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pheflin526
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August 18th, 2021 19:00
Optiplex 360 CPU cooler replacement
I was given an old Optiplex 360 tower, the one which comes with the Pentium E2200. It runs fine, but unfortunately the case has seen better days. The outside has mold on it; mildew I think. Anyways, as I said it runs fine, but I do want to move the innards to another case, and I happen to have one. My only hiccup, is that I wont be able to properly mount the fan that cools the CPU heatsink. I figured I'd just get a CPU fan that fits this motherboard (model in pic).
What I am asking is, does anyone know what type/kind/size CPU fan would work for this motherboard?
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Posted August 18th, 2021 20:00
the motherboard is BTX. Dell case is proprietary that it has predrilled mounting holes on the chassis wall. you will need to find a BTX case and hope that it can match the 360 cpu heatsink mounting holes.
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Posted August 18th, 2021 21:00
one option is to get a Dell oem heatsink for the BTX board and LGA775 socket. optiplex 745/755/760/780 share nearly identical heatsinks in the same form factor (MT, DT, SFF). the 300 series are basically entry version of the mainstream business 700 series, i.e., 360 is an entry version of 760.
pheflin526
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Posted August 18th, 2021 20:00
Thats the thing, I have found a case that works. I'm looking for a possible aftermarket CPU cooler