Medwynd Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 My hard drives idle in these cages are about 32 degrees. I haven;t started working the drives yet so they wil still get pretty hot without anything sucking the hot air out. Maybe it wont be necessary since the drives should have a pretty high tolerance. Products in question: iStarUSA BPN-DE110SS-BLACK 1x5.25" to 1x3.5" SATA/SAS 6.0 Gb/s Trayless Hot-Swap Cage http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816215323 Scythe Mini KAZE 40mm Silent Case Fan (SY124010L) http://www.amazon.com/Scythe-Mini-KAZE-Silent-SY124010L/dp/B000LB0M8S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1450243563&sr=8-2&keywords=scythe+kaze+40mm iStarUSA DD-FAN40-2P 40mm Ball Bearing 2-pin Fan for BPN-DE110SS http://www.istarusa.com/istarusa/products.php?series=Accessories⊂=Fans%20&%20Parts&model=DD-FAN40-2P Has anyone else tried to hook one of these up? The 2 pin connector is either way too small and made so that you can only plug iStars 40mm fans into them or the 40mm fan I bought has an incompatible 2 pin plug. Fan Splitter 4 pin Molex > 3 Qty PWM headers 30cm long CONNECT MULTIPLE PWM FANS http://www.amazon.com/Splitter-Molex-headers-CONNECT-MULTIPLE/dp/B009D3HV1Q The fans do come with a 2 pin to 3 pin adapter, so I could get a molex to 3 pin splitter and connect them that way but it wouldnt look as clean inside as connecting the fans to the cage. Link to comment
Medwynd Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 I ended up using the 2 pin -> 3 pin adapter and plugged the 3 pin adapters into a molex -> 4x2pin splitter. The Scythe fans did not come with screws so I picked up some 3mm x 16mm machine screws with some 3mm nuts to hold them in place. Home Depot carried them for about .50 a package of 3 screws. I ended up only putting 2 screws in per fan because that is all I had on hand and should be plenty for that tiny fan. Link to comment
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