11-20-2013, 12:47 PM
If you've never replaced a fan, you arent running your computer hard enough. I use mine on average 6-8 hours a day. I've probably replaced 15+ fans over 10 years. Same $75 Case has seen 3-4 motherboards upgrades thru the years.
Fans use bearings, bearings wear out...just like Tires, just like harddrives...they're mechanical devices with a finite amount of run time. I've purchased multiple brands, multiple types, all wear out eventually. Even some of the fluid bearing ones that cost X3 as much (or more) only say they last 50% longer.
So what type of bearings do your fans that you've never replaced use?
Fans use bearings, bearings wear out...just like Tires, just like harddrives...they're mechanical devices with a finite amount of run time. I've purchased multiple brands, multiple types, all wear out eventually. Even some of the fluid bearing ones that cost X3 as much (or more) only say they last 50% longer.
So what type of bearings do your fans that you've never replaced use?
[should not have shot the dolphin]