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[–] sykan@discuss.online 5 points 1 year ago (10 children)

If I could find a internal server fan smaller then 20x20mm. I'd stick one next to my 1U CPU Cooler. But for some reason I can't find one. Needs to be smaller then 20x20 because it would sit on top of the motherboard in a closed 1U server rack frame.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You can use a larger fan and a shroud to redirect the air flow, similar to how laptops are cooled.

[–] sykan@discuss.online 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd like to keep the cooling internal, I just have it sitting on a shelve next too other desktops k3s nodes.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just meant you can have an internal fan that's larger than your heatsink, and a shroud to direct the airflow to it. It requires less vertical space, but more horizontal space.

[–] sykan@discuss.online 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah that makes sense, the board does come with a shroud, my fans just don't have the power to push air through it well.

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