Hi Guys, I'm desperatley looking for a 120mm fan slimmer than 25mm. The Zalman 80mm slimline one comes to mind, but I really need a 120mm one. Even 20mm might just cut it! Any help would be appreciated, cheers.
how much airflow are you looking for. i dont believe i have ever seen a 120mm fan under 25mm thick.. however you could go with 4 60mm fans which you can get in 10mm thickness. http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/de60eblowsp.html
Yeah, well what I did was cut two 120mm fans in the side of my Cube case. One situated over the cpu and one over the gfx, both low speed, jut feeding the CPU/GFX a little extra air. Now the one above the gfx card won't fit, now I'm talking 3mm too big here, such a small difference. So atm I just have a filter over the gfx card hole but no fan. I MAY even be able to dremel out a small chunk of the fan bracket as the blades don't go all the way to the edge, but if anyone knows of a thin 120mm that would be awsome.
I have a 140mm that is 20mm thick/thin It's from AeroCool looks nice & doesnt sound much using a fancontroll. Maybe AeroCool's 120mm fans also are 20mm thin/thick?
you might try taking a scraper or a something to the frame of a standard 120. you might be able to get 2mm out of the tolerances built into the safety factor of the fans. not sure if there is space above and below he blades though. haven't seen any slimline 120's around.
The only thing i can think of you doing is trimming the frame down say halfway, and making the case's external hole a bit too big. Then, mount a raised grille (that covers the exposed blades, as well as the top of the fan) onto what's left, through the panel using some stylish 10-24 HexHead Bolts.
