OK I get it. I messed up. Said things I should not have said. Offended people. Stepped on some toes.

For that, I am sorry. Forgive me, I will try harder to keep things best left unsaid to myself.

However people do in fact change, and I am trying hard to do so.

What I actually said was:

Which is true.

remove the mobo, paul? if i remember correctly, you need to remove the 4 screws holding the shroud on at the top and 2 lower screws. after that, the fan and shroud should come straight out. i know i replaced the fan in my V8 without removing the assembly from the motherboard.

Nope...didn't have to....the issue was when I built it I had to cut a hole in the mobo tray to access the mounting...as I couldn't mount it first and slide the whole tray in....the V8 was too big.

I now have 2 fans off the cpu header...one in the V8 and the other is the chassis rear exhaust....both the new fans.

The front is a 140 ...that'll be the next to change.

While I was at it I put in new Vantec EZ swap 4's as the older caddies had tired fans too.

The whole thing is eerily quiet ...and I haven't even got the side back on yet...

Any pictures of that machine Jafo?

As a hobbiest who specializes in building SPEED machines , I really enjoy reading all the specs from everyone's rigs...it's kinda like a Hustler magazine for me !!! LOL !!                   -- Ace --

@ Jafo - VERY impressive machine my friend !!

Here it is...after rebuild....note the desk fan used to help with cooling when the CPU fan went south.

The mess prior ...note the new CPU fan plonked on top of the V8 ...it worked...and was better like that than the existing.

The big 'lump' under the V8 is the GTX590 ....only just fitted the box...another 10mm and it wouldn't have...

One day I'll finish the home-grown desk...even paint it....

Well, since we're showing.......

You still have it setup to hot swap hard drives?

If you're talking to me, I have a hot swap drive bay.

If not, then, I'll STFU. 

Yes...

Looking at the coolermaster fan I removed...it's positively cactus ....not only doesn't it 'spin' you have to apply concerted effort just to move it...probably a couple of pounds.  Even the ordinary old case fan would be better...it still spins...

Very , Very nice guys !! Hope you don't mind me saving these pictures, I want to add them to the collection of rig pics that I have on my "Bad Ass" machine wall display. Those are awsome !!  I'm working on a huge machine project right now , but it's so dang expensive, it's going to take me forever to complete. I've been in my shop lately fabricating some new design ideas I have for ultimate CPU cooling. I don't know if you guys ever saw this video , (don't remember who sponsered it) ,but the 2 guys in the video won the world record for fastest desktop machine. A record breaking 44 Gig overclock using an intel chip with a liquid nitrogen radiator cooling the CPU !! It was freeking AWSOME !!    -- Ace --

Have a link to that video?

To the OP, why not just get a new fan?  Its not that hard, if you know the socket type you should be able to get one for 30 to 60 for air cooled.  You take the old one out, clean off the thermal paste off the CPU, put new thermal paste on the new cooler if it doesn't have it, then screw/lock everything down and your set.  Hardware is easy.