February 6, 2026
Description
Initally i had planned to cut a hole into the backplate and mount a 120mm fan but now i went a less destructive way
the mount can be fixed with one M3x5 (theres already one whole in the frame) and then this fan
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005008773261616.html
snaps right in. Also easy to remove to acces the board.
The higher version is more in the middle of the board but more of the fan is not in front of the venting holes, so i used the lower version.
There's not too much room between the fan and the back wall, but i noticed if you don't screw in the lower screws of the back plate the wind noise is drastically reduced, but i have it setup as controller fan anyhow and while printing the sound doesn't really matter ^^
Or you can still use a metal saw ...
License:
Creative Commons — Attribution
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