How should i mount a small fan to cool chipset and other motherboard components

[Ryan_78]

http://imgur.com/a/YwbfG
pictures. how do you think I could effectively mount a small 70mm fan (2 of them. all I have at the moment, both PWM) to cool areas where my tower cooler doesn't cool well

 

[Ethanh100]

You could take a small 40mm fan and with double sided tape stick it to the case fan to blow air on that heatsink. it will get a little noisy though.

 

[Spectre694]

Do you even need it though? Chipsets are usually pretty happy without active cooling. Otherwise zipties and the like work pretty well.

 

[Ryan_78]

quick thing. is it okay for me to put a fan onto my GPU, like set it on the PCB without a backplate?

 

[Ethanh100]

quick thing. is it okay for me to put a fan onto my GPU, like set it on the PCB without a backplate?

It wouldnt short anything as long as the fan has no exposed conductive materials and is only plastic however it may get really hot and begin to melt the plastic depending on how hot it gets on the card. But as Spectre said, You probably dont even need it, if it was needed, the manufacturer would have put one on, and chipsets and northbridges are designed to run a lot hotter than other chips such as cpus and gpus.

 

[Spectre694]

quick thing. is it okay for me to put a fan onto my GPU, like set it on the PCB without a backplate?

Technically yes. So long as there is no metal it should be okay. Not personally a big fan of it though.

EDIT: Pun not intentional

 

[Ryan_78]

alright thx guys

 

[lodders]

In the nicest way possible, if you don't have a problem, why are you trying to fix it?
More fans = more noise.

 

[Ryan_78]

In the nicest way possible, if you don't have a problem, why are you trying to fix it?
More fans = more noise.

I mean since I do have it overclocked, but
I mean the rest of my computer is very quiet and I see if its needed it to put a fan at 900rpm to help circulate air. well since I can now be assured that it is not absolutely needed, its fine