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Put a 120mm fan in 5.25 bays
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:11 am
by lukeqsee
Can you put a 120mm fan in three 5.25 bays? Case is CoolerMaster Centurion 5.
Re: Put a 120mm fan in 5.25 bays
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:28 am
by Apoptosis
as long as it fits, why not? It's going to hurt anything and the drives will have a bunch of air flow around them, which is always good.
Re: Put a 120mm fan in 5.25 bays
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:34 am
by lukeqsee
do you have to connect it to anything (besides power), or will it just sit in the bays. Or will a couple of zipties do the job?
Re: Put a 120mm fan in 5.25 bays
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:41 am
by Sparky
Zipties should work fine. I've done something similar on one of my older rigs. Only thing you may run in to is some noise from vibration from the fan. Easy enough to fix by folding a small square of paper under the corners of the fan where it makes contact with any case parts to dampen the vibration noise.
Re: Put a 120mm fan in 5.25 bays
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:44 am
by DMB2000uk
Sparky wrote:Zipties should work fine. I've done something similar on one of my older rigs. Only thing you may run in to is some noise from vibration from the fan. Easy enough to fix by folding a small square of paper under the corners of the fan where it makes contact with any case parts to dampen the vibration noise.
Ghetto mods at their finest
Dan
Re: Put a 120mm fan in 5.25 bays
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:47 am
by Apoptosis
as long as it isn't going to fall, who cares whats holding it up ;) The case door will hide that... hehe

Re: Put a 120mm fan in 5.25 bays
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:56 pm
by Zertz
Zipties work well, if you tighten them enough the fan won't vibrate.
Re: Put a 120mm fan in 5.25 bays
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:20 am
by Sparky
DMB2000uk wrote:Sparky wrote:Zipties should work fine. I've done something similar on one of my older rigs. Only thing you may run in to is some noise from vibration from the fan. Easy enough to fix by folding a small square of paper under the corners of the fan where it makes contact with any case parts to dampen the vibration noise.
Ghetto mods at their finest
Dan
Yeah, I know, but my old case doesn't have a window so nobody knows (except all of you and I know none of you will tell anybody else!!)