Will this fan be too far away to cool the Raspberry Pi off?
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I have plans to overclock my Pi but I do not know if the fan needs to be directly on the heatsink.
Here is a picture of it:
Let me know if you need any more information, and I am new to the forum so I apologize if I did anything wrong. -
@ethanmlego there is a very technical equation to determine the closeness of the fan, size and rating of cpu, and the size of the fan.
But I will simplify it as distance should be directly proportional to the size of the fan. Judging by the distance away I'd recommend the following fan:
Primary concern would be to have proper ventilation to pull out the hot air being dissipated by the heat sink. I would recommend trying a few different placements while checking the temp from the terminal to see what works best.
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