Need a new fan for my pc. I need help picking one.

I'm pretty sure i need a new fan because my computer keeps heating up to 80c - 95c. I need help figuring out what to buy. If anyone on here is good at this please help, heres my computer specs if needed.

HP Pavilion Elite m9520f PC

Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q8300

8g Ram

750g hard drive

nvidia geforce 9600gs graphics card

.....if i need to list anything else let me know, and i already cleaned out the dust on the inside and that didn't help. Thanks!

Fan for what? Which component is hitting those temperatures?

If you are running that hot and using a HP prebuilt, I'd suggest getting a new case for $50 - $70, and rebuild your computer in that. Get a case with 2 intakes, 2 outtakes, 120mm fans. Some will let you use one 200mm fan instead of 2 120mm. Coolermaster, Antec, and Rosewill make some reasonably priced, high air flow cases, some feature cable management trays to help improve air flow.

One other thing, I had an HP prebuilt and it was running hot and I tried to replace the single fan that was in the back. The motherboard only wanted to have its original fan connected or you would get an 'fan error press f2 to continue' message. HP prebuilts have locked bios's so you wont be able to adjust fan settings. What I am saying here is you are gonna have to have that original fan connected to the 3 pin header, and your other fans connected to molex (4 pin power.) Unless you wanna see that error message on every boot. Someone else may know a way around this, however I don't.

If you dont want to rebuild, you may be able to drill some holes and bolt on a fan on the side panel for intake maybe.

If you are running that hot and using a HP prebuilt, I'd suggest getting a new case for $50 - $70, and rebuild your computer in that.nd5000

Good luck,

Boz

Another reason I suggest getting a new case is that most come with 2 or 3 fans, and are configured for air flow. If you just buy fans you may end up spending close to $40, and you'll still be stuck with the hp case, which to be honest, don't have good air flow and are not specifially built for the heat that is created while gaming.

i can just drill holes into my case lol....i might try that. the wires arent messy. they are all bundles up in one area, tied together. i heard of liquid cooling too, do those work, sorry im a noob at this haha

Yeah you can do that, You would need to cut a square in the side of the case and drill four holes so you can mount it via screws. Your best option here is to cut the hole towards the front bottom of the side panel that you can remove. This would be a spot for an intake fan. You may want to pick up a mesh fan grill that will fit the size of the fan you choose. Intake fans can pull dust into your system. I am not going to go negative/postive case pressure, but keep in mind that you want equal intake and outake in your case. 120 mm fans are the most common and I'd suggest those. Be sure to get one that has a TX3(3 pin) to Molex(4 pin) adapter. Most fans come with this but not all of them.

Liquid cooling and aftermarket heat sink fans are for your cpu and are for overclocking. If youre not overclocking, the stock heatsink fan should be fine.