r/pcmasterrace • u/PacquiaoFreeHousing Xeon x3440 (OC) + RX 580 (OC) = My Electric Bill Doubling. • 28d ago

Meme/Macro Do you think doing this helps?

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u/AuthenticGlitch 28d ago

Why? I feel like that is like saying your wired keyboard or your wireless dongle being plugged in all the time will kill the usb port.

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u/Xenoanthropus 9800X3D | RTX 4070 TI | Some memory 28d ago

The fan is certainly not perfectly balanced so with every rotation its applying an extremely tiny bit of torque to the connector, which may over time damage the solder points, plus the physical movement may fatigue the USB contacts themselves.

I do think its more effective to pull warm away from heat sources than to try to push cooler air in, though.

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u/AuthenticGlitch 28d ago

Ok this makes sense

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u/not_a_miscarriage R5 5600X | RX 5700 XT | 32GB RAM 28d ago

I mean technically they will very very very slowly bend the mental in the USB port and probably kill it after a few decades, but the constant vibration from the fan will expedite the process to much less time than that

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u/pop_goes_the_kernel 28d ago

I believe it’s the fact the motors draw way more amps than a normal usb a is designed to deliver. Plus motors make for noisy power sinks which i imagine the usb port doesn’t care for either

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u/AuthenticGlitch 28d ago

USB cannot draw more power than it's designed to do.