De1taE1even Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I recently upgraded my backup unRAID machine from an i3-4360 to an i7-4770, so that both my machines could support virtualization. I found a guy on craigslist that sold me the i7 for a whopping $150, including 16GB DDR3-1600. Couldn't pass it up. He also included the stock Dell cpu cooler that was originally on the cpu. It had a loudish 80mm fan on it. I didn't feel like spending $60 on a cooler for a cpu that I spent barely more than twice that for. I noticed that the heatsink on the Dell cooler was larger than the 80mm fan attached to it. Turns out the circular shaped heatsink was almost exactly 92mm in diameter, so I decided to just buy a Noctua NF-A9 PWM fan and "retro-fit" it onto that heatsink. Worked out pretty well, and it's much quieter now. Quote Link to comment
HellDiverUK Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Only the "before" picture works. Quote Link to comment
De1taE1even Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 Oops, thanks for the heads-up. Should be fixed now. Quote Link to comment
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