blade_3k

Heres how to do it (credit to creativemods.com)

Materials
2 80mm fans
zip ties
scissors


The fans are 1.25 each at bestbyte.net. That is where I got these exact ones. That leaves 50 cents for zip ties, and for this project you only need 4. Zip ties can be found at Radioshack.

Directions
1. Place the two fans together so that the wires are as close together as possible and start zip tying the two fans together like so:


The best way to get the tightest clamp form your zipties is to first heat them up. This can be done by placing them in fairly hot water for about 30 seconds. Another faster and equally effective way to warm up your zip ties is to use a blow dryer and blow some hot air onto the ziptie for about 30 seconds. If you start to smell melting plasic, then you went too far.

After the zipties are warmed up, they are noticably more plyable, and soft. Before the ziptie cools off, zip it on as tightly as possible.

Mounting method 1
After the zipties are in place, mount the card cooler to the inside of your computer using zip ties. This can be accomplished by zip tying the card cooler to the back of the computer. The case I was using has ventilation holes in the back that I used for mounting the cooler. If there are no such holes in the back of your case, pull out the drill and make 4 holes like in the diagram below.



Additional Pics
The SixPack:





Mounting method 2
Add two zip ties to the left side of the card cooler. When you put the zip ties in, make sure that the ends of the zip tie is in between the two holes like in the picture below:


Slide a metal slot cover under the zip ties, and you are almost ready.



Because there is a slight thickness to the zip ties, the slot cover may not fit very well. The screw hole needs to be bigger for the card cooler to fit This can be accomplished with a drill.



Once the hole is large enough, screw the card cooler in under your video card. Before you turn your computer on, make sure there is enough space between the video card and the cooler, so you won't have anything chopped up by either one of the fans. plug the thing in and test your wonderful three dollar creation!

i_ame_killer_2

Nice! (have allready reed that on a otherforum) But why a h*ll whould you use so many fans (i mena the six pack)?

legoman786

I want to make my vid card cooler! I will try this!

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blade_3k

the sixpack is a bit silly but heh it does help i mean, u could use that for a HDD Cooler aswell so its a bit more wide and covers more space.

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mattlb0619

pretty cool...!

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PROBN4LYFE

Good deal...finding a usage for those old fans lying around!!!

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rodan1

But does it hover well? Good tip for us financially challenged.

JW

Mootsfox

+rep for the ungodly amount of 80mm fans stacked : P great faq : )