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My PSU fan is 3 years old and it started to make noises and spin slower, so I just cleaned it and applied synthetic oil, and it's working almost as new, but I can't longer trust it.
What fan from Corsair/CoolerMaster (only brands that sells in my shithole) would be a good replacement for a PSU fan? I don't want to use a sleeve bearing due horizontal wear of sleeve bearings, so whats a good hydraulic/ball bearings replacement from Corsair/CoolerMaster? also should I try to get a 4 pin fan like the original fan or just run it at 7V 24/7? it's a 500w PSU and I only pull 180watts from it, so I guess 7V should be enough cooling and silent.
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Why dont you get a new psu? You can get a nice one for usually less than 50 bucks. Idk just seems safer and less of a hassle to me
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Noctua would be great
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>>61260259
Because the capacity and ESR of the caps is top notch and a new fan may be $10 USD and a new PSU at least $65USD for a CX Corsair piece of shit of the same wattage.
>>61260260
No Noctua over here boss(and resellers would charge nearly the cost of a new PSU for a single Noctua fan).
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>>61260214
how much did you pay for it?
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$50 USD 3 years ago, but the dollar crushed our currency in the pass year, so similar quality PSU would be at least $80 USD
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>>61260214
>I can't longer trust it
I'd say you can. I reoiled my PSU fan (nothing special, some cheap sleeve bearing, it was a basic OEM Fortron) and it stopped clicking and has been fine for almost a year now.
If the fan would go bad again, it will alert you with increased noise or rattling, it won't just suddenly stop spinning and cause your PSU to overheat.
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>>61260214
>his psu fan actually spins
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