cpswaim

I recently received this bracket for my Xigmatek. It fixes one of the things that has bothered me since I got the cooler. It now exhausts out the back of my case. This is also good because I recently removed the three unused drive bays and placed a fan there, which will shoot air straight into the cooler, then out the back of the case. Here are some beginning pictures:

The Xig plus the bracket:


Mobo with old bracket removed:


Yate Loon + shroud (RIP Raidmax 3CFM Fan):


AS5 in the double rat turd style:


Mounted up:


Closer look at the bracket:

My method to tighten the bolts down was using a drill bit being turned by needle nose pliers haha, pretty ghetto, but it worked!


Entire System:




Hope you liked the slide show. I may post more once I get it in, and get the mesh on the front of the case.

slothfish

Wow that must have taken FOREVER to tighten lol!

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unl3a5h3d

Nice idea. +1

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cpswaim

Haha well, I think it could be a little snugger. But the bolts went down pretty far just by hand, but then that method took them the rest of the way. I might tighten it more later.

Also forgot to mention:

I'm waiting on some OCZ Freeze. My temps right now, running open air like that, are around 43-44 load [22 ambient] (taking into account the AS5 hasn't cured at all). I'm wanting to see if the OCZ really does about the same job without taking 200 hours of curing time.

bavarianblessed

So whats with the double stacking fans? I have seen a few people do that now. Why not just mount them in push/pull config?

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sLowEnd

It's not double stacking fans
The 2nd "fan" is actually just a shroud

People use it to get rid of the dead spot where the fan motor is

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cpswaim

It's not double stacked. It's a 'shroud'. Basically just a tube or outer casing of another fan of the same size that funnels the air in a specific direction and helps remove the dead spot where the fan motor is.

I read a report on watercooling and shrouding a radiator, and in the report a fan with shroud made a 15% drop over just a fan. Can't find a link, but will look.

bavarianblessed

I see..hmmm. Thanks for the clarification guys.

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Noremac2007

therefore, with my katana 3 cpu cooler, i could get an 80mm fan and create a shroud for it and create better nujmbers?

cpswaim

Theoretically, yes. it should help cool air flow, but may or may not help your numbers any. It shouldn't hurt them, so it's worth a shot right? (Especially if you have another fan laying around)