Cheap and Quick Fan Shroud

[Kid98]

This may have already been contributed, but here goes.

I just read today's article about how to make a fan shroud and the performance increase it can deliver. (good stuff!!) I thought I might share how I make my shrouds. I think using metal is a bit of overkill since there is no reason to make it that structurally sound. I use some standoffs that accept 6-32 screws. I mount my fan to my radiator by using these screws and standoffs. The length of the standoff determines the depth of the shroud of course. At this point I use metal tape (available in diff widths and thicknesses at Home Depot) to form a shroud from the base of my fan to the radiator base. If the distance between fan and radiator is great enough, I use posterboard to help keep it shaped. The tape is nice and sticky and does the job well. It is also shiney and looks decent when you are finished. The standoffs are supporting the fan so the shroud does nothing more than guide the airflow.

Hope this helps someone.

Kid

PS: be carefull with the edges of the tape, the thinner kind can cut you up a bit.

[jdmcnudgent]

got any pics???

[Neco]

I decided to cut up cardboard and just tape it together in a "box" fashion around one side of the radiator... lol


I'll have pics of all my crap soon enough

[Silversinksam]

I onced used a square plastic flowerpot that amazingly was the same size as my standard size heatercore(being that a square plastic flowerpot is tapered perfectly to accomodate a 120mm fan)....I then bought two shrouds from D-tek, amazingly the flowerpots obtained the same results as the D-tek shroud.....only difference was the D-tek shroud looked better ;)

[Neco]

but I know the cardboard will be so much louder

*cries*