With the Corona pandemic going on, getting some components are quite difficult. I have been waiting for the 8 fan tray for some time and still no stocks available.
What to do in these times?...
Make your own!
So I turned to my useful friend. Mr Ender 5 P.R.O
1000D does come with an 8 fan tray. However it also comes with a 3x 140mm fan tray which I don't think anyone ever uses (judging by the other 1000D builds)
So its time to get creative. While I will continue to operate with just 2x 480 rads. The drawback of having these in the front of the case is that once normalisation occurs with the coolant, you effectively run cool air through warm rads as the intake.
I plan to put the rads in the roof, and simply have 8 fans as intake and create a neutral pressure to an extent. Hopefully keeping things cooler, since tempered glass is not the best to have when things get toasty.
Picked up another set of fans that will be mounted into the front of the case.
Let the fun begin...
140mm fan tray dismantled. I'll reuse everything except the tray itself.
Quick check on the screw holes to make sure I dont make any mistakes given how long it takes to print some parts.
Not sure what it is about these fans but they certainly do look nice to me. Nothing quite like Noctua but I take what I can get.
Now this next part I won't take credit for. These were found online from another designer being requested to make them. However based on what I printed, I know I will not use these as the final result as its too basic for my needs and do cause minor issues with cable routing, as well the contouring of the Corsair fan, rubber corners which are raised higher than the fan shroud itself.
It took about 40hours total to print these. Luckily no errors or mistakes as I had them print with high quality.
As the original designer did not own the case and designed the parts based on measurements, there were few holes made so I had to attach these myself to the fan rails
Another reason why I don't think this will be the final result?... I have to use almost all of these. I hate screws.
Et Voila
I will most likely remix this design. Instead of screws, ill have small tubes male/female running through the fan holes so they can press together. Ill also make the parts recessed underneath to compensate for any raised areas on the Fan corners.