Dire situations call for desperate measures. Especially when he’s PC performance is in jeopardy. SamoesA DIY Graphics When his card started overheating, he knew he needed a solution.armed with 3D printer some additional components, Samoa DIY We came up with a creative solution to this problem by designing a custom housing for a large fan that was not originally intended to cool the graphics card.
According to SamoesA DIY, the GPU started overheating some time ago. A temporary solution to solve this problem was to install some CPU fans. However, this proved to be a futile effort, as the heating issue once again crossed my mind. This time, I needed a more permanent solution. SamoesA DIY had only a tool called Server Fan. This unit was 120 mm, much larger than his previous processor his fan. The biggest hurdle here is finding a way to mount it to your graphics card.
In a video shared on YouTube, SamoesA DIY shows the complete design process of a 3D printing solution. He created the fan shroud completely from scratch with the exact parameters to attach the fan to the graphics card. At the end of the video we’ve included some charts that show how well the setup works in reducing overall temperatures.
To print the final design, SamoesA DIY used a Creality Ender 3 S1. We reviewed this printer last year and consider it a high quality printer overall. It may be a little pricey, but the performance results are evident in the SamoesA DIY demonstration video here. I created a design using Solidworks is a paid CAD application used by both professionals and hobbyists. However, something similar can be created using open source such as Blender.
If you want to learn more about this custom 3D printing solution, check out our shared video. Youtube by SamoesDIY. This video is mostly just a time-lapse of the design and building process, but it provides a great insight into how the project developed from start to finish. Just the work he put into the build But I also really appreciate the internal look of how the housing was created.
