It legitimately took me a second for my brain to un-break itself when I looked at the photo. First thinking...something's not right here....and not for even a moment thinking it would be something as stupid as putting the heat-sink on the case fan... Then the realisation that yes...it really is something that stupid.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In the old days, before laptops, we used to call the case and everything in it the CPU. You had your monitor, keyboard, mouse, maybe printer, maybe modem, and they would all plug into the "CPU." Yes, we knew there was also a chip inside called that but we didn't get all pedantic about it.

With that in mind: Place the CPU fan on the heat sink... That's exactly what they did.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That "we" isn't global. Some called it "the CPU", some called it "the hard drive", some made fun of those two groups for not knowing what they were talking about.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh, yes, I forgot it was also the hard drive! Now that I think about it, I'm not sure the proper name. Today I'd just call it the tower, but I'm not sure what the square ones that sat with the monitor on top would be called.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

I think those are where the name "desktop" comes from, though that term now refers to other computer things.

I refer to them as "tower", "case" (which is technically just the shell and frame, but can include the contents), "computer", or "machine".

[–] Darcranium@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I must be stupid then because I've legitimately had that idea to put a fan on the radiator looking thing to maximize the precision of the cooling. Cooling the thing that gets hot

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

As in, the CPU fan right on the heat sink? Yeah, that's a pretty standard setup. I've got it on mine. The CPU came with that cooler combo.

The key is to actually put that cooler on the CPU, not the chassis.

[–] Darcranium@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago

Ah I see. That IS a DUH moment

[–] Sprinks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

omfg, i caught the cpu was missing the heat sink, but completely spaced it being on the back exhaust.