Have they changed the mounting system or do they still rely on the hollow screws that break the mounting plate rods?

https://gcdnb.pbrd.co/images/RCvmlybBoCHB.jpg?o=1 The fan in the above picture would move air into the CPU cooler. https://gcdnb.pbrd.co/images/bBOEUGelszwi.jpg?o=1 That would mean in this picture that the air flow would be moving from the back of the computer into the CPU cooler which would then be blow out as hot air to the front of the computer. This is all happening while the CPU fan is battling the airflow from the exhaust fan mounted on the back panel of the computer case? This is unless the fan in question is incorrectly positioned in the first photo or air is drawn through the blades of the fan backwards to how a standard fan design works? Odd in any case!

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air is drawn through the blades of the fan backwards to how a standard fan design works? Odd in any case!

Yes, it is an exhaust fan, you can see that the blades point outwards unlike common fans. It is an unusual take (I think I've only seen Antec do an inverted fan, though that was for aesthetically pleasing case intake fans) but it should work the same since the whole thing seems closed like a wind tunnel, the only opening is the front grill and case fans should direct enough fresh air there for the exhaust fan and the middle 140mm fan to force it through. It has the advantage of letting access to all RAM slots without fiddling, now the problem is clearing the silly height of some VRM heatsinks with all the bulk being in the back. PS. And the silly weak mounting mechanism, but that's another story.

That's one hell of a sexy cooling tower, probably the best-looking air cooler I have ever seen. 😱