Fan Salvage

iviv · 7 May 2008 at 15:48

After getting a new heatsink and fan, my stock intel heatsink is looking very sad, and is probably going to be thrown away. However, it still has a fan attached to it, and because you can never have enough case fans, I'm curious as to if I could remove it and stick it somewhere on my case (Antec 900).
The main problem would be powering it, since its got one of the small 4 pin thingies, and I'm not sure if there's anywhere else on my mobo that I could plug it. Is this possible, and would it be worth it? I think with a few elastic bands I'd be able to attach it to the side vent

Cyber-Mav · 7 May 2008 at 15:52

stop being a cheapskate and spend 1 quid and get yourself a regular case fan. far less hassle than its worth.

David91 · 7 May 2008 at 16:18

chuck it, its more hassle than its worth

Cob · 7 May 2008 at 16:40

Keep the stock heatsink. You never know when you'll need it.

pingwing · 7 May 2008 at 16:57

You never know who you might want to throw it at,.....

Yeah dont bother using it as a case fan they are jsut orquard (i was tempted to do with with an old 939 fan but it didnt work out all that well)

p4radox · 7 May 2008 at 17:02

iviv said:
...because you can never have enough case fans...

Arrrggghhh, nooo!

Case fans = noise.
Noise = annoyance.

iviv · 7 May 2008 at 18:13

I have an Antec900. Noise doesn't scare me

But on the advice of you people I'll stick the heatsink back into a box somewhere, just in case.

zero-one · 7 May 2008 at 18:28

Cob said:
Keep the stock heatsink. You never know when you'll need it.

+1

Peter-B · 8 May 2008 at 01:17

Keep the stock heatsink. You never know when you'll need it.

+2

iviv · 8 May 2008 at 03:41

Cob said:
Keep the stock heatsink. You never know when you'll need it.

+3

Greebo · 8 May 2008 at 08:27

Cob said:
Keep the stock heatsink. You never know when you'll need it.

+4

Darg · 8 May 2008 at 09:17

Cob said:
Keep the stock heatsink. You never know when you'll need it.

zero-one said:
+1

Peter-B said:
+2

iviv said:
+3

Greebo said:
+4

+5

And I wanted to see how this multi-quote thing worked.

JoeDredd · 8 May 2008 at 15:08

iviv said:
+3

Greebo said:
+4

Darg said:
+5

And I wanted to see how this multi-quote thing worked.

+6 and snap, I also wanted to see the multi work as well

gazza1970 · 8 May 2008 at 20:01

do a gfx card mod with it i did one ages ago on a 7800gtx with an amd athlon + heatsink

you ll be suprised how cool they are

funksteruk2 · 8 May 2008 at 23:50

had a stock cpu cooler in the cupboard for over a year and just removed the push pins to replace my dead ones, so like has been said keep it for a rainy day