5.25" Drive bay fan

Greboth · 12 Sep 2010 at 00:27

Hi there

I thinking about cooling in my case and as I have most of my 5.25 drive bays free I thought about putting a fan in there. I was looking at this Lian Li adapter but I don't need the drive bays behind it. Also no drive bays means better air flow.

So does anyone know where you can get just an adapter from? Also from searching on here, I read about someone who had simply cable tied a fan in place but I wonder how well it would work.

Thanks in advance.

zulu9812 · 12 Sep 2010 at 01:07

If you have 3 x 5.25" bays free, I would suggest a hard drive cage with a fan pre-mounted on the front. Silverstone and Cooler Master both manufacture such things. I've got a Cooler Master one in my Elite 335 case, giving me space for 9 hard drives (I use this case for a file server). Good cooling and good functionality, and I can swap the fan out for another one if I want.

sastusbulbas · 12 Sep 2010 at 01:30

What about a Scythe Kama Bay?

PhillyDee · 12 Sep 2010 at 11:41

I used 3mm bungee cord and 2 cable ties. Threaded it around the case, through the fan etc. Cable tied both ends in place. Anti vibration you see

BlackBat · 13 Sep 2010 at 00:52

There is the Lian Li BZ-502 too and yes I do know where to get them from, but as this is OcUK's forum I can't tell you.

Greboth · 13 Sep 2010 at 09:58

PhillyDee said:
I used 3mm bungee cord and 2 cable ties. Threaded it around the case, through the fan etc. Cable tied both ends in place. Anti vibration you see

I might try that as I can then keep my mesh drive bay covers so it matches and I don't have a random brand stuck to the front of my case.

BlackBat said:
There is the Lian Li BZ-502 too and yes I do know where to get them from, but as this is OcUK's forum I can't tell you.

The only place I can find is the bay but it seems expensive compared to normal retailers. Trust message me the link if you want

Mr Fujisawa · 13 Sep 2010 at 11:09

sastusbulbas said:
What about a Scythe Kama Bay?

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