What kind of fan fits on a Voodoo 3?

[Howard]

thx

 

[Eug]

Which one?

 

[Savatage]

Try http://www.tennmax.com

 

[dl]

most fans will fit it if you know hot to mount it and have enough space in the available slots.

I'm using a YSTECH 60x60x25mm fan on it now with arctic silver and it's working great after some probs were sorted out

I lost 2 pci slots though...

how did I mount it? I'm using 4,1.5diameter rubberbands to mount it, by looping them through the mounting holes on the fam. The v3 has a large heatsink with the ends raised so wraping the rubberbands around the hs is no problem. The end result is quiet nice with very nice cooing.

 

[Orbius]

Personally I find the backside of the V3 is the fieriest part of the card, so I just plop a fan down on top of the V3 next to the agp slot and use a little adhesive to make sure the fan doesnt move around if I move the case.

 

[blade47]

I wouldn't suggest fastening anything in a computer with rubberbands. The heat will eventually melt them.

 

[miken12]

Why would you need a fan connected to your video card? I don't know much about computers.....

 

[Nitsuj]

I have a Voodoo3 3000 and the Slot cooler works geat for me. It keeps the V3 Heat sink at case temp.

http://www.coolerguys.com/CPUCOOL/Justcool.htm
~Nit

 

[RSI]

<< Why would you need a fan connected to your video card? I don't know much about computers..... >>

Thesedays, video cards are producing more and more heat. In order to keep the heat down, and not damage your video card or any components, it is a good move to take precautionary measures, which would be installing a cooling device (fan/heatsink) on the video card to cool it. Same concept as fan/heatsinks on your processor or hard drive(s).

Edit: Linkified - http://www.coolerguys.com/CPUCOOL/Justcool.htm

-RSI

 

[Prodigy^]

I got a Celeron cooler, with this large aluminium heatsink, and a 50-ish mm fan on top.....removed the fan, binned the HS, and tied the fan onto the V3 (3k) heatsink with a piece of string

 

[Eug]

People, remember that a 2000 and 3000 V3 heatsinks are different (at least for the OEM ones).

The ones I've seen are 40 mm for the 2000 but the 3000's have a very big odd-shaped heatsink that fits a 50 mm fan.

I just ripped off my 40 mm heatsink and stuck on a new 50 mm heatsink fan. It's cheap anyways, just a little more than a fan alone.

 

[Quickfingerz]

A slot cooler will probably be your best way to go. It works really well and you don't have to deal with a hot case as well.

 

[Soccerman]

I really wish there was more room between AGP and PCI slots.. well maybe only needed for the first 2 or so slots (between the AGP and first and second PCI slot). that would allow me to put some nice card coolers (probably home made ones) in there, as well as a fairly good fan on the video card...

 

[Blain]

You can mount a 40mm x 40mm, 50mm x 50mm or a 60mm x 60mm on the stock V3 3000 heatsink. But what really does the trick, is a 3&quot; case fan mounted on it! Oh sure, you lose a PCI slot. But even a good 60mm x 60mm will cost you a PCI slot.

All this is assuming that we're talking about an AGP card.

 

[Goi]

I have a slim 80mm fan zip-tied to my V3 3K heatsink, and I lose 1 PCI slot on my BH6. I don't think you can get away without losing a PCI slot if you want to put any fan on the V3.

 

[miken12]

So I just installed a voodoo3 2000 PCI video card in my computer yesterday...does this mean I have to install a fan to it too??

-Mike

 

[miken12]

So I just installed a voodoo3 2000 PCI video card in my computer yesterday...does this mean I have to install a fan to it too??

-Mike

 

[miken12]

So I just installed a voodoo3 2000 PCI video card in my computer yesterday...does this mean I have to install a fan to it too??

-Mike

 

[Deeko]

Sort of on this topic....the fan on my Viper 770u died, so I put a slot fan directly below....will this be just as good?

 

[blade47]

miken12 I'd recommend putting a slot fan next to it or just screwing an old 486 fan on it.

Deeko I've got a Voodoo3 2000 which used to have an old 486 fan on it. I took it off and added a slot fan. The Voodoo3 stays just as cool as it did before and the case temp is actually 1 degree cooler I guess due to better overall air flow.

 

[Rankor]

Miken12

&quot;...So I just installed a voodoo3 2000 PCI video card in my computer yesterday...does this mean I have to install a fan to it too??&quot;

If you intend to oc it do so. If you want piece of mind, you can do it, too . In non-oc'd situations the stock heatsink is decent if not glamourous.

If you want to go all out (in either oc'd or non-oc'd instances) and by voiding your warranty ), you can take off the retail heatsink and slap on a Lasagna V3 Stealth cooler from http://www.tennmax.com. Great fans, but you get what you pay for. Had my V3 2000 AGP oc'd to 166 and 183 using the Lasagna V3 Stealth.


Deeko

&quot;...the fan on my Viper 770u died, so I put a slot fan directly below....will this be just as good?&quot;

Is the board still under warranty? If so, RMA it and grab another one. If not I would replace the HS/fan combo with an after-market one --OR-- this'll be a good opportunity and the perfect excuse to buy a new vid card.