Difficult Case Fan Placement

Dancer · 7 Mar 2010 at 11:26

Ok, I have a fairly old, but roomy and sturdy aluminium case. I've never used case fans before, but with my new AMD x4 955 it seems I need to fit some. There are two ventilation holes at the back and two at the front (although one is covered by the drive bays).

However, measuring the holes for where I would screw the fan I'm finding that the holes are square 1x1cm holes and not evenly aligned. The two on the right side are closer together than the ones on the left side (see picture).

The distances between the holes are also not the same. 7cm horizontal, 6.5cm on left side and 5cm on right side. Any ideas how I can mount a fan in this case? I've been looking around but not found any workable solutions...

chipps101 · 7 Mar 2010 at 11:47

very strange hole alingment, i think you may be best drilling new holes yourself if you can, i doubt you could even cable tie a fan looking at the placements

if you are looking for a way to exhaust more air you could try one of these - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SY-000-GE&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=399
they are cheap and work fairly well.
do you have a pic of the internals of your case ?

Dancer · 7 Mar 2010 at 15:03

That looks nice and I have plenty of room for it, might give it a try. My wife actually came up with the best solution. Just superglue the fans to the case!

Bubo · 7 Mar 2010 at 16:01

Glue or silicone sealant is the best option by far

SupermotoMX · 7 Mar 2010 at 17:45

cable ties through the holes and around the fan? not through the fans mounting holes but around the frame? only thing i can think of apart from glue.

sir-les-mp · 7 Mar 2010 at 20:59

Dancer said:
Ok, I have a fairly old, but roomy and sturdy aluminium case. I've never used case fans before, but with my new AMD x4 955 it seems I need to fit some. There are two ventilation holes at the back and two at the front (although one is covered by the drive bays).

However, measuring the holes for where I would screw the fan I'm finding that the holes are square 1x1cm holes and not evenly aligned. The two on the right side are closer together than the ones on the left side (see picture).

The distances between the holes are also not the same. 7cm horizontal, 6.5cm on left side and 5cm on right side. Any ideas how I can mount a fan in this case? I've been looking around but not found any workable solutions...

looking at your mock up of the fan placment, it looks like there should have been one of those plastic caddys for mounting the fan to the case.
you still get them now and again in very old desktop case's where the monitor stood on top. If i remember correctly Dell where quite fond of using them.