Hey all, I was thinking about getting one of the ryzen ai 350 mainboards to use as a standalone htpc with my own case. I’d like to control fan noise so I would like to replace the provided small laptop fan with my own larger fan. This would need to be mounted in a different manner of course, so I w…

Name: Framework Mainboard Meets Noctua CPU Cooler: An Epic Mod!
Uploaded: 2025-05-06T08:00:29Z
Description: I remember seeing it, could it be this from Elevated System? [Framework Mainboard Meets Noctua CPU Cooler: An Epic Mod!] at 9:30

Hi @matt_smolich , Welcome to the community. I think someone did this very thing with a Noctua fan. As long as the heat sink is getting as much or more airflow across it than the stock fan it should not be an issue. It does not even need to be physically mounted to the heat sink if you have enoug…

I remember seeing it, could it be this from Elevated System? [Framework Mainboard Meets Noctua CPU Cooler: An Epic Mod!] at 9:30

Oh yes! That is the one I remember seeing. (Plus chuckling a little at the overkill on the backplate/overmount he created) Kudos to him for going to the trouble of doing some sheetmetal work to get the pieces he wanted. I remember thinking when I watched the video that Noctua does make a special …

Feasibility of using larger custom fan with standalone mainboard

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Eli May 6, 2025, 8:00am 3

I remember seeing it, could it be this from Elevated System?

at 9:30

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Feasibility of using larger custom fan with standalone mainboard

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