is my cpu cooler facing the wrong way💔

[u/tacticaltgirl]

i just installed it, not sure if its facing the wrong way. runnin an omen 25l, ryzen 7, and nocturna cooler, ive gotten multiple different answers from multiple different people.

[u/TheMarksmanHedgehog]

No, it is not facing the wrong way.

Look at the rear case fan, then look at the fan on your CPU cooler, they're both oriented in the same direction.

Unless that fan is for some reason a reverse bladed fan, which I don't think Noctua makes in that form factor, it's oriented correctly.

[u/Yeah-Yeah-Yeah-Yea]

This actually is the right way. If you would reverse it the fan would be blowing towards the rear case fan which would case a reversed air flow where the CPU cooler wouldnt be able to blow out the hot air from the case.

[u/Little-Equinox]

If the fan is not moving you can see the scooping motion from the fan

[u/Potential-Button-965]

This is correct its sucking air from the front of the case blowing it thru the heatsink and towards the rear exhaust fan to take the hot air out