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Need suggestions: buying a replacement FAN for my MSI NX6600GT
Well, my card has now gone through 2 fans, the last one in only a
year. Does anyone have any suggestions on what fan to buy to replace it? It's under warranty but they are out, and the only option they're giving me is to pay them $45 for a new card.... which will probably have the fan die in a year. Lovely. (yes, I understand it's an old card. I'd rather not buy a heatsink, or a new card, if I can just get away with replacing the fan. I'm on a budget these days - I'm now a proud father. Thank you.) I've measured the fan and the hole - both are about 55 mm across, while the 3 holes in the base are each about 3mm from the edge of the fan. I went looking at sites (buyextras, newegg, frozencpu), but can't seem to find a matching fan. Here's what the card looks like. http://www.pctuning.cz/ilustrace2/pe...TAGP_front.jpg Here's what some somewhat-matching fans look like. This one's 50, not 55, and I worry that it won't move enough air through. http://www.buyextras.com/ev50dc12vbuf1.html a fan that I don't think will fit, due to the housing, but should be about the right size. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835116003 Ideally, I'm looking for someone who carries a fan that will fit in there and last more than a year. This is the AGP version, not the PCI version, if that makes a difference. Thanks in advance! |
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Need suggestions: buying a replacement FAN for my MSI NX6600GT
What's wrong with your fans ?
Try oiling them Bye, Skybuck. |
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Need suggestions: buying a replacement FAN for my MSI NX6600GT
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Well, my card has now gone through 2 fans, the last one in only a year. Does anyone have any suggestions on what fan to buy to replace it? It's under warranty but they are out, and the only option they're giving me is to pay them $45 for a new card.... which will probably have the fan die in a year. Lovely. (yes, I understand it's an old card. I'd rather not buy a heatsink, or a new card, if I can just get away with replacing the fan. I'm on a budget these days - I'm now a proud father. Thank you.) I've measured the fan and the hole - both are about 55 mm across, while the 3 holes in the base are each about 3mm from the edge of the fan. I went looking at sites (buyextras, newegg, frozencpu), but can't seem to find a matching fan. Here's what the card looks like. http://www.pctuning.cz/ilustrace2/pe...TAGP_front.jpg Here's what some somewhat-matching fans look like. This one's 50, not 55, and I worry that it won't move enough air through. http://www.buyextras.com/ev50dc12vbuf1.html a fan that I don't think will fit, due to the housing, but should be about the right size. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835116003 Ideally, I'm looking for someone who carries a fan that will fit in there and last more than a year. This is the AGP version, not the PCI version, if that makes a difference. Thanks in advance! http://www.xpcgear.com/vgasavcnv6r2.html |
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Need suggestions: buying a replacement FAN for my MSI NX6600GT
Thanks for the ideas, guys.... but what I'm looking for is the fan
specifically. I'm happy enough with the heatsink. Where can I find a good 55mm fan that will fit in there? Thanks. |
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Need suggestions: buying a replacement FAN for my MSI NX6600GT
Replacement OEM fans of that size are hard to find (partly because they
perform poorly and move very little air). Better to just remove the fan, remove the heat sink shroud, and zip-tie an 80mm case fan to the heat sink. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." wrote in message ups.com... Thanks for the ideas, guys.... but what I'm looking for is the fan specifically. I'm happy enough with the heatsink. Where can I find a good 55mm fan that will fit in there? Thanks. |
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