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HP All in one PC fan missing one blade and possible hard drive swap

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Today i cleaned out a HP All in one PC (Super dusty) and when i vaccumed the fan, one of the fanblades broke off and got in the vaccum. I turned it on and the fan wasnt making any odd noises. Will the computer be ok with the fan missing one blade? I also cleaned up the OS which had 700 threats according to malwarebytes and now its usable (before it took 5 minutes to load file explorer, now its loading quicker). I was thinking of replacing the hard drive since its slow (about 70 MB/sec and the SMART data has the caution symbol in crystaldiskinfo) to a faster one. Is it worth replacing the hard drive since a new one is 50 bucks? He will use it for homework, web browsing and the occasional movie or two.

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Fan should be fine, probably would be worth upgrading the HDD tbh. Maybe even an SSD if a 120 one suffices

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3 minutes ago, Sleeper PC 2016 said:

The thing takes only 3.5 inch drives.

A lot of SSDs come with adapters (2.5 to 3.5) and they're cheap enough if it doesn't come with one. 

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1 minute ago, Jamiec1130 said:

A lot of SSDs come with adapters (2.5 to 3.5) and they're cheap enough if it doesn't come with one. 

he is paying for it keep in mind

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1 minute ago, Sleeper PC 2016 said:

he is paying for it keep in mind

That's fine. Just prove that it will be worlds different with an SSD (Psst,,, it will!). 

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AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina

 

Secondary System: York

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Just now, Sleeper PC 2016 said:

id rather just get a 3.5 inch for him. 

Ok... then replace the HDD.

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1 hour ago, Sleeper PC 2016 said:

700 threats according to malwarebytes

Jesus Christ, where'd you get this computer, and old folks home?

Quote me to see my reply!

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1 minute ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Jesus Christ, where'd you get this computer, and old folks' home?

its my friends computer. It was unusable and they just got a new one. Its a decent one too with a 3.3 ghz i5 and 6 gb of ram.

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3 minutes ago, Jamiec1130 said:

That's fine. Just prove that it will be worlds different with an SSD (Psst,,, it will!). 

i got an ssd so i know what its like. Plus the computer only has Sata 2 so an ssd will be limited to 300 MB/sec

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1 minute ago, Sleeper PC 2016 said:

i got an ssd so i know what its like. Plus the computer only has Sata 2 so an ssd will be limited to 300 MB/sec

Even on SATA 2 an SSD is great (trust me, my computer's only have SATA 2). 

Main System: Phobos

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina

 

Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

Older File Server: Yet to be named

Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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4 minutes ago, wii8cookies said:

i mean fans r cheap, might as well get a new rgb one.

but this fan is proprietary 

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Just now, Jamiec1130 said:

Even on SATA 2 an SSD is great (trust me, my computer's only have SATA 2). 

im not going to break is wallet an hard drive will do fine for him, he isnt a gamer or a big power user

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1 minute ago, Sleeper PC 2016 said:

im not going to break is wallet an hard drive will do fine for him, he isnt a gamer or a big power user

Ok, just saying because even with a lot of crap (such as how it was before you started working on it) an SSD will still keep the system somewhat more usable.

Main System: Phobos

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina

 

Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

Older File Server: Yet to be named

Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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I think what ill do is swap the drive and save the 500 gig maybe to add storage to a friends computer

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Just now, Jamiec1130 said:

Ok, just saying because even with a lot of crap (such as how it was before you started working on it) an SSD will still keep the system somewhat more usable.

even with an ssd it will feel slower. Plus the hard drive gets really warm it might cook the ssd

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1 minute ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Ok, just saying because even with a lot of crap (such as how it was before you started working on it) an SSD will still keep the system somewhat more usable.

its a simple fix, im his computer repair man.

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2 minutes ago, Sleeper PC 2016 said:

even with an ssd it will feel slower. Plus the hard drive gets really warm it might cook the ssd

If there's an SSD there isn't a hard drive. SSDs don't get hot, and they're far more durable than hard disks. 

Main System: Phobos

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina

 

Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

Older File Server: Yet to be named

Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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2 hours ago, Jamiec1130 said:

If there's an SSD there isn't a hard drive. SSDs don't get hot, and they're far more durable than hard disks. 

it originally had a 1 tb seagate hard drive

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