How to attach case fans (noob question!)
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Soldato
Worse case on the larger holes a zip tie might work, won’t be pretty but should be good enough.
I was curious when I looked into those, well I think that's what I saw. Are they like this?
Yes, mine are old so not sure they're identical, but this is the product page. Have been using them over 5 years and haven't had a fan fall out yet.
Soldato
Oh yeah rubber mounts are a thing, tried them once but they seemed more of a faff to me.
To each their own though.
To each their own though.
Soldato
Just file out the holes in the case a little.
You want "Case Fan Screws for Mounting PC Case Fans M5 Self Tapping [50 Pack]". They cost me £3.79 from one of OCUK's competitors a while back. Black ones cost me £5.49.
You may want to add some rubber washers for noise dampening.
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I have these working on my top mounted fans. They are OK and are obviously easy to mount if I remember. Only was concerned with having to stretch them through the case mount and through the fan. If you pull to hard they pop out of one or the other.
Once fitted though, as mentioned, forget about them and get on with life.
I only tried them as they came with my Akasa Piranha fans or maybe the Alpenfohn ones.
Soldato
Really weird they're labelled as M5 as case fan screws are self tapping not metric machine thread. I've never seen them described as M5 but Google suggested many people do!
Soldato
Came here to post just that.
Akasa AK-MX003
Used them for years, prefer them to screws.
Don
Weird because the mount holes I am talking about are too small:
but the other fan positions have holes WAY too big for these screws :
The big holes are for the standard self tapping fan screws - I'm guessing the fan mount at the rear and the top one will have these.
The smaller screw holes look threaded, and as mentioned will be for longer screws. I've seen these on a few cheaper cases where the front panel is not easily removeable (or for fans mounted to the PSU Shroud, where you cannot get access from below) - the screws go all the way through the fan from the inside (through both sets of holes), before screwing into the front panel
For these big holes, When you say standard self tapping fan screws, can you link some please? The hole is just a hole in the thin metal, with no thread etc....
Edit: found some tiny screws which worked for the small holes, was able to just screw the closest side of the fan through. But messy though as the screws have a large head so the fan casing gets in the way of them on one side so only have 3 in lol.
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Don
The screw taps into the plastic of the fan, from the outside of the case inwards
Screws are pictured here
How to attach case fans (noob question!)
Hi, I'm building a pc made up of second hand components, and I'm missing screws. I bought a set from china, however it doesn't contain any which look anywhere near long enough to screw case fans onto the case. What do you use please?
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Soldato
Edit Ignore : I'm confused now if the standard holes are big enough for normal self tapping screws, or if they only support them with the rubber grommets installed.
OP Might need to post another photo with their self tapping screws in the holes at the rear of the case for us to take a look.
OP Might need to post another photo with their self tapping screws in the holes at the rear of the case for us to take a look.
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This is the kind of stuff I'm pretty clueless at, and I think you're right, Can you buy such grommets from Screwfix etc?
This is my hand holding an m3.5 screw in the hole I have for most of the fan mount points. You will see the screw is way too small
The front fans I was being a doofus about and managed to secure fans at the front using screws in the plastic casing closest to the case.
Soldato
Superglue.
Put washers behind the screwheads, although you'd need the right size washers and they are £££ for some reason.
Cable ties.
Take off nuke the entire site from orbit.
Put washers behind the screwheads, although you'd need the right size washers and they are £££ for some reason.
Cable ties.
Take off nuke the entire site from orbit.
Don
Can you measure the size of the holes, or at least show a picture of whatever screws they are (as fan screws aren't m3.5)This is the kind of stuff I'm pretty clueless at, and I think you're right, Can you buy such grommets from Screwfix etc?
This is my hand holding an m3.5 screw in the hole I have for most of the fan mount points. You will see the screw is way too small
@steinooo
Did you get this sorted?
I have been going through my PC spares box and have come across some screws that may be of use.
Think it was when i had a water cooled system and the screws where used on a radiator. They should be long enough but unsure if the thread will be the same as your case.
If you want them, message me your address and i will post them out to you.
Did you get this sorted?
I have been going through my PC spares box and have come across some screws that may be of use.
Think it was when i had a water cooled system and the screws where used on a radiator. They should be long enough but unsure if the thread will be the same as your case.
If you want them, message me your address and i will post them out to you.