50mm 3-pin replacement GPU fan

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Hey guys,

My son has a Nvidia GT710 GPU, and the fan is barely spinning at 500rpm, causing the GPU temps to climb over 85°C and the card then throttles, and his FPS drops right down in-game.

I'm looking for a replacement 5omm fan with 3-pin connector. Does anyone know where to buy, or if someone has one laying around to sell?
Preferably JHB area.
 
clean and reassemble not working?
one can easily remove those fans, clean off the thermal paste, add NEW thermal paste and reassemble it.
 
Thanks, but tried that already.
It's definitely not spinning up to full speed.
A second PC with similar GPU spins at almost 3000rpm.
 
Take the Fan off, turn it round and remove the specs sticker on the back. then the rubber plug if it has one in the centre. Give a drop of machine oil or some oil in a can( Q20, Spark...) and see if it spins up again. if not replace.
 
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At that price might as well buy a new GPU..
A GT-710?
I'm surprised any games run on that card at all! Even entry-level onboard graphics nowadays are faster.

Overall all I'd suggest is perhaps buying a cheap 120mm or 80mm fan and zip-tie it onto the card.

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had a fan die on a 1660ti, couldn't source a replacement, ended up 3dprinting a shroud and using a amd cpu fan, worked like a charm

www.thingiverse.com

Various fan size conversion adapters by TheMeerkat

Customisable conversion adaptor cowlings for fans of any size Files you will find for this thing consist of STL files of some common conversions as well as custom jobs made on request, the beta OpenSCAD file for the Customizer, an older version of the native SOLIDWORKS file and a newer version...
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Faux_Grey said:
At that price might as well buy a new GPU..
A GT-710?
I'm surprised any games run on that card at all! Even entry-level onboard graphics nowadays are faster.

Overall all I'd suggest is perhaps buying a cheap 120mm or 80mm fan and zip-tie it onto the card.

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Actually had to do this back in the day. Bought a Gigabyte 8600GTS featuring "Silent pipe" cooling, idea being to be passively and silently cooled. Load of arse. Ended up just bolting a 120mm case fan to it. GPU finally worked as expected.

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Took the sticker off, and there's no shaft under it to be able to lube, and I ended up breaking the blade hub when I tried to remove the blade.

Found a fan on an old VGA card I had laying around. It had the same 3 mounting holes, but the blades were too big to fit in the heatsink. I took a pair of clippers and trimmed each blade as evenly as I could. It is working OK, seems to be cooling much better. It's only 2-pin, so there's no way to monitor the speed, but it looks to be spinning faster.

Hopefully it works as a temp solution until I can find a suitable replacement.
 
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R299 for a tiny 50mm fan from Takealot is madness - the exact same fan is available for R29 from cshop
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Gpu Fan

GPU FAN - GFXFAN-GGraphic VGA Video Card CPU Cooling FanSpecifications:Material: PlasticColor: As shownDiameter: 3.5cm (± 0.1cm)Hole distance: 3.5x3.5x3.5cmVoltage: 12V DCElectric current: 0.07ASpeed: 4800 ± 10% RPMSpeed Control: PWMWorking life: 30,000 hours (25 , 45 - 85% relative humidity...
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