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3DFX Voodoo3 3000 Cooling

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First post, by Tiemen

Posted on 2025-12-04, 20:20

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I was looking for a way to cool my Voodoo 3 3000. At first I tried the solutions I found on YouTube, but putting rubber bands around a card that gets hot didn't seem such a good idea to me and putting wrap ties on it also didn't work. Also, I'm clumsy. So I thought of this! It's a pci slot bracket with 2 noiseblocker nb-eloop b12-3 in it, hooked up to a 8 way voltage regulator.

Just wanted to show it off 😁 Don't know if cools properly, but it's better than nothing.

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Reply 1 of 4, by chinny22

Posted on 2025-12-05, 04:47

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That case with front, back, top fans has way better airflow then what was around when the V3 was around so doubt its necessary.
That said would think having a bit of air movement right next to the card is a good thing, probably for the sound card as well!

Reply 2 of 4, by RetroPCCupboard

Posted on 2025-12-05, 07:01

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I like the idea, but I think perhaps I would have put those fan controllers somewhere more hidden. That's a lot of cabling sitting on top of those fans.

Reply 3 of 4, by Tiemen

Posted on Yesterday, 11:54

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RetroPCCupboard wrote on 2025-12-05, 07:01:

I like the idea, but I think perhaps I would have put those fan controllers somewhere more hidden. That's a lot of cabling sitting on top of those fans.

I had them in the back first where you hide all the cables with sata voltage regulators, but it was too fragile. Also didn't have anymore psu cables to put them somewhere else, so this was the best I could do. Cables are fine by the way, they don't touch the blades.