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Spare CPU fan uses

  • 17-09-2013 9:27pm
    #1
    sketchpad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 185 ✭✭


    I just upgraded from stock heatsink and fan on my AMD A10-6800K.
    Any suggestions of practical or even not-so-practical uses for the old cpu fan and or heatsink?


Comments

  • #2
    Fatal Except1on
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭Fatal Except1on


    Just hold onto it and leave it somewhere safe - you'll never know when you need it.
    Your new cooler could die, get broken, get noisy, etc etc.

    Always good to have a spare :)


  • #3
    sketchpad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 185 ✭✭sketchpad


    Fatal Except1on wrote: »
    Always good to have a spare :)

    Thats true.
    I was thinking of using it to as HDD cooler but only if I can get it to run at 50%.
    Its too loud at 100%.


  • #4
    connorfleming
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 105 ✭✭connorfleming


    sketchpad wrote: »
    Its too loud at 100%.

    Fan speed controllers are really cheap. I got this one:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Channel-Pin-Connector-Blue-Controller/dp/B006Z8LB6S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384965028&sr=8-1&keywords=fan+speed+controller

    It's really cheap feeling but I've been using it for over a year with no problems. I stored it in a 2.5inch bay on the front of my PC on my old build, and it looks ok with the blue LED's. Now I have it stored in a hard drive bay and its only use is the controlling of the fans, completely invisible to the outside. Works a treat, I have all my case fans at about 75% so they are quiet and still pushing a lot of air.


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