https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3449&p=41848#p41848
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Lickitung
Saturday, 02 January 2010, 01:36 AM

Re: These Fans Are UnCool
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Sorry to hear about the fan troubles.  I'm not a pc expert, but I've been told by some that are experts (or act like they are anyways) that having your pc open in order to keep things cool is very bad.  :devil: 

The reasons they cite are that the chasis your pc is in has been built with proper airflow in mind. With everything being optimal, the fan at one end of the pc pulls air in and pushes it further into the pc.  The internal fans use this air as needed and the other fan at the other end pushes it out.  Having the pc open ruins this because nothing is pushing air into an area that the internal fans can use.  When they're working, they're just using stagnant air.  Using a larger fan could work, but then it could also mistakenly blow debris you don't want into the pc...  things like hair, dirt and other things that the pc fans aren't strong enough to pull in.

So yes, your dilema is big and I sympathize with you.  While I hesitate to do this, try looking online at stores like Tiger Direct and such.  Maybe they have a fan you can use, they do carry some older stuffs and the fans I use in my pc only cost me 10-15$ a piece.  I think the cpu fan was 30$ (?).  I was told it was a good deal by friends anyways  :redface: 

Maybe a water cooled system?  Dunno how effective those are.