Zip-Tie Fan Mount Method....DIY
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Black Knight case....I built two of them. Great deal for $50 ea. Had a neat fan control system, LED temp displays for three temps, the best front door system I ever saw, two 120mm Yate Loon fans, etc.
Very few people on SPCR ever had one....despite my glowing reviews.
Those foam side panels are dark gray SafetyMat sheets...from Sam's Club (cheap). I don't think they're available any longer. They are 5/8" thick....and I modded them using Zip Ties. I layered a carpet panel to the safety foam using zip ties, that built up an acoustic barrier almost 1" thick. No glue involved.....
Link to Black Knight thread
Very few people on SPCR ever had one....despite my glowing reviews.
Those foam side panels are dark gray SafetyMat sheets...from Sam's Club (cheap). I don't think they're available any longer. They are 5/8" thick....and I modded them using Zip Ties. I layered a carpet panel to the safety foam using zip ties, that built up an acoustic barrier almost 1" thick. No glue involved.....
Link to Black Knight thread
Heh heh, a few months ago I tried looking for that model of case after seeing the nice features it had and the way it looked... too bad it seems to be either rare or simply discontinued.Bluefront wrote:Black Knight case....I built two of them. Great deal for $50 ea. Had a neat fan control system, LED temp displays for three temps, the best front door system I ever saw, two 120mm Yate Loon fans, etc.
Very few people on SPCR ever had one....despite my glowing reviews.
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I just came across another recent link to this old thread. Might as well update it.....most of the picture links don't work anymore. But you don't need pictures.
You use two zip-ties as a nut and bolt.....eight zip ties total for a fan with four holes. To isolate the fan from the panel you can use soft rubber washers, strips of soft foam.....almost anything. The small gap between the fan and the panel, can be closed with foam, if you want. I sometimes use longer strips of rubber hose as spacers. This is useful if you might want a fan closer to a heatsink. In this case you might simply wrap a piece of duct tape around the four hoses, forming a short duct.
The nylon zip ties don't transmit any significant amount of vibration to the case. Other methods of mounting using rubber cords, work very similar. But they are not nearly as strong as a zip-tie mount. I must have mounted hundreds of fans with zip-ties. Never had a fan come loose yet. Zip-ties are very useful in computer modding......there are countless uses for the things. Use your imagination......
You use two zip-ties as a nut and bolt.....eight zip ties total for a fan with four holes. To isolate the fan from the panel you can use soft rubber washers, strips of soft foam.....almost anything. The small gap between the fan and the panel, can be closed with foam, if you want. I sometimes use longer strips of rubber hose as spacers. This is useful if you might want a fan closer to a heatsink. In this case you might simply wrap a piece of duct tape around the four hoses, forming a short duct.
The nylon zip ties don't transmit any significant amount of vibration to the case. Other methods of mounting using rubber cords, work very similar. But they are not nearly as strong as a zip-tie mount. I must have mounted hundreds of fans with zip-ties. Never had a fan come loose yet. Zip-ties are very useful in computer modding......there are countless uses for the things. Use your imagination......
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And Harbor Freight will sell you a gazillion of them dirt cheap!
I think I get the idea. Insert the first zip tie from the outside of the case...through a rubber something on the inside of the case and through the hole in your fan. Put this same zip tie through the cap of another zip tie once through the fan and pull snug. Brilliant.Bluefront wrote:I just came across another recent link to this old thread. Might as well update it.....most of the picture links don't work anymore. But you don't need pictures.
You use two zip-ties as a nut and bolt.....eight zip ties total for a fan with four holes. To isolate the fan from the panel you can use soft rubber washers, strips of soft foam.....almost anything. The small gap between the fan and the panel, can be closed with foam, if you want. I sometimes use longer strips of rubber hose as spacers. This is useful if you might want a fan closer to a heatsink. In this case you might simply wrap a piece of duct tape around the four hoses, forming a short duct.
The nylon zip ties don't transmit any significant amount of vibration to the case. Other methods of mounting using rubber cords, work very similar. But they are not nearly as strong as a zip-tie mount. I must have mounted hundreds of fans with zip-ties. Never had a fan come loose yet. Zip-ties are very useful in computer modding......there are countless uses for the things. Use your imagination......
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Very Goo Post but I didn't tape the sides of the fan (like powergyoza did), as I managed to get the fan quite close to the case. In this situation, leaving the gaps is disastrous--the fan wastes a lot of airflow sucking air through the nearby low resistance gaps instead of from the high resistance case interior.
Thank you so much for the good post.
Thank you so much for the good post.
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This is a unique idea for hanging the fan to the casing. thumbs up!MikeC wrote:Don't forget the incredibly simple and effective sponge foam grommet trick employed by Leo Quan (powergyoza) in his Quiet Dual MP Workstation article--
See the article link for full details: Quiet Dual MP Workstation article