#5334221

Hughesy

2016-09-13 12:24

So basically if you have your PC next to you, on startup you get a face full of dust.

#5334222

fantaskarsef

2016-09-13 12:33

I've had a GTX 580 Lightning from MSI, it had those backwards spinning fans at startup too. Mind you, it may take a bit longer to get those dust buildups, but it happens anyway. Would still buy fans because of their performance / noise.

#5334359

David Lake

2016-09-13 18:10

So basically if you have your PC next to you, on startup you get a face full of dust.

Hill arious!

#5334403

scoter man1

2016-09-13 20:19

I've had a GTX 580 Lightning from MSI, it had those backwards spinning fans at startup too. Mind you, it may take a bit longer to get those dust buildups, but it happens anyway. Would still buy fans because of their performance / noise.

Was going to ask if anyone had fans with that feature/if they noticed a difference. I figured it wouldn't do much.

#5334408

alanm

2016-09-13 20:42

Dust still gets inside. Since I clean out the PC every once in a while, fans are done in the process, so dont see much point in self-cleaning fans.

#5334463

Hughesy

2016-09-14 00:33

Was going to ask if anyone had fans with that feature/if they noticed a difference. I figured it wouldn't do much.

Thing is it never made sense for a GPU to have this. So it blows the dust away from the card, dust is then flying about inside the case, and most will end up back where it came from. It's a selling gimmick more than anything

#5334472

Humanoid_1

2016-09-14 01:01

Once you have a good case with decent fan filters there is no need for reversing fans. I had them on one of my past GFx cards, when working on overclocks etc, with regular PC restarts, I found the high revving reverse fans really annoying, especially late at night.

#5334564

TheDeeGee

2016-09-14 10:20

So basically if you have your PC next to you, on startup you get a face full of dust.

Pretty much like this https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/r0tZMXXNmJazns9inILCnQ--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9ODAwO2lsPXBsYW5l/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/958a3901d176498d803e5412e1dca04c.jpg

#5334624

Hughesy

2016-09-14 13:43

Haha that explains it perfectly :heh: