Vid Card fans....

[sodcha0s]

The fan on my AIW8500 is making a nasty noise, so I need to replace it. Where can you find these fans?

 

[Batman5177]

try a thermaltake blue Orb or a vantec iceberq, u can get those at newegg or even compusa i think. they are a little noisy (to me) tho.

if u want a silent solution and dont mind paying for silence, try the zalman zm80a (fanless)

 

[sodcha0s]

Thanks, but I just want to replace the fan, not the whole HSF.

 

[hunhyung]

the fan on my geforce was making this really annoying scratching noise.. and it eventually broke off.

is it ok to just have a heatsink with no fan on it? I've been using it like this for a while.. i hope it doesn't die.

 

[sodcha0s]

I don't know hunhyung, but I definitely wouldn't take the chance. At the least I would expect the life of your Geforce card to be drastically shortned...

 

[JaRb0y]

i dont think u can just replace the fan on the heatsink. the best you can do is buy a new heatsink and fan like the ones mentioned above. id go for the zalmans myself...i heard they are much quieter than the thermaltake solutions.

hunhyung: i dont think going without the fan on the gfx card is a very good for the card. probably shorten the life of the gpu like cha0s said. invest in a heatsink and fan it will be worth it.