Little tip for CyberStorm owners (esp. UK)

[d0pefish]

Just posting this in case it's any use to anyone.

The fan on my CyberStorm PPC was exhibiting the "hum of death" noises, so I decided to look for a new one.

Took a trip down my local PC World, and saw they sold a chipset cooling kit by StarTech, £6.99. I couldn't find any loose 30mm fans, so I got this kit, which includes:


(plus some sticky pads for the heatsinks)

It turns out that the smaller heatsink fits on the SCSI chip perfectly! Fan is an Evercool model and is pleasantly quiet; the only model I could find online after 5 minutes of searching. The leftovers will go in my spares box, but for what it's worth, it fits my CyberStorm quite well:


Closeup

The larger chipset heatsink is just slapped on the 060 for the hell of it; I know it's not very suitable but if anyone has any tips as to where to find a better fitting one, please tell!

Hope this helps anyone looking for CyberStorm cooling bits.

[d0pefish]

Yeah :-)

The new fan I have is a 12V one and connects to a spare HDD power connector.

While I was at it, I disassembled the power supply and removed all the dust with canned air. The fan there was also dying so I added a new ball bearing one.

I soldered a short wire with a standard 3pin fan connector onto the PSU's board, so now new fans can easily be swapped in. :-)

Now my system's whisper quiet and a little cooler.