As I had mentioned, all the 3.5" drive cage had been removed to prevent obstruction to airflow and also because I won't be using them to mount my HDD. MY two IBM HDD will be attached to drive rails and screwed onto the 5.25" bays on the front bezel. As they are both of the 7200 RPM type, they could get real hot! I copied the idea from the various 5.25" bay HDD Coolers out there. All of the models out there uses either 2 or 3 40mm fan and fits into a single bay. I decided to use 2 60mm fans and mount them on the face plates to cool 2 HDD at the same time.

60mm fan with the fan grill. The grill was taken from an Alpha P125 Celeron cooler HSF!		The face plates were attached to the front bezel for better alignment. You can see the markings on the face plates.

With the face plates mounted on the front bezel, it is easier to get an accurate alignment for the fan and grill. Drilled the screw holes first and test align it with the fan and grill. Next, drill holes along the circumference of the marking and use a hacksaw to remove the majority of the faceplates. Finish off with a plastic grinding-wheel with the Dremel. You should be able to obtain something like the pics below. Pretty neat stuff, if I do say so myself!!!!

Marking out the screw holes and intake hole with the grill.		Test fitting the fan grill with the face plates.

Once completed, removed the faceplates and screw on the fans, grills and the faceplates together. There you have it!! A Home-Made HDD Cooler!! You save about S$50 bucks on the HDD Coolers out there!!

Front view of the HDD Cooler		Back view of the HDD Cooler

End of Day 3. The case with the front bezel and the top panel.

Another day ends.......while another is on the break!! Tomorrow, side panel obliteration!!!!

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