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Hello All,
I have a few Corsair 430 Watt builders PSU's.
The fan is not absolutely silent, and I was thinking about having a go at simply removing it from the PSU completely and assessing the need for it.
Of course I know it is supposed to be in place and of course I know it will invalidate my warranty, but has anyone else done this? Simply removed the fan from the PSU? I can install a quieter fan but I am curious to know whether it will overheat without it.
I am running an i7 ivybridge 3770K and no graphics cards, and only one SSD disk. I estimate I will never draw more than 100 Watts and I have an instinct the PSU can cope with just convection cooling.
Any thoughts?
Mark
I have a few Corsair 430 Watt builders PSU's.
The fan is not absolutely silent, and I was thinking about having a go at simply removing it from the PSU completely and assessing the need for it.
Of course I know it is supposed to be in place and of course I know it will invalidate my warranty, but has anyone else done this? Simply removed the fan from the PSU? I can install a quieter fan but I am curious to know whether it will overheat without it.
I am running an i7 ivybridge 3770K and no graphics cards, and only one SSD disk. I estimate I will never draw more than 100 Watts and I have an instinct the PSU can cope with just convection cooling.
Any thoughts?
Mark