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Fan life really depends on usecase. The bearings roughly have a certain number of cycles, and most consumers just don't push them that hard. For example a tiny
by NathanielK 5y ago
Fan life really depends on usecase. The bearings roughly have a certain number of cycles, and most consumers just don't push them that hard.
For example a tiny 1000 RPM server fan running 24/7 rotates 5 billion times per year. My desktop spends most of it's time off, but if I game on it 10% of the time it's big fans might be at 1000RPM. This is only 50 million cycles per year.