Replacing cpu fan

Deschain · 23 Nov 2014 at 12:07

Hi

I have a Gelid Tranquillo cpu cooler. Have had it for about 2 years and the fan has become increasingly loud. Can you buy just a replacement fan? Or does anyone know anything I can do to decrease the whirring sound?

Thanks

APM · 23 Nov 2014 at 12:43

have you tried cleaning it?

Deschain · 23 Nov 2014 at 13:27

APM said:
have you tried cleaning it?

Yes

AtaRo · 23 Nov 2014 at 13:40

Seems the Gelid Tranquillo cpu cooler has a 5 year warranty.

Try emailing Gelid first if you could get a replacement fan.

Gelid is based in Hong Kong though, so no idea of there CS.

troops · 23 Nov 2014 at 13:58

Apart from cleaning, 120mm pwm fans are pretty common if you wanted to replace it.

Deschain · 23 Nov 2014 at 14:20

When you say cleaning, do you mean the blades or the internal workings?

doyll · 24 Nov 2014 at 11:29

If you just want to buy a replacement, there are lots of fans in the £5-10.00 range.

But Gelid may do as some other companies with good customer support do. Send you a replacement fan.

Here's link to their customer support.
http://www.gelidsolutions.com/contact-us/support/

Deschain · 24 Nov 2014 at 15:31

doyll said:
If you just want to buy a replacement, there are lots of fans in the £5-10.00 range.

But Gelid may do as some other companies with good customer support do. Send you a replacement fan.

Here's link to their customer support.
http://www.gelidsolutions.com/contact-us/support/

Thanks. I'm going to email them first to see what they come back with.

Thanks all for the help

Deschain · 25 Nov 2014 at 13:17

Just as an aside, what is the difference between:

Noctua NF-P12PWM and Noctua NF-F12PWM ?

APM · 25 Nov 2014 at 14:46

clean the blades,the heatsink,anything and everything you can get to,there can be huge amounts of dust build up in the heatsink itself,maybe a quick blast with some compressed air through there or a vacuum if you don't mind taking it and re-fitting