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Any Real Downsides to mounting a Fan with only 3 screws?

LeviBW
By LeviBW
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I want to mount 2 more fans on my kraken x52 and I can only find 7 of the 8 screws. Will I get any issues if I only use 3 screws on one of the fans. im guessing not but i thought i would ask.

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2 minutes ago, LeviBW said:

I want to mount 2 more fans on my kraken x52 and I can only find 7 of the 8 screws. Will I get any issues if I only use 3 screws on one of the fans. im guessing not but i thought i would ask.

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Eh, not too bad.

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I've done it and found it to make no difference, so you should be good.

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my cpu fan is standing on my gpu even no screws work fine just saying and most oem fans have 2 screws anything over 2 screw is fine

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17 hours ago, LeviBW said:

I want to mount 2 more fans on my kraken x52 and I can only find 7 of the 8 screws. Will I get any issues if I only use 3 screws on one of the fans. im guessing not but i thought i would ask.

i guess it could cause a small amount of vibrations but if you tighten them enough, no not really

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itl vibrate a little now, causing a little extra noise. other than that its totally fine.

worst comes to worse, just use zip ties.

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