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Video Card Dead Fan Repair Guide

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1 hour ago, Sellin Hugs said:

I'm going to look into the installation of that cooler you recommended and see if it is compatible with my card.

It should be. The 1060 is listed under the compatibility list and the Windforce 1060 pcb is similar to reference.

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So I'm sure everyone has seen Linus fix "dead" fans in his video titled Video Card Dead Fan Repair Guide.  I'm looking to do this to my Gigabyte GTX 1060 Windforce OC 6GB and I'm looking for recommendations on fans. Or if by any chance you know of a custom water cooling solution that isn't sketchy let me know. But my goal is reliability so fans will probably be what I use. I'm also going to attempt to grease the fans and see if that helps with what I assume to be bad bearings, so if you know of a good nonconductive grease please share. Thanks B|

CPU I7 8700k Motherboard Asus Strix Z370E RAM Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3000 GPU Gigabyte Windforce 1060 6gb OC Edition Case Fractal Design Meshify C Storage Samsung 960 EVO M.2 500GB NVMe PSU Corsair RM650x  Cooling Corsair Hydro Series H55 Quiet Edition 

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As shown in the video, NF-F12's are good: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/b2vRsY/noctua-case-fan-nff12pwm

Magmas are a cheaper alternative: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/kFBv6h/enermax-case-fan-ucmaa12a

 

If you want something less ghetto than ziptieing fans to the original heatsink, a large cooler replacement would be better for cooling. https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Accelero-Twin-Turbo-Cooler/dp/B005FYCFG8/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1526357798&sr=1-3&keywords=accelero

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On 5/15/2018 at 12:23 AM, WoodenMarker said:

As shown in the video, NF-F12's are good: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/b2vRsY/noctua-case-fan-nff12pwm

Magmas are a cheaper alternative: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/kFBv6h/enermax-case-fan-ucmaa12a

 

If you want something less ghetto than ziptieing fans to the original heatsink, a large cooler replacement would be better for cooling. https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Accelero-Twin-Turbo-Cooler/dp/B005FYCFG8/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1526357798&sr=1-3&keywords=accelero

Thanks for the input I appreciate it! I'm going to look into the installation of that cooler you recommended and see if it is compatible with my card. If it is I'll probably go that route.

CPU I7 8700k Motherboard Asus Strix Z370E RAM Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3000 GPU Gigabyte Windforce 1060 6gb OC Edition Case Fractal Design Meshify C Storage Samsung 960 EVO M.2 500GB NVMe PSU Corsair RM650x  Cooling Corsair Hydro Series H55 Quiet Edition 

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1 hour ago, Sellin Hugs said:

I'm going to look into the installation of that cooler you recommended and see if it is compatible with my card.

It should be. The 1060 is listed under the compatibility list and the Windforce 1060 pcb is similar to reference.

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1060wfoc-8w.jpg31a.jpg

 

If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/
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