fans for video card

[l33trequiem]

i was wondering if there is anyway i could fix the fans on my video card...one stopped working and the other is loose....it bounces around off the heat sink causing a lot of noise....is there anyway i can fix them without buying a new heatsink/fan for it?

 

[Andrew_Carr]

May be risky, but when my fx5200 was heating up(only had a giant heatsink) I screwed an old pentium fan on top of the heatsink. It was one of those ones with a bunch of ridges, so the screws fit in between the ridges.


[Edit:] Also, someone else on here had pics up of fans rubberbanded into their system so that they could blow on their video card.

 

[l33trequiem]

i don't have any extra fans like that laying around...anything else i can do?
im trying to make it last until i get a 6800...

 

[PuckerFactor]

$28.50 inc delivery Arctic Cooling Silencer 1...out of stock until the 28th...but you could look around
They also have Arctic Cooling Silencer 2 for a 5700 Ultra (in stock) for $32.50 inc delivery.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-186-117&depa=0

newer version here for $30 plus shipping for FX5700
http://www.frozencpu.com/vid-48.html?id=DG74cgjc

You'll probably be able to OC it quite a bit.

 

[l33trequiem]

how much could i oc my card? the albatron 5700 has a huge HS...and has 2 fans...so i could put two of the $30 ones on there...

 

[PuckerFactor]

If your gonna go to all that trouble...AND you already have a water cooling unit....why don't you just stick a water-block on it for $45 ?

http://www.dangerdenstore.com/product.php?productid=150&cat=48&page=1

 

[l33trequiem]

i already have the water block lol....i didn't bother with it because when i cleaned out my water cooling...i got it all back together and then i found out the fan was fucked up
and i didn't want to go through all that trouble to set everything back up again