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- Dec 7, 2008
My Cooler Master Hyper TX3 fan had been making some noise and recently went into full on banshee mode. Needless to say that is annoying but as well often a prelude to death.
The thing is it is a 92mm fan that is riveted, yes riveted, onto its mounting flanges. So while I could drill out the rivets, maybe, if I'm super careful it seems like a lot of work when I can maybe hack up some other solutions.
Currently my solution was to use the last of my 80mm fans that I bought in bulk a long time ago and just set it on top of the cooler. It is working but not very well. (Leet cam quality pic inc.)
Now I do have one more 80mm fan left and I'm wondering if a push/pull setup would offset the fact that I seem to be getting some lost cooling.
Getting to the lost cooling. My temps are higher than I had with the single 92mm fan mounted below the unit pushing air up. My current temps are manageable but still a bit higher than I'd like even for a temp solution.
The other option is to try and see if the single 80mm fan mounted below pushing up would help as I believe some of the issue is that having it sit on the fits that want to radiate heat upwards is causing my temp increases.
One other data point, the case fan is pointed inwards blowing fresh air onto the rad.
Finally remember this is going to be a temp solution, unless it works out way better than expected, so it is designed to be hackish. The TX3 was from my old rig and was pretty cheap to boot. I will get to a long term solution once I've decided if I'm going to do any holiday sale related upgrades. Thanks!
The thing is it is a 92mm fan that is riveted, yes riveted, onto its mounting flanges. So while I could drill out the rivets, maybe, if I'm super careful it seems like a lot of work when I can maybe hack up some other solutions.
Currently my solution was to use the last of my 80mm fans that I bought in bulk a long time ago and just set it on top of the cooler. It is working but not very well. (Leet cam quality pic inc.)
Now I do have one more 80mm fan left and I'm wondering if a push/pull setup would offset the fact that I seem to be getting some lost cooling.
Getting to the lost cooling. My temps are higher than I had with the single 92mm fan mounted below the unit pushing air up. My current temps are manageable but still a bit higher than I'd like even for a temp solution.
The other option is to try and see if the single 80mm fan mounted below pushing up would help as I believe some of the issue is that having it sit on the fits that want to radiate heat upwards is causing my temp increases.
One other data point, the case fan is pointed inwards blowing fresh air onto the rad.
Finally remember this is going to be a temp solution, unless it works out way better than expected, so it is designed to be hackish. The TX3 was from my old rig and was pretty cheap to boot. I will get to a long term solution once I've decided if I'm going to do any holiday sale related upgrades. Thanks!
