CPU fans? do you know how to make em? [Archive]

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EvilPopTart

12-12-2001, 02:49 PM

:pissed: i am so hot while playing and i want to know how to make my own cpu fan so i don't have to buy like 70 dollars worth of a little fan... so help me out and if you know please tell me

Magic_Pop-Tart@juno.com

Oh yeah, i make homemade pnumatics so I'mm willing to trade blueprints

ciaran.mooney

12-13-2001, 06:44 AM

Your probably thinking of those specialised fans for high end computer systems, well all you need is one or two little fans.

Just go to Tandy (Radio Shack) and buy some, sure they dont cost more that a couple of quid.

otakubot

12-20-2001, 07:57 PM

you would be much better off it you bought one. they are made with aluminum pin arrays to draw out heat and special fan/fin designs for max heat dissipation. homegrown fans rarely (if ever) have better heat efficiency than premades. gideontech.com has great reviews, read em there.

Ref

12-21-2001, 05:26 PM

Huh? Wha? I think I missed something...:confuse:

el zorro

12-28-2001, 06:28 AM

Here's a link you might find helpful. Click on it and scroll down to "Mask Fans".
http://www.stinggroup.addr.com/modindex.html

STO

12-28-2001, 09:51 AM

I got my x-wind for $25! But I don't no where online. I got it Christmas.

Ref

12-30-2001, 12:00 PM

Ohhh, to use as a mask fan....I went crazy there for a second.

faniffyperson

01-14-2002, 09:53 AM

how about this... go to a radio shack like ciaran.mooney said and make one fan blow air in and the other air out. sorry I don't have any plans for one but it's an idea.

shoes06

01-18-2002, 06:27 PM

well i'm more of a computer nerd and electrician than a paintballer but i can help u here....a 60 mm fan would prolly work or maybe a 80 (both can be found at radio shack) and run on standard 12 volt. I don't know what method of a power source you are using but radio shack sells small project enclosures which house 1 or 2 9v batteries and a switch.don't really have a diagram now but if u want one i could draw a quick one just to give u and idea

Killerbob

01-19-2002, 07:39 PM

I don't see why a computer fan wouldn't work - even though the paintball fans are specifically designed for it, computer fans are designed to cool processors that get extremly hot.