DarkKitarist it's not like normal paste, it's more of an adhesive paste, works better this way since there's no mounting mechanism to put pressure on it.

bigger the gob the better the job!

Now we know, where The Verge got the idea.

he desperately needs some gray stuff in his head too)))

You made the same mistake the video did, too small a fan at too high an RPM.

Noctua.

Exactly, just take the covers off lol..

That's not necessarily true, some people will put their router in an out of the way place and not monitor its temperature, but dust (or spider webs) may accumulate over time. Plus, it depends on the load placed on it, more connections and more data put through, especially QoS or other traffic management can put a lot more load on a router thus increasing heat.

What you are stating does not make much sense. FIrst there may be no "5V supply" inside the case, because it's 12V input then SMPS subcircuits drop voltage down to what the processor, radios, and memory need which is probably lower than 5V, except the radios then depends on their design power. Second, in this SMPS circuits, they don't design for extra power to use for something else, and in particular you probably do not want the extra (electrical ripple) noise from a fan motor, on the radio circuit supply, will make for worse performance. Third, there is no reason to do this. Fans for PCs are generally designed for 12V and there are multiple different ways to decrease their RPM if you don't need the 12V design power RPM.

some cable companies already have them rogers xb6

i think its a part of the industry , to make their life shorter so you can buy another one , I mean in my country Iraq , they never take longer than 6 months , i actually visited this video due to damaged router Tp link

I've been using an old ea9300 for a year now without any active cooling and it sees heavy use. My guess is that unless your room is really hot, you will be fine.

Get a usb powered laptop fan

heat rises so either way as long as the airflow is going up

to cut cost

because it is not necessary. How about that? Chips have T range, passive radiators are able to dissolve that heat, so why introduce anything that may affect radio signal, add up negative UX and requires more $$??

Because fan breaks down in time, a heatsink won't.

USB 2.0 power in the back

Yes,in malaysia room temperature is 33 Celsius and 35 at afternoon . My wifi stopped working many times when i playing online games.we need a cooling fan for wifi

I never did before from the last 20 years, but my router is in a closet in this house. Our Internet was dog slow. Summer temps now always hotter upstairs. This is my second router and the internet is dropping packets. Tested with by passing the router and it was fine.ISP said all is good. So I put a fan on the router and internet is back up full speed. I just used a desk fan until I vent the closet.

Stopped using it. I Use the ea9300 now.

I mean 5db isn't that disturbing for the modem... not for me in my case and I just done this today and it doesn't decrease significantly. What Im saying is its more gain to the loss

@@hazimreitz That dude meant a different kind of noise, lol)) the one that may impack( :) ) radio signal. Nobody cares about audio shit here, man.

Multitool shit ton of thermal paste I mean.......

when you buy a CPU it doesnt come with a fan either, does that mean it doesnt need one?

Your CPU doesn't come with a motherboard, PSU or anything else associated with it either so that's not a good point of reference

Yes, the router comes closed and ready to use. But you have to understand the point of view of the company, she does not want you to have the equipment all your life. So she guarantees the guarantee minimum. The rest will depend on the environmental conditions and you. I think that before a device has problems with crashes and strange things, I add a fan so that the heat can always be evacuated.

I have just taken a look at my router speed with and without cooling. It's about 30% faster when cooled. So no, a router doesn't need a fan, but obviously can work better with one. The router is from British Telecom, so is of reasonable quality.

adding fan makes appliances last long and prevent further damage to the components inside.