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affordable cabinet and cpu fans

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sggupta95 Original post #1
May 16, 2013 at 8:00 PM
hey guys,i am currently looking for a cabinet fan as my current one has died(i was just stretching it out).googling it,a cheap chinese one tells me it was an 80mm one,12v and 0.08A,if that's relevant.
i also need a cpu cooler for my i3(lga 1156).
the budget for both of them is around 1k.
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rajnusker #2
May 16, 2013 at 8:23 PM
Keep the stock Intel HSF. Go to local tech market, there you might find people selling scrap PC parts, you can get powerful 80mm fan from there.
gagan_kumar
gagan_kumar #3
May 16, 2013 at 8:40 PM
1k is not enough for both things (only 2 fans will come at tat budget)

u can get cooler master hyper 212 evo for cpu cooler cheapest and the most vfm effective cpu cooler in market nothing beats it at its price...........
and for cpu fans u can get cooler master standard 120mm fans........
harshilsharma63
harshilsharma63 #4
May 17, 2013 at 4:11 PM
gta0gagan said:
1k is not enough for both things (only 2 fans will come at tat budget)

u can get cooler master hyper 212 evo for cpu cooler cheapest and the most vfm effective cpu cooler in market nothing beats it at its price...........
and for cpu fans u can get cooler master standard 120mm fans........
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that for an i3? :facepalm:

get Deepcool Alta 7 (Deepcool Alta 7 - Deepcool: Flipkart.com) and two CM 80mm fab (Cooler Master BC 80 LED FAN Cooler - Cooler Master: Flipkart.com)
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sggupta95 #5
May 20, 2013 at 2:04 PM
harshilsharma63 said:
that for an i3? :facepalm:

get Deepcool Alta 7 (Deepcool Alta 7 - Deepcool: Flipkart.com) and two CM 80mm fab (Cooler Master BC 80 LED FAN Cooler - Cooler Master: Flipkart.com)
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thanks,but do i really need 2 external fans,if i don't OC?i have a gigabyte hd7750,and my mobo is intel Dh55tc.would it would be possible to OC on this mobo,even with 2 fans?
and on the flipkart page of deepcool alta almost everyone is saying that it's legs are weak,and so i'm a bit hesitant as the reason i'm looking for a new fan is because the legs of the intel stock one broke.
currently,i am trying to get the stock fan repaired,but if it doesn't get repaired i'm thinking of increasing my budget,to around 1k for the cpu fan
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shivakanth.sujit #6
May 20, 2013 at 4:31 PM
gta0gagan said:
1k is not enough for both things (only 2 fans will come at tat budget)
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Wrong.you can get 4 fans ( CM 4 pack of fans @800rs )
Link
*www.flipkart.com/cooler-master-silent-fan-120-si2-4-1/p/itmd7fsthz5zk5g5?pid=COLD7FSTN2HAQC3Z&ref=d2322de7-b546-4a25-8db8-f81ca7842ea7

Shiva
gagan_kumar
gagan_kumar #7
May 20, 2013 at 6:06 PM
i was telling tat when when was suppose to buy hyper evo tat itself is more than 2 k
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shivakanth.sujit #8
May 20, 2013 at 6:11 PM
Then why did you say that you could buy 2 fans? :confused:

Shiva
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sggupta95 #9
May 20, 2013 at 10:12 PM
0hey guys can you please quickly tell me if i can OC my gigabyte HD7750,and i3-530 by getting 2 cabinet fans,with my mobo(intel DH55TC)?if i can,i'll buy both of the fans today with a 5% discount.if i can't,then i'll just buy just1 fan sometime later.
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shivakanth.sujit #10
May 21, 2013 at 10:50 AM
sggupta95 said:
0hey guys can you please quickly tell me if i can OC my gigabyte HD7750,and i3-530 by getting 2 cabinet fans,with my mobo(intel DH55TC)?if i can,i'll buy both of the fans today with a 5% discount.if i can't,then i'll just buy just1 fan sometime later.
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For over clocking your CPU you need a good heat sink fan.the stock fans are not capable of handling the heat generated during over clocking. A good hsf will cost 2.2k ( CM evo )

Shiva