Nick Black

Nick Black of Atlanta and his personal wiki of linux, computers, postmodern literature, nuclear physics, and cartoonish supervillainy.

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More than you cared to know about PC fans

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Fans, an active cooling element, move air in a system. Heat must be removed from the site of its production, and from the system as a whole. A fan increases heat convection with surrounding air via airflow. Air is at its highest pressure immediately in front of the fan, and at lowest pressure immediately behind it.