cpu cooler lifetime?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by hentajus, Jan 5, 2008.

  1. hentajus

    hentajus Private E-2

    now i want to buy a cooler for a 2.8ghz pentium 4 processor... and i found one and when i looked it up in the company website i saw this line:
    Lifetime : 50,000 hours... does that simply mean it's gonna "die" after approximately that long or does it need a rest ever 50k hours?
    THANKS , PEACE :)
    :major:major:major
     
    hentajus, Jan 5, 2008
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  2. Fred_G

    Fred_G Heat packin' geek

    It means the fan is rated to run for 50k hours, then it may fail. I would not worry too much if my math is right: (50,000/24= 2083 days 2083/365= 5.7 years). I hope I am not using the same computer in 5 years! :D

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    Fred_G, Jan 5, 2008
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  3. hentajus

    hentajus Private E-2

    oh :D :D
    thanks 4 the info :p
     
    hentajus, Jan 5, 2008
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  4. dlb

    dlb MajorGeek

    ...and that's over 5 years of the fan spinning CONSTANTLY! I don't know about you guys, but I turn off the PC occasionally ;)
     
    dlb, Jan 6, 2008
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  5. Eezak

    Eezak Staff Sergeant

    Right...so if on average you leave your PC on for 8 hours instead of 24 that means you'd anticipate your cooler's estimated life would be longer than 17 years!
     
    Eezak, Jan 6, 2008
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  6. Fred_G

    Fred_G Heat packin' geek

    My computers are only shut down for upgrades and cleaning! :D

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    Fred_G, Jan 6, 2008
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