The Actual Future of PC Cooling Fans 😱

[@ZachsTechTurf]

Let me know if you need a further explanation on reverse case fans lol 🙋‍♂️

[@KneeSurgery_amogus]

what do you think about 5090

[@Spider-man_in_a_frying_pan]

Does anyone have any low profile reverse fan recommendations, it’s almost impossible to find a good looking one

[@Mr.-Toad]

Bruh they really want my kidney...​@@KneeSurgery_amogus

[@woodcratestudios7500]

I've never built a PC before, but would want to use a fishtank one if I did. Would be great if you could explain more about reverse fans and stuff.

[@ZanManBip09]

I currently have a Dell Optiplex, with an Intel I3, what should I upgrade first?? What rout of upgrading should I do? Sorry I know this is probably a common question.

[@Isuckatclash]

I've been wondering why this hasn't been done for so long; we have controllable and reversible motors, why haven't we seen reversible fans

[@BeTheBestBeastt]

It’s because fan blades are typically curved, both to push more air and reduce noise. For this fan to work forward and backward, I assume the blades are flat

[@Isuckatclash]

@@BeTheBestBeastt couldn't they make the blades swappable so you could just turn them the other way, you could put a sticker over the hole of the side you want to see

[@SpectreEdits01]

@@Isuckatclash that's a thing already

[@ZenTunE-]

​@@SpectreEdits01 Really? First time hearing about that, sounds smart

[@SpectreEdits01]

@ Yea they're the Thermaltake swafan

[@casper75559]

It’s always aesthetics. Very rarely do we get tech improvements. I’m glad this one on the line. In between both.

[@dudekissmyass]

bro how can you improve a fan it is just a fan

[@corey2232]

Sure, it can spin in reverse, but the problem is the direction of the blades. You get better airflow when they spin in a specific direction, that's why it'd be better to just turn your fans around.

[@saliosnoctin7797]

Indeed, though it is a good idea to have a button to be able to stop them without shutting down the pc so you could clean them or fix something without damaging your fans or your fingers. The reverse would work in certain instances that required a short burst of reversed air but not for long term air flow purposes as that'd be more efficient with the direction of the blades themselves. Good catch there.

[@noobontour3167]

Thernaltake swafan, what i use.

[@basiliotornado]

​@@saliosnoctin7797 I hope i never have to work on my pc while it's running lol

[@MmmmmmmmEarHair]

Yes but have you considered ugly sticker?

[@Owen2108]

@@saliosnoctin7797 I've used a vaccuum on fans for 15 years, never had an issue. If youre concerned just leave a screwdriver in it and then clean. No need to spend 3x the price for a lazy boy button.

[@Garagelifestyle98]

Only the intake will run at full efficiency. Sure it can spin backwards but the direction of the blades makes a massive difference when it comes to the amount of air intake you achieve

[@Juju0LM]

But the question is: what about those who, for the sake of beauty, don't even worry about the direction of the fans and leave the Air flow all wrong, just keeping the rear fan and the holes in the case safeguarding the PC from spontaneously explosion ? For those people, these fans are perfect!

[@gtALIEN]

when u have 10 fans I'm sure a couple not running at full efficiency makes no difference

[@Garagelifestyle98]

@ that’s not the point.

[@Garagelifestyle98]

@ imagine you have a single AIO and a dual stack secondary. Your secondary runs intake and you set your AIO to run reverse as exhaust. If you run anything hotter than a 4070 and Ryzen 7 you’re going to thermal throttle due to negligence. I run a 4080 founders and 7800x3d. I wouldn’t in any lifetime buy this 🤣

[@gtALIEN]

@Garagelifestyle98 YOURE the one that's not getting the point, the whole reason for this feature is for aesthetics, not specific cooling features. If you've built a high end fish tank PC you'll realize how annoying it is to make sure you have reverse bladed fans or double sided fans to make sure the aesthetics stay on point while the intake and exhaust configurations are still the same. Think before you comment

[@FoxyGekkerson]

For my build, I got a few Thermaltake SWAFAN packs. They’re typical ARGB fans, except they also come with spare reverse blades, so if you want reverse blades, just pop the regular blades out and swap ‘em out for the reversed variety.

[@HectorDomino.]

It is all about the polarity, it also represents the circuitry is very simple. This reverse feature is available since the beginning of time, massive shout out to XPG to finally bring it to us.

[@bilalrasool1]

An airforce design is only supposed to work in 1 direction. Spinning it in reverse will move some air in the reverse direction, but a lot less than normal. To make reversible fans they will need to change the design and make it less optimized as a normal fan. So expect higher temps and louder fans

[@RandomToast64]

and i spent at least 2 hours trying to find the right fan orientation before my first build lol

[@greatvaluesup3rboy736]

Most of the time forward facing fans means air is getting pulled in with the “nice looking side being see from the outside into the case. Reverse means air is being pulled in but the “nice” side of the fan is seen from when you look inside to outside of the case. I spent some time figuring that out as well 🤘

[@RandomToast64]

@@greatvaluesup3rboy736 tysm

[@theweekndxo7438]

Idk why so many big name manufacturers don’t do this for their magnetic fans. Lian Li does but they’re insanely expensive lol Corsair doesn’t and theirs looks the best imo. NZXT doesn’t and doesn’t even have magnetic fans yet. I’m using Thermalright fans cause they’re cheap and have reverse fans for the same model. But good lord the wiring is so annoying.

[@JamaiiQ]

Nzxt = gay

[@Heinkaaz]

@@JamaiiQlet me guess ur the person to think a 4060 is a bad card because of the price.

[@JamaiiQ]

@@Heinkaaz lol nope??

[@Not_Deb]

I recently saw a video where they were talking about the Fan blades which pop out and you can put that backward to change the flow of air, something similar to this but here you changing the blade's direction and not the motor's That seemed very convenient

[@Kagamiya]

i think that was thermaltake swafan

[@Bassfish6102]

Can you make a video about some mousepad options? I’ve been using a small one for a while and it is very annoying.

[@ivan_kri_]

Sadly, this won't be the future of PC fans, since it's most likely patented, and Adata (XPG) won't give this patent away

[@shankingshark]

Idk, I don't think you can patent magnets, their copying corsair so just using something slightly diffrent works.

[@ivan_kri_]

@@shankingshark not magnet, the fan direction switch (and all wireless fans copy Phanteks, not Corsair)

[@shankingshark]

@ivan_kri_ Oh, I didn't know phantek made them first. But I'm sure it will just go from a switch to a software setting

[@ivan_kri_]

@@shankingshark I haven't though of that actually, getting a patent as hard as a software feature might just not be worth it and we will end up with a new generation of fans

[@shankingshark]

@@ivan_kri_ Yea engineering always finds a way

[@comradebork]

I would like to see a discussion of optimal airflow patterns for various cases. Do people usually blow in from the back and suck out from the top, or vice versa? In-back/out-top seems to me to blow cool air onto the GPU and CPU, then take advantage of hot air rising.

[@Pntbttrofficial]

YES IN BACK AGAIN!!!

[@JTCF]

Aren't the fan blades durectional? They perform better in one direction than the other.

[@livingplasma]

Fan blades/propellers can be made bi-directional and they did kind of do that with the straight blade profile. Their own website does show reverse operation has lower CFM and static pressure.

[@SerCaliber]

A fan that you can reverse the blades would have been better. Making your ceiling fan spin the other way doesn’t produce as much airflow for example

[@bywadim]

Super cool, super expensive 😂

[@Soul-Demon-Y]

Ahh, Finally a innovation in Cabinets

[@terminaq]

Man I hate the fact that I kinda got gaslighted by you, because I didn’t care about the aesthetics and looks of the pc, but now I’m starting to feel like I want a good looking one. You also converted me to team AMD 😅

[@Laz3rManKal3]

For a $2000 pc build should I go for a 4080 Super, or the AMD equivalent?

[@nicky4092]

depends on what you'll use it for, for pure gaming and not really care about RT just go with 7900 xtx for now, if you can hold it a little longer you can wait for the next GPU generation starting next year

[@lchrlstlanl]

I got two random, very cheap fans in my pc (as well as regular ones), and they both have a switch to change directions

[@GabrielCañaveral-r2r]

ive been waiting on this, finallyy

[@Gurowho]

have you heard or used a 6500 XT 8Gb card? i havent seen a big tech youtuber like you really review such card.

[@shankingshark]

Why? Its a kinda crappy card. The 5700xt is better for the price and the 6500xt just doesn't make sense compared to a 6600.

[@Jambo-c9z]

what would you recommend for someone wanting to get into the pc building community as a career?

[@renofumi28]

I doubt other brands will copy this, since brands always wanted you to buy a brand new one.

[@spazzyllama8603]

My problem with those is just the sheer price you have to pay for a fan with cool tbings like that. Of course you can buy your generic fans buts i wish they would just come out with more affordable and some cool features

[@FlikkzFN]

hey zach. whats the best PC case for a aesthetic but all black $1900 build?

[@shankingshark]

Depends on rgb and how much your willing to spend.

[@Kontollerjoe]

Hot take: Magnetic fans are overrated since the magnetic part are only useful in the building process, not the actual functionality of the PC.

[@shankingshark]

Kinda, it's better for looks.

[@cliniquee]

With just a low price of ≈ $40 for 1 fan 😅

[@Mark_catface]

Yupp

[@xchanr9488]

I feel like having designs on both sides would fix the whole reverse fan situation, but who knows.

[@Crystalcluster]

This surely hurts the airflow / static pressure performance of the fans

[@Deuces888]

but the fan blades are fixed and designed to move air in one direction. unless they came up with fan blades that will push air clockwise or counter-clockwise. otherwise youd be spending full price for a fan that will do less than have of its performance.

[@TristanPomponi-q2o]

Which fans do you recommend for a budget but still RGB

[@pretslez9392]

I just bought a 7800xt for $420. Should I have waited for the new gpu season or is this as good as it gets. I’m planning on pairing this with a 7600x3d

[@Numbatmemesandgaming]

Zack I just built my first pc which has a 4060 and a ryzen 5 5600x but I’m struggling on deciding what monitor I shout get as I’m currently using some old 60hz Samsung

[@shankingshark]

If you want budget koorui is not terrible, but I have a Samsung g3 165hz monitor and that's always good. But just search by hz and panel type (Ips is better but more expensive)

[@AMDFan-s1y]

Get a 120 Hz 1080p LCD one.

[@Chan-qp9cy]

Shipped to Canada, please

[@thethree123-d1l]

is the 12600k paired with 7800xt for 1 grand good?

[@SuperfluousIndividual]

Right, so, 50€ each, right? Gotcha.

[@kevinluo9747]

Should I build a new pc or should I wait till the amd 8000 card comes out? 1: 8000 cards are new and 2: when the 8000 card comes out, amd 7000 card prices will drop… is it correct?

[@shankingshark]

If your planning around the 8000 launch. Don't. It's weaker more budget gpu's and amds price will still be high, just buy whatever card fits your budget.

[@yasiraljuboori9154]

Zach is gonna upgrade from pc builds to car builds, he doesn’t like incremental improvements unfortunately.

[@PiskenDragen]

Aren't fan blades made to be quiet and efficient pushing air in one way? I mean, if you just reverse the spin direction it will suck the air instead of pushing it, but won't that make them louder and way less efficient?

[@emoziller]

I feel like this would be more inefficient than the normal fans

[@NancyLopez-x4e]

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[@peytonpace4092]

What would be a good monitor to pair with the PC you made in the $475 Gaming PC Build Guide 3 months ago?

[@shankingshark]

Anything 1080p that's high hz. Koorui for budget. Samsung, LG for colour's

[@indrahaseo]

I'm pretty sure Lian li or Corsairs or Noctua fans going to copy these future of PC cooling fans soon

[@hattiestkid2634]

Yo Zach! I thought youd find this cool. Im making my upgrade from AM4 to AM5 and although Newegg and everywhere is sold out of decenyly priced 9800x3ds. Newegg was selling it paired with some motherboards still in stock, since im already upgrading it anyways I had to take that deal!.

[@Jasongy827]

I wish this is done a lot sooner but hey company has to make their money

[@zardilio7931]

Im looking to get a low budget pc. It has a used GeForce RTX 3050 8gb and a $195 AMD Ryzen5 5600x bundled with a ASUS Prime B550-Plus and a $50 ddr4 2x8gb 3600mhz. Is this a good low budget build.

[@AlexHusTech]

*Pretty cool design*

[@401nailhead]

For a first time builder wanting a high end gaming pc, is the ryzen 7 7700x, and gigabyte rx 7700 xt, a bit too much?

[@gavbidooof]

I've seen a few fans have this before on amazon

[@Barto25001]

I have GTX 1650 in my laptop should I plan to buy new pc soon or I will be fine for a bit?

[@nicky4092]

if you want to play newer game comfortably than you should consider to upgrade either to newer laptop or build a pc

[@CigaretteEater-]

GTX 1650 laptop… depends what you want to play. If you like modding the hell out of like Minecraft or other games yes. If you want to play games like cyberpunk, satisfactory, bodycam then also yes. But if you just play games like vanilla minecraft, terraria, stardew valley, then you should be fine

[@skeenoogaming]

First Best 3060 alternative amd or navida for better fps little bit 1440p and value for money under 300 to 400 dollars. second does brand matter for GPU

[@ekillops22]

300-400? 7700XT would be good

[@skeenoogaming]

@ekillops22 does i5 12400f great with 550w power supply or any great option

[@Death_dragon-ne8hr]

What are some good specs and parts for a budget PC made to play VR?

[@shankingshark]

Whats the budget?

[@Real_The_Goof]

I want a new beige case.. no one makes beige cases anymore..

[@lathenfrank-mm4ie]

Those won’t be as effective or efficient in reverse though then a normal reverse blade fan

[@glasscannon4723]

My lian li fans are also reservable but instead of the button you have to order it already in reverse

[@snakebirb]

Zach please recommend a website i can use to buy prebuilts in new zealand.

[@PeytonAdickes]

Zach, is a ryzen 5 7600 and rx 7600 a good combo? Thanks!

[@shankingshark]

Quiet good. I would get a 6750xt or used 6800xt though as their better value and more perforemence.

[@danielencarnacion2309]

i found my fan! Thank you

[@JohnSmith-q2g]

I'm thinking of upgrading from my rtx 3050 and i7--7700K pre-built, to an rx 7800 xt with a r5 7500 that I will build any other suggestions for gpu's or cpu's to use would be appreciated (my budget is 2k)

[@shankingshark]

For 2k you should be able to get a 7900xtx and a 7 7800x3d. What's your parts list?

[@BURGERGAMERGAMING]

Are there graphics cards that aren’t the name brands? Like non Nvidia, AMD, intel?

[@cocolasticot9027]

Yeah you got that one from

[@Weroleytor]

There used to be, 3dfx with their Voodoo lineup comes to mind, nowadays we only have the two main ones + Intel

[@L_ightninng]

nothing that would be useful for anything other than just giving you a video output

[@MajinOthinus]

Technically, yes. Practically, outside of very niche uses, no.

[@RADGoodstatsforthecost]

This info would have been better 9 days back. When my fishtank was built

[@glasscannon4723]

Ditto im just now finishing my build 😅

[@Mr.gdoos929]

Should I buy the 1080 ti for 1080p gaming?

[@shankingshark]

Used if you can get a super good price. But it lacks raytracting, frame gen, and dlss so you can't fall back to ai tricks If it doesn't perform.

[@ShadowAngelS2K]

Now thats what weve been waiting for, finally we dont have to buy 2 different fan models

[@Echo_Zest]

hello zach, what case fans do you recommend ?

[@skullbones1014]

What about the blades orientation? How’s that work?

[@HeinzMerse]

Hi Zach! I got a PC from Ebay last year. My components: i5 8400, GTX 1060 6gb, 16gb DDR 4 RAM, 1tb HDD, 128gb SSD. Is it a good combo? The price was 179,0$. Was it a good deal?

[@InitialPlayz]

You ask him on his tik tok

[@zaprogamer2641]

Hey there zach. Is there a chance that smth like ryzen 9950x3d comes out like the 7950x3d for the 9000 series?

[@shankingshark]

Leaks are saying mid January

[@niranjanshibu7757]

I need advice on a pc build I am planning, finding a used office pc with an i7 8700 cpu, 16gb ram and adding in a 4070 super for 1440p oled gaming 😂 Is it a good idea...? I mean I will upgrade the motherboard and cpu sooner or later.

[@shankingshark]

Honestly no. The cpu will cause such a huge bottleneck it's not worth it. Along with the case not properly fitting it along with need to fit an atx psu in their as office pcs have like 300w psu's and a 4070 super need a 650w minimum

[@niranjanshibu7757]

Yea, the case is big enough, I checked and I will get a 750W gold psu, will the bottleneck really be that much...?

[@shankingshark]

@niranjanshibu7757 I mean it's a 3 socket old cpu at this point. So in 1440p you'll have s little more headroom. But it still going to be a 10-30% bottleneck. I would go to am5 first.

[@Madam_Tessa]

would look good in h6 flow

[@thousandofwords1121]

Zack. I want ask questions about buy a new GPU Right now. My PC Specification is CPU : I3-12100F Motherboard : MSI H610M-S Pro GPU : RX 570 I want to buy between RX 6500XT and RTX 3050. What's the best choice from your opinion??

[@shankingshark]

Used 5700xt. Don't even buy a 3050. But get a dued 5700xt or a 6600. The 6500xt is not an amazing card.

[@thousandofwords1121]

@shankingshark honestly, RX 6600 not in my list. Bcs of money. So rn between RX 6500XT or 5700XT??

[@thousandofwords1121]

@@shankingshark btw, but the power between 6500xt and 5700xt much different right??

[@shankingshark]

@@thousandofwords1121 70-100% increase in performance, it's not even close. Just get a 5700xt.

[@HoplasFanboi]

I'm upgrading from a dell optiplex to a custom rx 7600xt build is this a good upgrade

[@MetabolicFrolic]

Okay, that's actually cool.

[@badarshahbaz1074]

I was wondering if I should upgrade my PC or just make a new build because the performance is just okish for AAA titles The current specs are Ryzen 5 2600X MSI B450M Gaming Plus motherboard 16 Gigs 2666MHz DDR4 RTX 3050 8GB (Before anyone flames me it was the same price as a 1660S because I got it off a whole sale dealer and 3060 was sky high in Pakistan) 500 watt Power Supply MSI 2K 180Hz monitor paired with this Any guidance would be appreciated

[@Xeno_Supernova]

I upgraded from an i7-4790 with integrated graphics to a Ryzen 5 7600 with an RX 7600

[@NLBAvoid]

I have a question should I buy a new gpu right now or should I wait for the new rtx 50 series to come out

[@shankingshark]

Wait. It's better for price drops as it's coming I less than 3 months

[@piloulecoco6551]

Thoughts on the alienware aurora r16?

[@shankingshark]

Don't. Alien ware is overpriced hp recycled pcs

[@MaxFlub]

Until those magnets mess something up eventually

[@RevaNight13]

Corsair already created these 💀

[@CigaretteEater-]

Dude his Corsair rep is gonna be angry

[@shankingshark]

Corsair created cableless fans which are nice but not reversible

[@kasrowi2427]

what about the blades, reverse blade included or what?

[@adamwaldner3572]

i wanna build a pc for 750 what parts do you recommend

[@MatthieuB-n8y]

Im wanting a 4070 super, is there anything better i can get around the same price range? Or should i stick with the 4070 super.

[@shankingshark]

The 7900 xt is far better In perforemence compared to the 4070 super

[@boogiebooster]

hi zach, can you make a video about the rtx 2070 GPU and if its still good for gaming? also i never hear anyone talk about that card

[@AMDFan-s1y]

It's irrelevant because there better options.

[@TommatPL]

Recently I accidently bought an INTERNAL ssd while looking for EXTERNAL ssd (it’s a long story) but my uncle said I could buy a conversion kit/pocket for internal ssd to turn it into external. Should I do it?

[@SC-kun]

Like who cares about case fans? Who really cares about the fancy rgb aesthetics of the fans? I'm actually happy with the Arctic P12 PWM fans i have for my MSI MAG Forge 100R

[@laerxitram]

my friend is trying to find a good build for 550-600$ what parts do you recomend

[@tyde_8002]

I have an i5 4950 is it time to upgrade or could I squeeze a few more years out of it?

[@shankingshark]

Buy an upgrade, it's a decade old at this point.

[@AMDFan-s1y]

i3-14100F if you want a good budget new one.

[@neko-san-uu9rt]

I need a Pc that can do video editing and 3d modeling/ animation. What should I use ?

[@shankingshark]

Whats your price

[@neko-san-uu9rt]

​@@shankingshark Around 1300. I don't mind going over if i need to stretch for some really important part

[@shankingshark]

@neko-san-uu9rt for that you should be able to get a 7 7700x and 4070ti super or 7900xtx. If your 3d modeling you might like the extra vram from the 7900 xtx

[@RomanHold]

I'd be more interested in it having 6 and not just 4 coils of copper wire.

[@gman_22]

They’ll be like $50 a piece. I’ll pass.

[@DefenetlynotNik]

Yeah but the blade design is optimised for only one direction

[@masonkyles5851]

I have a I-5 12600K, a EVGA RTX 2070, dell monitor 144 hertz, 32 gigs of DDR4 ram. What should I upgrade

[@cocolasticot9027]

What a weird question. Nothing, if your setup satisfies your needs. 🤷 If you just want something for under the Christmas tree, a GPU. Or socks. Everyone needs a good pair of socks.

[@AMDFan-s1y]

Get a RTX 4070 or RX 6800 XT

[@SamwichVR]

How should I start a PC building company pls put in video

[@VincentWolfheart]

Why can't companies just make fans that look the same on both sides so it doesn't matter?

[@shankingshark]

Ok so make a motor that's invisible

[@VincentWolfheart]

@@shankingshark You're acting like there's no innovation anymore there are always ways to improve a product and we have been improving products at a astounding rates over the last 50+ years. Look at storage devices for example a little over 20 years ago people had PCs that were on average between 500 MB and 1 GB in storage capacity and that was normal. The point I'm trying to get at is that you shouldn't limit your self to what you know but what could be.

[@shankingshark]

@VincentWolfheart Yes we can make more precise manufacturing processes, but making something flat out invisible is near impossible, and costly. It's not about limiting innovation, it's about semi realistic

[@RANGED_MONEY]

Hey what is ur home defense weapon

[@ramyRHM]

RGB doesn't give you more fps it just makes your pc shinier Plus I hate RGB because the light gets in my way when I use the computer

[@PierceGibbss]

Naw it gives me 10+ fps

[@MajinOthinus]

OI LADZ! DIS GIT DUN EVAN PAINT 'IS CAR RED TA GO FASTA! 'E'S NOT ROIGHT IN 'IS NOGGIN'!

[@christMontejo]

elo What monitor should i buy? i saw a 1080p 180hz semi curved i dont really care that much about the quality of the game i want performance and curved monitor please suggest cheap and good thanks!

[@shankingshark]

If you don't care about colour's buy koorui

[@vivaanlakshmiratan2859]

Zach, here where i live the rx7900xtx and 4080 s are around the same price with 7900xtx being slightly more expensive, what should i do?

[@AMDFan-s1y]

Get the 7900 XTX if you want the best AMD GPU, if you want ray tracing then Nvidia.