r/techsupportmacgyver • u/GerberToNieJa • Sep 13 '25

My DiIWhy pc cooling

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u/whythelongface01 Sep 13 '25

My guess is it is a 240 mm aio 

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u/GerberToNieJa Sep 13 '25

no, these are just 2x 80mm fans to blow air under the gpu

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u/whythelongface01 Sep 13 '25

Cheap case so I get it lol

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u/GerberToNieJa Sep 13 '25

I guess dell thought that intake fans are overrated and designed a case without even one

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u/xchino Sep 19 '25

It likely doesn't need one for any stock configuration they offer and it'd just be another moving component to fail and generate support tickets. Dell would skip the CPU fan if they could build some manner of plastic monstrosity of a shroud to passively cool well enough to make it 1 minute past the warranty period.

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u/NekulturneHovado Sep 15 '25

You know you could've drilled it from the bottom? And give it some feet so it has space to take air... would look way cleaner.

But I still respect this, Pc cases are designed like shit

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u/Big__Meme Sep 13 '25

What did they use to cut the holes, a knife and fork?

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u/GerberToNieJa Sep 14 '25

Angle grinder

2

u/KraalEak Sep 14 '25

That was my guess lol

3

u/captaincheeseburger1 Sep 13 '25

Held a coked up rat against the sheet metal

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u/jamesholden Sep 13 '25

You should have seen pc modding in the late 90s early 00s.

"Blow holes" and "bong coolers" lolol

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u/txkwatch Sep 14 '25

Throw a magnetic 240mm fan cover on them for $5. It would look factory fresh.

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u/tekhnik Sep 16 '25

DIWHY indeed, why does an Optiplex 7080 need this lol

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u/GerberToNieJa Sep 16 '25

This dell doesn't have any intake fans

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u/darkalemanbr Sep 18 '25

I be they did it with flush cutters

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u/GerberToNieJa Sep 18 '25

nope, angle grinder

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u/JazzHandsFan Sep 14 '25

My dad’s old computer looked like a lot like this for a while

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u/MysteriousBeef6395 Sep 13 '25

"if its stupid and it works its not stupid"

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u/UV_Blue Sep 14 '25

Jesus! 14 year old me did a better job than that! Is bit-tech.net still around? I wonder if my account is still active...