Of course, the small amount of material in the corners of the frame does block some of the radiator. I've found that fan frames are not all identical, some have less material in the frame to accommodate larger impellers, so more of the radiator is exposed to air flow. I didn't say a fan frame is a perfect shroud, it is simply an option for making one yourself. You can use an old 120mm fan but an old fan shell does not have the same outer diameter as the Coolingworks shroud base (130mm), It is very little difference but a huge difference in terms of flow+cooling & for the price I think it is worth it, The shroud gives you a velocity/cone shape effect pushing a larger area into your fan blades, Using an old fan shell will work to remove the dead spot in the middle but still leaves a dead spot all the way around the edge where the fan shell is mounted due to the thickness of the fan shell which is fairly thick especially in the corners, The proper shroud is thin plastic and does not sit on the actual radiator core allowing air to flow through ALL of the core, Buy a proper shroud & you will be pleased, There is other brands out there but this is the only one that has the larger base and gives the velocity/cone effect The screws actually came with the shroud so you wont need to hunt them up, This place (BELOW) is dearer but shows that the shroud comes with screws the same as mine did from frozencpu, Forgot to mention it comes with a neoprene gasket too, Just the screws & gasket is nearly worth $5, Not really worth the time hacking up an old fan that will not give you the same amount of flow>Įdit> Found this pic googling but sidewinder does not have them according to their site? Frozencpu is the cheapest & they have them in stock I can measure the screw length for you, I will need to find out myself as I am adding another 120mm or swapping for a dual 120mm radiator to my system The base of this shroud is 130mm so it sucks a huge area of air into the fan, Much larger than the diameter of your fan which works great With the fan hard against the radiator there is a huge dead spot in the middle where air does not circulate, By moving the fan off the surface air can flow through the middle of the radiator, I fitted the fan on the outside of the shroud so my fan is now sitting about 30mm off the radiator
One thing that gave me a drop in temp was a Coolingworks 120mm shroud Try using just the Corsair fan on the inside and see if the temp changes? I am only using 1 Gelid thermally controlled fan running at 1000 RPM, When I fitted the Corsair fan it made too much noise and dropped the temp down 1 degree celcius, A waste of time really having all that noise, As long as there is air flowing through the radiator it works, No need for a noisy tornado going through it You should try running the Corsair fan on the inside pulling air in which will help the slower external fan to push, At the moment your Corsair fan is pushing against a slower fan and basically restricting it
0 kommentar(er)
