The old fan is making a slight rattling noise on startup but it goes away after 5 min. It's spinning at 3000rpm to cool down Athlon x250 which gets hot very quickly during cpu spikes (it shuts itself down at 70C). I'd like to replace it but I can't find any 70mm fans. Is there any CPU fan model (with a heatsink or not) that would fit this old motherboard (released in 2009), if yes then which size should I choose?
>>107696387change the thermal paste and clean it up. theres a rubber plug or a sticker on the backside of the fan, take the circlip off with a safety pin and grease it. if its getting to 3000rpm its not the problem
>>107696387man I had this same CPU back in 2009.good times and the computer actually still works
>>107696558Ok, I'll see what I can do. This thing is working for almost 14 years nonstop, surprised it lasted so far. The CPU itself is very sensitive to near anything and tends to reach 100% often (browsing the modern web is near impossible), otherwise it's cool (26C when idle), probably it's too outdated.
>>107696630Yeah it seems to be durable (it survived many disasters from overheating to physical shocks) . I still like this motherboard due to its versatility. The CPU is perfectly fine for XP era games and programs which is why I still keep it.
