Can any fan work?

[warchief_ryan]

My Radeon 9200 128mb has only a heat sink can I just get any comp fan I find laying around and put it on? But I don’t know how I would get power to it. its just for now till i get a better card and buy one for it.

[bikesair]

Graphics Cards use a two hole layout (at least with ATI). With your card you cant get a fan built for the card cause the card doesnt have a fan plug...buuuuuuut i think they have 4 pin fans that can go no a Graphics card...also you can get a bigger heat sink off of like a 9600 SE...heres like an extreme example

http://www.a1-electronics.net/Heatsinks/2004/2nd/Thermtake_VGA_Aug.shtml


also you only need a bigger heatsink or fan if your going to overclock...

[nightelf84]

It depends whether you want to get your hands dirty. Getting power to the fan is easy as this can be done via the multiple 3-pin fan headers on your motherboard or even a fan controller. The tricky part is to 'install' a regular case fan onto the heatsink.

My suggestion, if your not going to overclock, forget about the fan. When you get a better card, then you might want to think in investing on an aftermarket vga cooler.

[Anarion]

My Radeon 9200 128mb has only a heat sink can I just get any comp fan I find laying around and put it on? But I don’t know how I would get power to it. its just for now till i get a better card and buy one for it.


afa there are elecpower in ur pc u can use any fan with any size for coolin any 'tin , beside it's better too use appropriate fan (in da term of size) for coolin....look at the pic for instance ...