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Im working on making a DIY stereo/boombox with some old car speakers and an amp, im using an old 340w pc psu and since im only using the 12v rails do I need to have the fan?
 
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Ralston18
Truly do not know. Or at least with respect to quantifying a response. Too many factors involved.

If the overall load is much less than 340 watts then probably not.

Fans are for cooling and if the PSU gets hot then the fan will be needed again.

However, with respect to DIY, I would just leave the fan there. Get everything working.

Then remove the fan just to test out the concept.

If a problem develops (hopefully nothing fatal to your audio gear) then put the fan back.


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Truly do not know. Or at least with respect to quantifying a response. Too many factors involved.

If the overall load is much less than 340 watts then probably not.

Fans are for cooling and if the PSU gets hot then the fan will be needed again.

However, with respect to DIY, I would just leave the fan there. Get everything working.

Then remove the fan just to test out the concept.

If a problem develops (hopefully nothing fatal to your audio gear) then put the fan back.


 
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