Case Fan

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    [SOLVED] CPU and Case Cooling

    Hello everyone! I am planning to build a PC soon. I have almost everything already decided. When I wanted to use a Ryzen 7 1700 (which comes with a Wraith Spire cooler), the place where I'll buy ran out of stock for a long time, and I don't know if they're going to get it back. I then decided to...
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    Question Help with beefy fan placement?

    I have a FX-6300 (stock cooler), an RX-570, and a single case fan, so my PC gets pretty hot. I just tore down some old E-waste servers and got some beefy fans, I can drill holes and add dust filters anywhere in the case (Its also just an e-waste junk case), so where should I mount them? I have...
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    Question Case fan two black ground wires necessary?

    I got two Corsair non-pwm AF140 Quiet Edition case fans spec at 7v-12v. Just curious about the two black ground wires on the molex connector. Do I need two ground wires to be connected to run my fans safely? Or can I just use a single black wire? I've seen some molex fan splitter with single...
  4. uzi314

    Question Case fans from Corsair or coolerMaster in intel DH55TC Mobo?

    Hello guys! I wanna know that whether the case fans from Corsair and CoolerMaster are supported in intel DH55TC Motherboard or not because I heard that Motherboards from Dell, Hp and intel have proprietary connectors thus they support case fans of their own companies so is this true or this...
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    Question No connector for extra case fan

    Hello, I got my PC up and running today however I have 2 case fans and only one connector on the motherboard. Is this correct and if so is there a way around this? Gigabyte H310M S2H 2.0 (Sorry couldn't attach image) Thanks
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    Question Does the MSI motherboard RGB software work if a rgb splitter cable is used?

    My MoBo (MSI Z370 pc PRO) has only one 12v rgb header and 4 PWM case fan headers along with a cpu fan and a pump fan header. My case has 4 led fans preinstalled (not rgb just red led) which i have connected to the 4 fan headers on the MoBo. i have connected Cooler master hyper 410 cpu cooler...
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    Question Thermaltake case fans

    I bought a thermaltake case, which has 4 fans preinstalled. The fan cables are wired to a plate at the back of my pc https://screenshot.net/wgqy5c1 There is a molex-looking connector coming out of the plate https://screenshot.net/3kwelcg I am not sure what to do with the molex cable... Do I...
  8. hyperjcm

    Question Can i plug 5 fans to one header?

    I bought some cheap 120mm led case fans off eBay and connected it to one system fan header using fan splitters. so far it works fine in pwm mode, but in dc mode the fan leds blink like it stops for a sec and turns back on which made me worried if the fans require more power than what the header...
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    Question Dell Inspiron 3847 Motherboard and Case Fan

    I'm having issues with the case fan not running. It's nothing fancy--a single exhaust fan for the case that's connected to the motherboard. Thinking that it was a failing fan, I replaced the stock one with a Noctua. The four pin fan is connected to my motherboard's three pin connector. The fan...
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    Question Where do i connect all my 8 rgb fans?

    Okay, so i got 2 hubs each having 5 ports. (came with a kit of fans) This one: I want to be able to control the rgb, i don't really mind the fans blasting at full speed all the time So i was told to connect to the motherboard, but i heard that too much rgb fans can overload and kill the...
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    Question Will a Graphics card be better cooled if you suck the hot air out or push cold air in?

    I have a 2080 ti msi graphics card and I'm wondering if it will be better if I push cold air in the case or push hot air out of the case, as i have used my front panels for cpu water cooling and have only my 3 fans at the top and 1 at the back
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    Question Corsair case fans, whats the difference?

    There are so many different case fans that corsair makes, what are the differences between them? Here are the 4 they make: ML1x0, LL1x0, HD1x0, and SP1x0. There's so many options, but they're all listed within the same RPM range, so i'm confused why there's 4 different versions if they're all...
  13. RishabhfromIND

    Question Can I add a Case fan to my old PC ?

    I have desktop from Dell Inspiron 620s with ATI RADEON HD 6450 1GB DDR3 , INTEL pentium G620 and 4GB RAM. I want to add an extra case fan to my pc for extra cooling. I am worried if i can do this or not.
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    Question Why did my case fan stopped working?

    I have a Zalman I3 series case. The last 2 months everything was fine, but suddenly the leds and fans stopped working. Is there a way to solve this? Thank you in advance.
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    [SOLVED] Negative or positive air pressure for 1 fan?

    I basically am building a matx build with a r5 2600 and an RTX 2060 from Zotac. However, to fit that power into my build, I had to skimp out on the case and a little bit on the mobo. My b450m has only 2 fan headers, and one is for the CPU. My question is would it be better to use a single 120...
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    Question 5 beeps no post or boot

    So I have had my built system for around 6 months, it only had 16gb of RAM so I bought another 16gb stick recently. I put the stick in and the PC wouldnt boot. 5 Beeps and resets iteslf, no post nor boot. nothing. Took the RAM back out, still the same. 5 beeps. took the other dimm out, still the...
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    I want to upgrade my pc what should i do : BUY new one or take new parts ( intel core ,etc.) for the old one ?

    Looking for a good gaming pc balanced buget ( not to hight : price, but not low : performance )
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    GT 730 2gb gddr5 issues

    So today I got a gt 730 for quite cheap. It is branded by lenovo and has only two display ports. Main problem was after installing nvidia drivers, the card felt even weaker than my previous 9600 GT when running counter strike. Even though the gt 730 should be much better, is there a reason...
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    Problem: to many floppy disks. Solution: USB Floppy Drive and Win95 on a VM?

    I have 88 3.5'' double sided, high density, 1.44Mb floppy disks. I'm trying to read or format from an USB Floppy Drive in Windows 10 and a message appears saying: A:\ is not accessible. The disk media is not recognized, it may not be formatted. I tried in a old PC with Windows XP Professional...
  20. randomname6969

    worth upgrading from a gtx 970 to a gtx 1080 ti?

    So im planning on upgrading my GPU and im currently using a Gigabyte gtx 970 3x windforce oc edition. Is it worth it to get a 1080 TI for 1080p 144hz gaming or would it be better to get a 1080 or 1070 ti
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    Suitable laptop for casual graphic designing? (Form filled out)

    I have a 4 year old HP Beats laptop with AMD Processor that heats up quickly and the fan would turn loudly, making me uneasy. The repair shop said since my processor is old and replacing it is expensive, and its better for me to buy a new laptop. I mostly use laptop for leisure (web browsing...
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    zotac GTX 650 non ti 1gb vs ASUS Phoenix GTX 1050 ti

    My specs are : CPU: i5 4460 @ 3.4ghz RAM: 8 GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance MB: ASUS h81m_cs GPU: zotac GTX 650 non ti 1gb HDD: 1tb SCREEN RES: 1366 X 768 My question is how much performance gain I will get from upgrade.. I play games like GTA 5, WWE 2K18, ASSASSINS CREED ORIGINS, CSGO or any new...
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    New MOBO RAM AND CPU gpu doesnt show.

    So bassicly i upgraded my RAM CPU AND MOBO my GPU has all the lights on (MSI GTX 1060 6GB) But the fans dont spin and it doesnt show up on speccy / another gpu tool to see the stats Is it because its still downloading all the drivers? or is it something diffirent
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    My computer struggles to run GTA 5

    Why do i have to play on low settings to get fairly good fps, not even that i get no where near 60 fps. When i play on low settings i still get the lag spikes that i dont want. I have these specs: Intel core I5 6600 8GB ram GTX 960 gigabyte version I have the same issue with rust, ill get high...
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    I think my new EVGA 430w just "exploded", can someone tell me what to do?

    Hello everyone, today my new components arrived, so I installed the psu and started using, nothing too heavy. And all of a sudden I heard a medium noise and a considerable amount of smoke, I immediately removed the energy cable of the wall. Now I don't know what to do, could my other components...
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    My Computer Keeps Randomly Crashing

    https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxLDgKBFUXNFYW55Rzd5VGVaNEU These are some footage of the computer crashing. It seems to be working fine most of the time but crashes everytime I try to use Adobe Premiere CC 2015 or 2017 (the CS6 version works fine though). I thought it was a hardware issue...
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    CPU stuck at 1.5ghz

    I have a HP laptop with an Intel Core i5 4200M which normally runs at around 3Ghz. Lately from time to time I keep getting a message which says that my AC HP power adapter is too weak but even when I unplug it the CPU stays at low clock speed. I've tried restarting with the laptop plugged in and...
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    New Lenovo Ideapad 110 using 50% of memory after turning off all startup programs except BitDefender. Too slow....

    THis new laptop only comes with 4gb of memory and 50% of it is used by the system on startup even after turning off everything except BitDefender security software. Am adding 4gb to max it out but wonder what else I can do to speed it up?
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    Noob in need of some advice on power supply issues

    So, I've built my first PC. Everything went super smoothly and I've really enjoyed learning all that I have. I have recently made it to my PSU stage. I've got a Corsair CX 500 (non-modular) and I'm pretty sure I've got all my cables in the right place; but when I plug it in and power it up, no...
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    Good motherboard for I5 4690k

    i'm currently using a gigabyte 1150 b85 mobo https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VX1GGWQ/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I've been using it for quite some time. I was thinking of replacing it with a better one, the one I currently have apparently doesn't support overclocking, my...
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    Computer wont start randomly, GPU driver problem involved.

    Hi, My problem is quite annoying. First i only had a problem with the GPU driver. It sometimes randomly when booting up, didn't regocnize any drivers installed. When i opened the device manager, my GPU was recognized (NVidia Geforce GTX 750) but there was an error message : "Windows has stopped...
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    Gtx 980ti suitable for my Desktop specs?

    cpu: i5 3470 ram: 8gb psu: 650w gold standard EVGA current gpu: gtx 770 asus direct ii oc Case: https://www.google.ie/search?q=hp+compaq+8300+elite&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=974&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja8NuYzIPRAhVnDMAKHdrICyYQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=EoYy8AmCji6m2M%3A >> the biggest one. I...
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    Gtx 970 issues in multiple games. Looking for advice on system, or what I can do.

    Hello, I Can't really handle games struggling to stay at 60 when the setting are set to medium, no clue what's going on. I find PC stuff is a struggle and really complex so any answers that dumb it down would be really nice. http://imgur.com/jFpMZWg
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    will it matter? 2133 or 2400 memory?

    So I got this mobo Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2H and ordered this memory Crucial Ballistix Sport 8gb DDR4 2400 Will it matter if I use the 2400 memory type? Thank you in advance!
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    Asus mini itx motherboard bios reset

    So, I need help fast as I am building a mini itx system very very soon. I ordered a used Asus P8H61-I LX R2.0 When I did a test boot to make sure it worked it booted fine, but the splash screen said RM, which I believe is a company of computers that schools use, then it had like some sort of...
  36. Dreznon

    GTX Titan high resolution pics of circuit board, Help Please

    I am 3D modeling a GTX titan (first generation and not z or x) for a class and would like to skip the nano circuitry (don't know what they are called) on the board. You know, the sodder dots all over the place. I can do this with high resolution pics of the board if they are pictures taken as...
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    CPU Temps Oddly High

    Hello, I just installed my i7 4790k and hsf into a new mobo I got, an MSI Z97 PC Mate. My cpu temps are oddly high. They spike about 30 celc when doing normal tasks such as installing a program or something. The HSF is working fine, and the thermal paste is also good. any ideas as to what this...
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    [HELP] needed in assembling a new machine for Gaming.

    Hello there, Since my old system is officially dead. I am now moving forward to assemble a new budget system for gaming purpose. I live in India so it would be helpful if you could help me with Indian market price of computer parts. My budget is 35,000-40,000 Indian national rupees which...
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    i5 2400 with gtx 970

    i just wanted to know if the i5 2400 is good with gtx 970 without bottlenecking.
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    Clarification on first time SSD installation

    I know there are a million and one SSD threads here and elsewhere on the net and they have given me a VERY good idea of what I need to do to install my first SSD in my rig. My question isn't about HOW to install. That part is pretty clear to me. I just need some clarification on my...