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Corsair TX850 V2 - Fan Replace

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Hello,

 

I'm thinking to replace the fan of that psu. I have never cleaned it, but I dont think it will reduce any noise. I'm thinking to buy the bequiet pure wings 2 to replace it. 

 

1) It will fit, right? I couldnt find anywhere the height of the included fan.

2) I couldn't find the db either, but I guess it's much higher than the 19,8db advertised by the bequiet, right?

 

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It's an 8 year old PSU.  

 

Probably should just replace it.

 

 

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Well, I'm against that. It's running with only 1 gpu and so far no issues at all, except the loud fan noise. I have swped every other fan in the case with the enermax 120 tb silence, and i'm sure the noise comes from psu.

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Just now, NickosD said:

Well, I'm against that. It's running with only 1 gpu and so far no issues at all, except the loud fan noise. I have swped every other fan in the case with the enermax 120 tb silence, and i'm sure the noise comes from psu.

Just don’t, you can kill yourself if you open a PSU without knowing what to do.

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Just now, Daniel Z. said:

Just don’t, you can kill yourself if you open a PSU without knowing what to do.

Well, I know how to protect my self, and okay, it's just 4 screws, pull up, remove the pin connector, assembly it, and carefully manage the wire again.

 

Also, I guess I'll need a 4 pin to 2 pin connector, right?

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3 minutes ago, NickosD said:

Well, I'm against that. It's running with only 1 gpu and so far no issues at all, except the loud fan noise. I have swped every other fan in the case with the enermax 120 tb silence, and i'm sure the noise comes from psu.

Fan designs are very important in keeping the PSU cool and safe.

 

There's a few reasons why replacing a PSU fan is not safe - Different fans will spin at different speeds depending on the voltage, so different amounts of airflow. Different fans are designed to flow air differently. Inside a PSU, can be 400V, which can be potentially lethal. And, if your PSU catches fire, and burns down your house, you can be liable for it, because you modified it.

 

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2 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Fan designs are very important in keeping the PSU cool and safe.

 

There's a few reasons why replacing a PSU fan is not safe - Different fans will spin at different speeds depending on the voltage, so different amounts of airflow. Different fans are designed to flow air differently.

 

Okay, then which are the fans corsair is using for their newest psus? I guess they are being sold as standard case fans too.

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I managed to find info for the fan Yate Loon D14BH-12, 2,800 rpm, 140 cfm, 48.5 dB

 

Instead of replacing it, taking it apart and with a brush (so I wont accidentally touch anything) clean it, will it make any difference? In these 8 years, I have never removed it from the case to clean it.

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9 minutes ago, NickosD said:

Okay, then which are the fans corsair is using for their newest psus? I guess they are being sold as standard case fans too.

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12 minutes ago, NickosD said:

Okay, then which are the fans corsair is using for their newest psus? I guess they are being sold as standard case fans too.

Corsair uses a custom 135mm fans in a lot of their newer models, including the RMi. They don't sell these as stand alone fans, I guess because 135mm isn't a standard size, so no one would buy them.

 

And once again, don't. Buy a new PSU, specifically a quiet one.

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If you are considering zapping yourself with the 400V inside the PSU, consider calling a suicide hotline. http://www.samaritansusa.org/contact.php

If you still want to zap yourself, I would consider a microwave instead, as those carry much higher voltages, and are therefore much more likely to successfully end it. 

 

 

Yeah, just don't open up the PSU. Replace it. It costs like $50 for a decent PSU. 

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Okay, so I guess you all think removing 4 screws and using a vacuum cleaner is that hard?

 

I asked 2-3 things, which I took no answer (well except the fan specs thing).

 

I'm just asking if cleaning it will make any difference from your (anyone) experience. I thought I could try to use the vacuum cleaner without removing the "case". It's a pretty strong vc, so I guess it would pull some of the dust inside of it.

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3 minutes ago, NickosD said:

Okay, so I guess you all think removing 4 screws and using a vacuum cleaner is that hard?

Since you don't understand how dangerous a PSU can be, we consider it to be way out of your reach. Correct. 

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4 hours ago, NickosD said:

Okay, so I guess you all think removing 4 screws and using a vacuum cleaner is that hard?

No. It's not hard, it's dangerous. You don't seem to understand just how dangerous a PSU can be. 

Opening a PSU puts you at risk of electrocution, which could end up injuring you (or if you're particularly unlucky it could even kill you).

Your PSU has warnings like "Do not open" and "Not user serviceable" for a reason, it's because doing so puts the end user at danger of the aforementioned risks.

I ask you to read this thread and then reconsider whether or not this is a good idea: 

Just don't bother replacing the fan. Buy a new PSU and save yourself the hassle and risk of opening up an 8-year old PSU that could go bad at any time.

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16 minutes ago, NickosD said:

is that hard?

You can spray canned air at it if you'd like but nobody in here will in good conscious tell you to go ahead opening up an 8 years unit ready to go bad any time now, you'd just be ensuring all things come to worse when you power that thing on again.

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33 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

Corsair uses a custom 135mm fans in a lot of their newer models, including the RMi. They don't sell these as stand alone fans, I guess because 135mm isn't a standard size, so no one would buy them.

be quiet: ???

 

19 minutes ago, NickosD said:

Okay, so I guess you all think removing 4 screws and using a vacuum cleaner is that hard?

It's harder to make you understand the risks imo. Heard about the Dunning-Kruger effect before? Besides, if it is dusty, cleaning the internals will give you magnitudes more gain than cleaning just the fan since things inside tend to get dirty together.

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Okay I opened it up. Removed a lot of dust, mainly from the wings of the fan and it did make a difference. It's still noticeable and sometime this week I'll test all my fans again (unplug all to make sure it's still the psu). The only thing I was worried about was this at the center (the 2 blocks that seems to have had some short of leakage), but it seems it's like this in all PSUs.

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37 minutes ago, NickosD said:

Okay I opened it up. Removed a lot of dust, mainly from the wings of the fan and it did make a difference. It's still noticeable and sometime this week I'll test all my fans again (unplug all to make sure it's still the psu). The only thing I was worried about was this at the center (the 2 blocks that seems to have had some short of leakage), but it seems it's like this in all PSUs.

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That's all just silicone. They use it to lessen vibrations, so the PSU doesn't resonate as much, so is quieter.

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