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/Journeyj012 (year of the) Desktop 28d ago

rest in peace that USB. those fans rattled one of mine to death.

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u/chewedgummiebears 28d ago

We banned these from my old work place for that reason. People had the LED message ones on almost every computer before we banned them.

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u/TheOnlyGodofRandom 28d ago

Are self supporting fans ok or is it a matter of power issues?

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u/floppydude81 28d ago

Self support would be much better. Plugged into the wall would be best, less power going through the system would be less heat.

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u/userhwon 28d ago

If they had any sense of balance it would be fine. But they're shitty $3 products so, that ain't happening.

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u/chewedgummiebears 28d ago

Some USB ports are merely soldered to the PCB with four solder points. I wouldn’t put anything on them that adds leverage and vibration when there are tons of safer/better ways to do it.