First post, by Shponglefan
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I'm in the process of building two systems: Pentium 200 and a Pentium Pro 200. The heatsinks I have for both processors don't allow for easy attachment of dedicated fans. For the Pentium 200, I would normally use a low-profile copper heatsink with fan attachment points, but on this particular motherboard it won't fit.
In both setups, I will have 80mm case intake fans blowing towards the these heatsinks. So there will be some airflow moving across these heatsinks. In the below pic, I've tried to approximate the location of the fan relative to the heatsink.
The Pentium Pro heatsink is unobstructed, but the Pentium 200 heatsink is partially blocked by the voltage regulators and their own heatsinks.
While attaching fans directly on top of these heatsinks isn't simple, I could zip-tie a dedicated fan adjacent to the heatsink. I could either have it so the fan blows down through the heatsink, or pulls air up from the heatsink. Not sure which would be better in that case.