Cooling Fan Duct For Silverstone DS380B Case

Name: Cooling Fan Duct For Silverstone DS380B Case
SKU: 9161
Price: 25.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)

(3 Reviews)

A pair of carbon fiber fan ducts for Brian Moses's 2017 DIY NAS build

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A pair of carbon fiber fan ducts for Brian Moses's 2017 DIY NAS build

NOTE: I have switched to 1mm carbon fiber plate for the current batch. If you are needing to match an existing duct, just let me know. I think I have one spare 2mm duct left on hand, and I can alwa…

What is it?

My friend Brian generously gives away a custom NAS box twice a year. He was unhappy with the air flow in the Silverstone DS380B case. It has two large fans pointed right at the drive cage, but there's a huge gap on the side, and that gap is the path of least resistance for the air.

No more 3D printed duct faces!

These ducts are CNC cut from sheets of 1mm thick carbon fiber. It is the same stuff I use on my FPV miniquads. It is sturdy stuff, and it can take a beating!

The carbon fiber ducts are attached to your 120mm case fan using 3D printed brackets.

Included in each order:

2x carbon fiber ducts with 3D-printed brackets
4x black PC case fan screws

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Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (3.67)

Documentation: (4.33)

Shipping: (5.00)

Communication: (4.33)

Curtis | Oct. 31, 2020

Great replacement for DIY cardboard

My drives were running around 50c even while idle. With this AND high speed delta fans my temps across all 8 drives are constantly 27c.

Logan | Dec. 22, 2017

Pretty cool, easy to break, too tall for thicker fans

My drives run ~10C cooler with the ducts in place, although my MB now runs ~3C hotter since the air passing over it is now passing over the drives first. I'd consider this a perfectly fine trade off.

I have the "Nidec Servo Gentle Typhoon D1225C12B5AP 120mm 1850 rpm Silent Case Fan" and I found I had to manually trim about 1cm off the top of the duct for the drive bay to still fit in the case with the duct in place. You could probably make the ducts that much shorter by default to accommodate more fan types and still get good results with thinner fans and the small gap.

One of the screw holes on each duct broke while I was attaching them to the fans. This was probably because I had to remove the ducts to trim them and that added extra stress to the bracket. I'd suggest future printings to add more thickness to those areas.

Mark | July 20, 2017

brittle

The product serves intended function of increasing airflow, however the screw holes are not perfectly aligned and is brittle, easy to break if screwing in too tightly