I Tried to OVERCLOCK these Fans...what happened next is 🤯 

Glad you enjoyed it!

Same.

Germans have standards 😂

I'm not. Having raced RC boats for years I'm rarely surprised at how much added voltage you can run. What matters is the amps as that is what will cause the most heat for the DC motor.

😂😂

It’s not overclocking. It’s just applying more current. There’s no processor to increase the frequency of.

It's overclocking: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Overclocking

@@HardwareCanucks there is no clock frequency. it's DC current. I don't care what the dictionary says. It's physics.

overCLOCKing implies that a clock is being alternated, not sure how there can be difficulties in understanding that overvolting isn't overclocking lol interesting video regardless.

@@RTBGG These are computer guys, not electrical guys. They use that term because it relates to the PC world. But as was said, when there's no clock frequency, there's no overclocking. MW has been wrong on many things, this is just another one.

Thanks. No worries, the video was fun to make and it's not like blades would go flying from any of these anyways. But people have to vent....which is ok too. 😉

also...almost everything 12v is good till 14.4v minimum..... in automotive applications this is necessary because of the alternator charging circuit (which can hit 16v+) amplifiers are often rated as tested at 14.4v to up the numbers for marketing too. this sets a standard whether its written or not....almst anything 12v is built with that automotive expectation in mind....noctua and other PC specific mfgs probably arent even thinking about it as i suspect the good brands are looking for even better than this basic "expectation/standard" that engineers have in mind. if your alternator is outputting higher than 16v go see a mechanic cuz you need a new one or vreg at least. 18-24v is not unheard of when an alternator craps out and the rest of the system is "supposed to" take it (for short periods) without burning ecu's and other expensive components....

you don't need higher than 12v for more power, i made a 80mm go 8000rpm at 3.3v all depends on the wiring, just look at server fans they have power at 12v. its mostly the market and the majority of people wanting quiet that's flooded everything with low power fans.

Because it died before we could test it. Plus my focus was really on the Noctua after validating the process actually worked. :)

@@HardwareCanucks Ah, fair enough.

Perfect comment.

Eventually you'd be amperage limited I'd think.

Not for DC fans tho

I thought this too, I can't imagine the damage that a fan spinning that fast would do if it broke into pieces.

Safety Sallys.

you don't. this is a goofy experiment for fun.

Because this was "fun" at a time when too many folks are taking themselves way too seriously.

It was faster. ;)

Essentially, if I like an idea I'll try it. There's too many people taking themselves way too seriously these days and if I wanna have some fun, I think it's important to put it on camera. Succeed or fail. 👍

Because they're teensy. The fans in my Dell Latitude C840 hit nearly 10k RPM. Like air-raid sirens for mice.

jesus never thought an ancient laptop could do that@@erinw6120

Smaller = faster

Any short will be contained in the hub so no worries but like I said at the end: should you do it? Probably not. Can you? Yes.

@@HardwareCanucks Shorts create heat, heat can create fire. The hub is at least indirectly attached to plastic which can burn and many if not all fans for computers will contain some sort of lubricant which is probably flammable. That is saying nothing about the wires that transfers the energy.

I literally say this in the first minute. ;) But technically it's also an overclock... or overRPM.

The truth actually.

I was referring to the TWO PIN fan pinout part of that. ;)

😂😂 We have a fire suppression system in the office: run like hell

@@HardwareCanucks Which is great but that wasn't the point. You should have done it because of the audience. The safety glass and the fire extinguisher too. It is absolutely your decision to use these or not if you are doing it off camera. However as soon as you are on camera it is very important to not have even one viewer who could think that this is just a fun game, and without any background knowledge and safety measures they would try it and potentially cause a fire at their home. It is tough and not fun but as soon as you have a larger audience, you have this kind of responsibility. If potential house fires can be prevented with such a cheap and easy steps why not just do it.

Get off your high horse. It's RU-vid, not some sort of formal education. They have absolutely no requirement to wear PPE or take something down and re-shoot it just because you think it's unsafe. "Pull this down and re-shoot it" 😂 The entitlement of viewers in light of the LTT drama recently is astounding. Everyone feeling that way needs to get off RU-vid more.

​@@bjones1794and what exactly did they say that's wrong? Name one thing the op said that is factually wrong.

@@MrGamelover23 well if you really car, a PC fan is definitely not a "power tool", and they also told the channel what to do by saying "pull this down and re-shoot it" as if they have any authority over what the channel should do. The entitlement is real. Don't watch if it bothers you that much.