Thermalright XP-120 question

[Sanborn]

When you have a 120mm fan on it.... is it better for the fan to blow or suck air?

second, is there any other coolers you guys would recommend that could fit in Stacker830 and possibly allow the 4-fan addon on the side door.

[sephiroth8748]

It's better to blow down.

[Clint]

It's designed for blow down, but tests has shown only a 1-3C difference...so if you can live with that it should work ok.
What you loose is the cooling of the components sorrounding the socket, the XP-120 is quite low so you will loose a good bit of "bonus cooling" from the downwards air.

[Sanborn]

Have any of you tried it with a Core 2 Duo yet?

I have a Stacker 830 case and I plan on using the 4-fan side holder so I'm fairly sure the large coolers like the Tuniq 120 won't fit my case (but if it does....that may change things ha! )