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Problem Fans on Video Cards?

Posted by Cliff on from the more-airflow-needed dept.

MobyDisk asks: "Both myself and my roommate have experienced problems with unreliable fans on video cards, leading to fried video chips. Most cards don't have full-size 12V fans, even though they put out a lot of heat. I've resorted to replacing the fans with cheap upgrades. A search for '"video card fan' on Google reveals lots examples of this problem as well as fan upgrade kits. I want to know how common this problem is. Have other readers experienced problems with video card fans? Should video card manufacturers start using better fans for reliability? Or do they just want us to upgrade next year when the fan dies?"

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  1. nVidia 4600 by Zelet · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My roomie had a fan's bearings get noisy after only a month of use. I am assuming that the fan will fail within the year.

    Maybe a new cooling solution for computers needs to be implemented. Having a fan for the power supply, processor, GPU, hard drives, southbridge, and basic system fans can get very noisy. Especially if two (or more) of the fans resonate. I think it is time for a standard cooling system. Maybe each piece of hardware that needs cooling should come with a universal bracket that hooks to industry standard water cooling solutions or something.

    Just random thoughts.

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    ...And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me." - Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)
  2. quietpc by God_Retired · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've had pretty good luck with this place. Quiet and effective. I'm not affiliated with them.