Is there a demand for ‘reverse view’ fans?

MissChief

MissChief

MissChief

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Not quite sure how to say it in one sentence.

Many fans are designed to look good from one side. My most recent experience with Lian Li Uni fans is a good example. They look really special from the ‘correct’ side, as if you have them in a case as exhaust or with push configuration on a Rad the visually good side is nice and smooth with a nice Aluminium style centre cap. However, as I’m using three of them on the side and three more on the bottom of my O-11 Dynamic, all as intake, the rear of the fans are in view with the cabling and four support brackets in full view and the nice centre of the fans is completely hidden.

So, given the rise in windows cases showing a lot more than having one glass panel at the side, sometimes heavily smoked or tinted, is there a need or a demand for a fan that can be setup as intake at the side, front or bottom of a case with the ‘nice’ side being visible? Clearly this would need to be marketed and sold as such as putting them on a rad or on a normal style case would mean the flow going the other way than intended, but is there a market for such a design? Perhaps there already is such a thing?
 
They’re still the same though, the ‘front’ has nice clean lines with no support brackets but the back has the black brackets and wires.
 
MissChief said:
They’re still the same though, the ‘front’ has nice clean lines with no support brackets but the back has the black brackets and wires.
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The Corsair is the closest you will get to it looking clean on both side, as the wires are hidden and the hub is covered and lights up, there aren’t any fans out there that don’t have support brackets
 
MissChief said:
They’re still the same though, the ‘front’ has nice clean lines with no support brackets but the back has the black brackets and wires.
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The supports are on the rear because if they were on the front, the turbulence they induce would hit the fan blades, increasing noise.
 
Mr Evil said:
The supports are on the rear because if they were on the front, the turbulence they induce would hit the fan blades, increasing noise.
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That’s what I’m saying though, would there be a demand for a fan that can be used as an intake with a better looking design on the exhaust side so it looks better as an intake fan?
 
There are a lot of people who go to great lengths to make their PCs look nice, so there probably would be some demand. Would you be willing to buy a fan like that if it was louder though? It might be louder by a lot too - some fans react poorly to any obstructions close to the intake.
 
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