Spare CPU fan uses

sketchpad

I just upgraded from stock heatsink and fan on my AMD A10-6800K.
Any suggestions of practical or even not-so-practical uses for the old cpu fan and or heatsink?

Fatal Except1on

Just hold onto it and leave it somewhere safe - you'll never know when you need it.
Your new cooler could die, get broken, get noisy, etc etc.

Always good to have a spare

sketchpad

Fatal Except1on wrote: »

Always good to have a spare

Thats true.
I was thinking of using it to as HDD cooler but only if I can get it to run at 50%.
Its too loud at 100%.

connorfleming

sketchpad wrote: »

Its too loud at 100%.

Fan speed controllers are really cheap. I got this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Channel-Pin-Connector-Blue-Controller/dp/B006Z8LB6S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1384965028&sr=8-1&keywords=fan+speed+controller

It's really cheap feeling but I've been using it for over a year with no problems. I stored it in a 2.5inch bay on the front of my PC on my old build, and it looks ok with the blue LED's. Now I have it stored in a hard drive bay and its only use is the controlling of the fans, completely invisible to the outside. Works a treat, I have all my case fans at about 75% so they are quiet and still pushing a lot of air.