Safe to place a chipset fan on a CPU heatsink?

[Tek7 (Legacy)]

I purchased a 60mm fan from a local computer shop in hopes that I could get my system back up and running today. It didn't work.

While digging through my spare computer parts, I found an old Thermaltake chipset heatsink and fan that I'd never used. I managed to fix the heatsink and fan to the CPU heatsink; I plugged in the fan, powered up the computer, and everything works A-OK.

My question is: Is this a safe configuration? I plan to purchase a retail CPU heatsink and fan online, but should I run this PC in its current configuration or replace the old CPU fan for the time being?

 

[Sirius]

as long as it fits perfectly over the CPU and the heat sink is pretty big and the fan is pretty big too you should have no problems.

 

[[toj.cc]WildBillKickoff]

I don't know if it will work, but way to show some good old-fashioned Yankee ingenuity!

 

[michaelpi]

you might want to keep a eye on the temps if its over 60 than you would have a big problem

 

[Tek7 (Legacy)]

I purchased a new heatsink and fan from a local computer shop (not the same shop where I purchased the 60mm fan), installed it, and it works just fine.

Thread closed.

 

[Tek7 (Legacy)]

which cpu do you ahve and which model thermaltake is it?

The processor is an AMD Athlon 1GHz; the Thermaltake heatsink and fan referenced was the Chipset Blue Orb model. I've since purchased a new heatsink and fan and replaced the Thermaltake model.