gc-forever - Gamecube/Wii Forums

1, What fan can i put in a gamecube thats a upgrade?

2, adding LEDS to fan/vents ( like what Volt and can i just add it to the fan wire? or better spot)

3, what 2mm pads should i use? OR should i just use paste?

4, easy cooling upgrade?

<<GOAL>>
wana add some lights to my gamecube vents and give a cooling upgrade, its running a lil hot even after a cleanin

PS GC4L

guess this part of the forums are dead-ish.... I cut a fan to fit and used thermal paste seeing that's what was there. the store was out of thermal pads too xd will come back and check after my trip

50mm fans seem to work;
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If you're looking for a good thermal paste Arctic Silver is pretty well recommended.

Don't use thermal paste in the gamecube, the gap between the chips and the heatsink is way too big. You need thermal pads, 1.5 to 2mm thick if I recall correctly.

Streetwalker wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:25 pm

Don't use thermal paste in the gamecube, the gap between the chips and the heatsink is way too big. You need thermal pads, 1.5 to 2mm thick if I recall correctly.

I've seen it done but yeah, the risk is too great that it won't touch the heatsink or will heat up and puddle out or dry over time.

Thermal paste is meant to be used when the heatsink's cold surface is pressure-mounted directly on top of the IC. Any other case requires a thermal pad or thermal glue (only if that is also the mounting method) instead.