I picked up an Alienware x51 R2 as a gift this weekend for about $60. Thing wouldn't boot and I knew how to fix the problem. Once I fixed that, added an SSD, upgraded to a Dell 330w, and found a new GPU, I realized that I may have a new problem. Heat.
There are a lot of people online with X51s that talk about heat mitigation. Blower style GPUs are a huge thing in this case. I was looking into upgrading all of the other fans in the case when I finally had an idea. People often upgrade their GPUs with aftermarket fans and heatsinks like the Arctic accelero line. So then I though to myself, Is it possible to upgrade something like the blower fans on the reference GPUs?
There are a ton of replacement blowers on Amazon I just don't know what to look for and near as I can tell there are no threads online with information on this subject. So things like importance of fin density, fan gap (example), or fan power limitations and that would make it really difficult to continue without great cost to myself.
I only recently realized that this was super niche and that if any one group or forum would know this sort of thing that if would be here. Anyone have any thoughts?
There are a lot of people online with X51s that talk about heat mitigation. Blower style GPUs are a huge thing in this case. I was looking into upgrading all of the other fans in the case when I finally had an idea. People often upgrade their GPUs with aftermarket fans and heatsinks like the Arctic accelero line. So then I though to myself, Is it possible to upgrade something like the blower fans on the reference GPUs?
There are a ton of replacement blowers on Amazon I just don't know what to look for and near as I can tell there are no threads online with information on this subject. So things like importance of fin density, fan gap (example), or fan power limitations and that would make it really difficult to continue without great cost to myself.
I only recently realized that this was super niche and that if any one group or forum would know this sort of thing that if would be here. Anyone have any thoughts?