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Comp help? Get the fuck in here, You love me.

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#1
Comp help? Get the fuck in here, You love me.
So. I would have put this in the PC section, but its missing.

So. It shall be here.

Does anybody know where to find one of these fans for an asus motherboard? Got a badass desktop from my boss, and well...the motherboards fan doesnt work. Replaced it with a heatsink + thermal compound for now, But goddamn its hot.

so...Probablly going to be switching back to a direct replacement of what was there. Here is a picture I took + MS paint.

#2
What Type?
#3
How big is the case? Micro ATX or ATX? If you're going to get a new one why not upgrade? :> Also, what temp is it at normally with the temporary heatsync? Trying to decide how powerful to go here.
#4
Thomas wrote:
How big is the case? Micro ATX or ATX? If you're going to get a new one why not upgrade? :> Also, what temp is it at normally with the temporary heatsync? Trying to decide how powerful to go here.


With the heatsink on it...Around 140ºf to the touch, Though it does not seem to suffer from any operational flaws.
ATX, And, I have considered that, but bah, I only wanted the same one since it looked cool.

Personally I may downgrade it depending on if its over 25db ./leaves comp on at night and doesnt like loud fans

The case itself is ATX.


Without the heatsink, No clue how hot it was, But im certain it was preeeeety damn hot since it was causing performance problems for him, partly why he gave away the desktop.
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Aleena wrote:
With the heatsink on it...Around 140ºf to the touch, Though it does not seem to suffer from any operational flaws.
ATX, And, I have considered that, but bah, I only wanted the same one since it looked cool.

Personally I may downgrade it depending on if its over 25db ./leaves comp on at night and doesnt like loud fans

The case itself is ATX.


Without the heatsink, No clue how hot it was, But im certain it was preeeeety damn hot since it was causing performance problems for him, partly why he gave away the desktop.


The first time I read that I panicked at the fact your CPU was at 140 and you touched it. Then I noticed it was in Fahrenheit lol.

I'd have to say go with this one. One of my friends uses it without a problem, I think they're on an i7. It will take up some room in your case, but it's both silent and cools well.

It's weird that your CPU is so hot tho. Mine (AMD Phenom x4 Black edition) stays at around 25c with the stock cooler. You might wanna try switching thermal compounds as well. But wait until after you get the cooler. Usually they come with some really good thermal compound.

---------- Post added at 09:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:42 PM ----------

Forgot the link <.<


http://www.amazon.com/Zalman-CNPS9700LED-Ultra-Quiet-Cooler/dp/B000JSFZPS
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Thomas wrote:
The first time I read that I panicked at the fact your CPU was at 140 and you touched it. Then I noticed it was in Fahrenheit lol.

I'd have to say go with this one. One of my friends uses it without a problem, I think they're on an i7. It will take up some room in your case, but it's both silent and cools well.

It's weird that your CPU is so hot tho. Mine (AMD Phenom x4 Black edition) stays at around 25c with the stock cooler. You might wanna try switching thermal compounds as well. But wait until after you get the cooler. Usually they come with some really good thermal compound.

---------- Post added at 09:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:42 PM ----------

Forgot the link <.<


http://www.amazon.com/Zalman-CNPS9700LED-Ultra-Quiet-Cooler/dp/B000JSFZPS


It isnt the CPU, Its some other chipset on the board.
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You guys are lucky. My laptop gets to 70-80c. It'll make you nice and toasty if its sitting on your lap though.

Planning on buying a desktop soon. I really want one lol, I don't like laptops much and unless you want to spend a ton tey suck for gaming

/nothelpingatall
#8
Flareboy323 wrote:
You guys are lucky. My laptop gets to 70-80c. It'll make you nice and toasty if its sitting on your lap though.

Planning on buying a desktop soon. I really want one lol, I don't like laptops much and unless you want to spend a ton tey suck for gaming

/nothelpingatall


Nah it still helps~ Keeps my topic up on top.

anyways, Desktops > Laptops

they last longer, and are more customizable.
#11
Aleena wrote:
Looks to be 5mm too big, But, Im certain I can make it work. Thanks!


Known Compatible Asus Motherboard: K8N4-E Deluxe, K8N4-E SE, A8N-E, A8N-SLI, A8N-SLI SE, A8N-SLI Deluxe

If yours isn't one of those, you'll need to custom fit it.
And by custom fit, I mean quickfix.
#12
Aleena wrote:
It isnt the CPU, Its some other chipset on the board.


Oh, that's probably the northbridge. Check out Newegg, the reviews will tell you if they're any good/bad in terms of noise.

Izaya was quicker than me XD.
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Izaya wrote:
Known Compatible Asus Motherboard: K8N4-E Deluxe, K8N4-E SE, A8N-E, A8N-SLI, A8N-SLI SE, A8N-SLI Deluxe

If yours isn't one of those, you'll need to custom fit it.
And by custom fit, I mean quickfix.


Looks similar and has a good close size to it, So a quickfix will be simple, Bust out the dremel, use some bondo, blammo