GPU cooler

[Insanityflea]

Hopefully flatty can help me out here,

My one card, Gigabyte 6870 OC (with windforce cooler) the middle fan is on it's way. Can I get a new fan from somewhere or do I have to replace the whole cooler?

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[TG]

If it's a standard size fan, don't see why you couldn't do a hack job on it.

[Insanityflea]

Was thinking about getting this and just cutting the guard off:
It's R60
(it's a 80 mm slim which is exactly what I need)

[Flatty]

You won't beat that option, Flea. You can normally only buy sets for specific models (dual fan), or individual ones with copper pipes 'n all.

[Insanityflea]

I ordered the fan, the guy reckons it could be delayed by 3 weeks, I hope the fan can hold out, if not I'm sure the card will run fine with two fans, I'll just up the speed, even at 100% it's barely audible, so no problems on that front.

[Arby]

Flea that fan should work, you might have to use a non pwm header for it though and have it running at full speed all the time. Rather do that than void any warranties.

[Insanityflea]

I did check the warranty. It was only for a year, and it's long past
I would've just returned it and asked for a repair/replacement.
Anycow, that new fan arrives tomorrow, it has both pwm connectors, slim & normal so it should just be a plug in and go scenario. BUUUUUUUUT my experience tells me, plug n pray, modifications will be needed.

I ran out of graphite powder, I would've tried that on the old fan 1st. No use buying more powder for one silly fan.

[Arby]

yeah graphite powder is only good for fans you really have to specifically repair, normally you would toss it and replace it.