cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/46256923
why don’t they just do this? are they stupid?
I’ll stick with my $700 pc fan, thanks.
I did that once in one build.
It was a shitty PC that I kept upgrading, but for some reason kept the case. so when it kept overheating,I just put a box fan just like that
A single picture isn’t really a comic strip.
Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.
The rules are simple:
The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author’s website, for instance).
Emphasis mine
Still not really a comic strip.
what if the artist strips while drawing it?
I did this before discovering one could change the CPU’s thermal paste.
For $700, that little fan better be able to blow, if you know what I mean…
I have done this. Heat in Australian summer and high end games requires more cooling then the stock Intel fan.
I had to do this with a PC once. I upgraded the GPU in an old HP, and then it would overheat playing Modern Warfare 2. Finally just took off the side of the case and pointed a box fan at it. Never overheated again.
Damn, came to comment the same thing, and it also was an HP.
And then there’s me with a 9800x3d with a low profile cooler in a fractal ridge. It only throttles under synthetic tests so I just say fuck it and let it run at whatever temp it wants to run at.
But people actually do do this, if for some reason a PC is overheating or the built-in fans are making too much noise. A big fan running slowly moves more air more quietly than a bunch of little fans. I even wired an external DC fan into the PC’s power supply once so that I wouldn’t have to plug them in separately.
Also, as a bonus, put a cheap 4-inch AC filter on that box fan.
Now you have:
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Zero dust in your PC
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Noise dampening
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A high CFM air purifier, right in your room.
Get a 20x20x4" filter, and the fan will suck it right to itself. Don’t even need mounting materials.
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Or better yet: ducts.
I have zero case fans in my PC.
