PCI slot fan

[Matador]

Hi guys.

So I have recently bought a Gainward Phantom GTX 970.

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Great card. I was playing with my side panel open and could feel the heat from the case.
It was running within normal temps, max. was 80 deg according to Nvidia inspector and ExperTool.
Since the fans are between the PCB and heat sink, I though of adding a PCI fan under the card for extra cooling.
But since I cant find any, I thought I would make one.

 

[Matador]

So I checked what I had at home on Saterday.
I had 2 old 120mm case fans from an old case (I tend to hoard old PC parts) and some angled aluminium.

So I made a frame with the angled aluminium to hold the fans.
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[Matador]

I then drilled the holes for the bracket and marked the hole for the fans.

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Then proceeded to round the edges and sand it for spraying.
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[Matador]

Sprayed it black
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Connected the fans to a connector

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And done

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I shaped a piece of black plastic to hang on the PCI slot as the assembly was to heavy to hang straight off the bracket (or whatever you call that thing that goes at the back)

 

[Matador]

So my max was at 80 degrees while playing Far Cry 4 for 30 minutes. After installing the fans the max dropped to 69 degrees, a massive improvement.
I made this to test the concept and it works great. 120mm fans might be overkill but its what I had on hand.
If I had 2 80mm I would probably have used those, but i'm happy with the outcome.
Now I will look for prettier fans.

 

[Toxxyc]

Looks great dude! Or, well, it works great, which is the important part!

 

[Matador]

Thanks. The fans are old and yellowed so I want to get some LED fans.