Air Duct

[NoctisReitop]

Here's a little project that I've done. My case supports two psu's, and being that I'm only using one, I figured that I'd put that empty bay to use. The final picture is at the end, in case one doesn't want to look at the mess between.

I took the grill of the empty bay, and I tied a fan to it. String was easiest for me.





Here's the empty bay with the fan installed, showing also the hole that the power cables go through.



Used a three inch duct. Fan was 92mm, and being larger than three inches, I used a piece to open it up to four inches. Taped it up.



Cut the duct to length, and I cut notches in the four inch crossover piece so it would fit around the fan.



The notches created tabs. I bent the tabs around the corners of the fan to hold it in place, instead of trying to bolt/tie the duct down.



Put the duct through the hole that the power cables go through.



And here it is.


(Edit: Everything that was used can be found at Lowe's ^^. Also, if anyone attempts this, be very careful of jagged edges. I taped the ones that caused a threat up.)

[gvblake22]

Is that a Lian Li PC-A10 case? I'm toying with the idea of getting that case and was thinking about doing a very similar mod like this. Nicely done on the duct. does that fan rattle/vibrate at all just being held on by string?

[NoctisReitop]

Nope. Quiet as the rest of the case. And thanks, I had a lot of fun doing it. It's a silverstone case. I plan to do a review of this case.

[Stormcrow]

Excellent, and pro looking to boot! I've tinkering with the idea to mod a fan duct to the empty drive bays on my Centurion.

[Zambini]

What fan is that? Or is it just any fan?

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by NoctisReitop

It's a silverstone case.

OOHH, I assume a Silverstone TJ-07 then? Definitely another very nice case, how do you like it?

[NoctisReitop]

Originally Posted by Stormcrow

Excellent, and pro looking to boot!

Thanks ^^

Originally Posted by gvblake22

OOHH, I assume a Silverstone TJ-07 then? Definitely another very nice case, how do you like it?

I absolutely love the case. I was skeptical of it at first, being it was so expensive, and I had only seen what was available online. I kind of felt bad because my friends have $30-$50 cases, but when I first pulled the case out of that giant box, I knew I had made the right choice.

Originally Posted by Zambini

What fan is that? Or is it just any fan?

Here's the fan. The noise for this fan is higher than the rest of the individual fans in my case. If I cover the vent, the noise level goes down. It moves more air though.