In short: Any tricks for replacing the 40x28mm fans with 40x20mm (i.e. Noctua or similar)?
I bought an SC813M on Ebay that arrived with the fans lose inside and without the mid-plane fan holder that was in the original listing photos. The seller gave me the option of keeping as is or sending it back.
Since I had planned on replacing the fans anyway, I'm leaning toward keeping it. It's going to be a low power setup, so I didn't want four 50db fans screaming away in a ~30w system. Even without the fan tray, it was a good price. I can buy a fan tray on Ebay and still be ahead, but I'm not sure it would be easier to use one if I was replacing 40x28mm with 40x20mm fans.
Thought I'd ask though, if anyone had any tricks for "re-faning" these? My thought was to 3D print (or laser cut) something to mount over the existing lugs and/or through holes in the chassis, but if anyone had a clever workaround that didn't require me to spend hours designing something (I'm slow with CAD!), then even better!
I bought an SC813M on Ebay that arrived with the fans lose inside and without the mid-plane fan holder that was in the original listing photos. The seller gave me the option of keeping as is or sending it back.
Since I had planned on replacing the fans anyway, I'm leaning toward keeping it. It's going to be a low power setup, so I didn't want four 50db fans screaming away in a ~30w system. Even without the fan tray, it was a good price. I can buy a fan tray on Ebay and still be ahead, but I'm not sure it would be easier to use one if I was replacing 40x28mm with 40x20mm fans.
Thought I'd ask though, if anyone had any tricks for "re-faning" these? My thought was to 3D print (or laser cut) something to mount over the existing lugs and/or through holes in the chassis, but if anyone had a clever workaround that didn't require me to spend hours designing something (I'm slow with CAD!), then even better!