ive recently upgraded my processor to the one below and i bought an artic cooler pro 7 to go with it. i know for optimal performance the fan should be facing the ffront of the case allowing the cooler air to be passed over the heatsink and then out the back, however with my motherboard (asus p5n-e sli) the northbridge heatsink is in the way and so i cannot fit the hsf as mentioned. so my question is, if i install the hsf so that the fan is facing downwards towards gpu and thus allowing hot air to be pushed out from the hsf through the powersupply fan, will this be ok? my case has 3 120mm fans and 1 80mm and the side so it has good cool airflow. the fan on the side of my case would be blowing cold air directly onto the hsf, would this be ok?

Hi fenixriot,
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My suggestion is to simply try it and see how it goes. You can use a temp monitoring program such as SpeedFan to keep an eye on things. Also please try to use some puntuation in your messages so it is easier to read them.

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Well if you see anything getting over 55-60 C ... id see if you can put things better