usual sign of the bearing on a fan going bad, they tend to make more noise when just starting up or at lower rpm. it will keep running, but it will get louder as the bearing gets worse.
So when you can't take the noise anymore, or it seizes completely and stops running get a new fan.
Sounds like it is the bearing; I'll look into getting a new one. Are they difficult to replace or is it just a pop open and plug sort of job?
super easy to replace, it's probably held on by either some sort of clip, or more likely 4 screws in the corners, and then a power plug to your motherboard.
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If your mobo is fancy enough, if you go into BIOS or run any sort of hardware monitoring util in your OS, it will tell you the fan speeds.
Case fans are like 2-3k RPMs and will remain pretty steady. The CPU one varies depending on load, and I have seen go from ~1500 to 4000 RPMs.
Generally speaking, case fans are only rated to last like 6 months or so. I have never found a decent measurement for CPU fans, as it varies. I've had ones that last 4 months, and others that I've taken from computer to computer for years.
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So when you can't take the noise anymore, or it seizes completely and stops running get a new fan.
No, how do you do that?
Sounds like it is the bearing; I'll look into getting a new one. Are they difficult to replace or is it just a pop open and plug sort of job?
super easy to replace, it's probably held on by either some sort of clip, or more likely 4 screws in the corners, and then a power plug to your motherboard.
Case fans are like 2-3k RPMs and will remain pretty steady. The CPU one varies depending on load, and I have seen go from ~1500 to 4000 RPMs.
Generally speaking, case fans are only rated to last like 6 months or so. I have never found a decent measurement for CPU fans, as it varies. I've had ones that last 4 months, and others that I've taken from computer to computer for years.