[AMD] Replacing fan on stock cooler?

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MajinCry

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Hey there, got another quickie.

The only gripe I've got about the stock cooler for my 965 BE, is the fan; it's mega loud. It's also not that big. I have bigger case fans.

Would it be possible to attach a bigger fan (Bigger than the HS) without removing the heatsink? I'd rather not seperate the HS, due to a lacking of thermal paste.
 
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MajinCry

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Eugh. I'd have to splurge on a new cooler, huh? Dang. Is there really no way? I'd like to avoid removing my motherboard and all the connected cables; it'd be a PIA to re-connect everything.
 
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It'll be just as cheap as finding a quiet fan that small.

That being said, does your case have a hole in the motherboard tray? A lot of them do, and it's specifically so you can install a new cooler.
 
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You, my good sir, are awesome; I did not know that you could take off BOTH sides of a case *Facepalm*. Can't believe I didn't know that.

But a motherboard tray? I don't have a clue as to what that...Well, is. Is that a pully-outy thing?
 
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DarkSable

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Hehe, good job. :p
(Don't worry, we've all seen worse.)

The motherboard tray is what your motherboard is actually MOUNTED on - often it's a piece of metal between the back case and the rest of the case that you put the motherboard on so that you can hide cables behind it and install coolers. (Many of them have holes where the CPU sits so that you can do that.)
 
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