QuantumBraced
Gawd
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- Nov 21, 2015
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Thing is, the Demciflex filters have just enough give that they get sucked into the fan and rub against the fan blades if there's no grille to stop them. That was a problem on the side bracket before we added the magnetic filter. On the front the filter could only be supported on three edges (rather than all four as on the fan bracket), exacerbating the issue.
Thanks for the replies. I agree about the Demciflex filters, I have them myself on my Gentle Typhoons and the way I solved the issue was by sticking some thicker magnetic tape on the bracket. Works well, no more friction and the side panel still fits:
By the way, another way to solve this is to use a heat gun on the filters, that straightens them out, but I was afraid of damaging them, so I didn't go with that. Clearly, these are just DIY solutions.
It would probably need to use the 2.5" drive mounts, but I don't know... it's kind of a lot of weight to be hanging off a handful of M3 screw threads.
Sure, I was thinking maybe adding 4 mounts to the side bracket and the front panel that would screw in vs. using the slide-in mechanism. But again, may be too much lateral force, or not worth it. It would be nice for people with window panels who want to use (or even show off) their HDDs. I guess it's also possible to use the PSU fan mounts, but that's trickier.
I was also thinking, if you mounted the fan as in your graphic (but you drilled your own holes or you used double-sided tape), how much airflow do you think you'd get just from the holes around and under the front I/O? It must be very little, but I'd be curious to see tests. That fan is not slim either, I didn't realize you could fit a full 25mm fan if you used an SFX PSU in the ATX bracket. You also have that glaring hole next to the motherboard with the SFX PSU in that orientation, almost seems better to just stick a slim fan directly to the rear panel vents if you wanna be that fan-atical, maybe with a couple of mm of spacing if possible.
Anyway, I am just babbling now.