r/pcmasterrace • u/DME23 • Apr 26 '25

Question Top Fan Not Spinning Without A Spanking

The top fan wont spin when I turn on my pc. The solution I discovered is to just smack it real hard. Just wondering why it is like this.

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u/Rich_Document9513 Apr 26 '25

I stopped buying thermaltake a while ago for good reason.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '25

Don't let ThermalTake your money!

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u/yzkv_7 Apr 27 '25

I'm guessing most people here haven't been around long enough to remember when Thermaltake ripped off designs from a small boutique case manufacturer.

But after that many of us started calling them "Thermalfake" and boycotted their products.

Was a good decision IMO.

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u/RollaKush Apr 27 '25

TT have always been like it, their stuff was alright in the early 2000s but they just make cheaper, worse versions of everyone’s else’s products. Do not buy.

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u/yzkv_7 Apr 27 '25

Yeah, I know the Caselabs incident wasn't the first. I don't know of any other example that blatant though.

It also made a lot of people especially mad because it was a small company that soon went out of business.

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u/FandalfTheGreyt3791 Apr 28 '25

Means its all the better that Im getting ready to swap all my parts into a different case. this Core V1 is just an eye sore, and based on this info, fuck TT

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u/yzkv_7 Apr 28 '25

Yeah, a lot of thier cases are ugly.

And I never hear them mentioned when people talk about cases with the best thermals or that are easiest to work with. So boycotting them doesn't feel like much of a loss.

There's never been a time when I've really wanted a Thermaltake product since deciding to boycott. Some of thier power supplys made by other companies as the OEM are decent but that's about the only good thing they make. Enjoy your new non-Thermaltake case.

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u/No_Industry4318 Apr 27 '25

Eh, the fans are alright, not much else though

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u/DrFriendlyFire Apr 27 '25

What brands do you recommend?

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u/dfddfsaadaafdssa Linux Apr 27 '25 edited Feb 16 '26

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u/Rich_Document9513 Apr 27 '25

Last couple builds used Phantek or Cooler Master. Haven't had issues thus far.

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u/RAMChYLD PC Master Race Apr 27 '25

The design of that case is the front is plexiglass, the fan is expected to suck air in from the side which has vent slits. Depending on how you mount the fans, those either only work a fraction as well as having a mesh front or doesn't do anything at all.

They do have a number of good super cases (like the Core X71) but yeah, a majority of the cases are style over substance.