PIII Fan?

[mtamimi2000]

Hi,
This is my first post! I have a PIII 500 system, recently the Fan speed went down from 4900 to 4100 and sometimes 3900! now the temperature is over 40, and once it reached 49 C. I want to buy a new fan, but I cant decide which one is the best since i'm thinking of overclocking my system also. Shall I replace the heatsinc also, or just the fan? my system's fan is intel! -I guess that means my PIII is retail not OEM!!!-

thanx!

 

[slatt01]

Get the Slot one golden orb. Its quite difficult to remove the OEM heatsink but once the plastic pins are removed it is very easy. Make sure that you get some artic silver as well

 

[RC5Bri]

I've got a bookmark at home for a site that has good pictures on removing the heatsink/fan. When I get home, I will look for it and post it.

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

I would see if you could get a replacement fan easily. After all, the replacement should be free under the 3year warantee. If it's a too much of a hassle to get the replacement, just forget it.

I'm using a slot1 gorb and it cools adequetly for an overclocked system.

 

[RC5Bri]

Sorry, the link for removing the heatsink/fan combo is dead.