fan blowing in (to both create positive air pressure AND to target the areas that need the most cooling), and then have the rear fan blow out, causing the channel of air to go across and over the motherboard and (hopefully) GPU and then out the back.

There are literally hundreds of good blog posts, articles and videos on this - Newegg actually has a great series of videos on Youtube for building your own system, you should check those out.

Question 2

Sorry to bother anyone who received this message, but does this case fan use a 4 pin connector which connects onto the motherboard, or does it use a molex on a power supply? Thanks!

Accepted Answer

It has the 4-pin motherboard connector.

Question 3

Does it include the same clip-on mount included in the Hyper 212 Plus?

Accepted Answer

No, the Hyper should come with a spare set of clip ons so you can add this fan to the cooler for push-pull. This is just the fan.

Question 4

Can this work with the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo?

Accepted Answer

Good question in terms of finding a matching fan. Seems you can add a second one but you can't find one with the same min and max speeds which might work oddly at times. 2 matching fans might work better if that's your plan. These are good fans but you could search around for a better deal if one doesn't cut it.

Question 5

Will this fan act as a replacement to the fan on the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO? The fan that attaches to the heatsink has plastic lip clips to keep it in place, but from the images this doesn't seem to have those, so I am unsure if it will attach to the heatsink as the one that comes with the full product.

Accepted Answer

That is precisely what I used this fan as a replacement for. The clips are not part of the fan but a separate piece you can remove and attach to a new fan.

Question 6

I wanted to get this fan to replace an old dead one and recently had to push my current fans to the max to keep it cool. The header closest to the mounting spot is a 3-pin, is this comparable?

Accepted Answer

ONLY IF THE FAN HAS A 3 PIN CONNECTOR

Question 7

Can I safely mount this fan sideways instead of the usual way. Will the bearings allow it?

Accepted Answer

Fan is designed to be installed vertically or horizontally. might shorten the life at other angles.. but its a inexpensive fan.. who cares.. :)

Question 8

does this fan have a 3 pin and a 2 pin connector on the same cable?  I need this for case fans in my Cooler Master Cosmos II tower.

Accepted Answer

I'm sorry but this fan looks like a 4 pin to me.

Question 9

I am needing to run 9 case fans in my new setup (9x120mm radiator) and am curious about power draw for 1x fan.

The controller I am planning to use is rated at 20w.

Does anyone know what the maximum power draw is for one or nine fans?

Accepted Answer

At max speed, they will consume 360mA.  Nine of them will use a little less than 3.6 amps, so that puts them well over 20W....

Question 10

How long are the cables connected to the 4 pin power?  i have a problem with finding the front fan for my case, the power connections on my mobo are kind of far.

Accepted Answer

Best thing to do is to buy some extender cables to reach.   I am sure that you can find some from Newegg.

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