Noctua NF-A12x25 22 mm 3D Printed Frame with Magnetic Pogo Pins

[eedev]

Hey mate!

The story behind this is that I had sanded down a few 25 mm fans to use them in my build but I wasn't satisfied with the result.

Since I have bought a 3D printer I felt like tinkering with these and this is the result.

It uses 2 magnetic pogo pins (https://aliexpress.com/item/4000364190719.html), this way you can daisy chain the fans.


Links:

• https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4835676/files
• https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/4000364190719.html

Let's be clear, I'm not saying you should do this. It's just what I felt like doing.

I hope you'll like this mod.
See you!

 

[thelaughingman]

awesome mod as usual friend!

share this with Noctua pls so they can do this officially in Sterrox

 

[Tuscany]

How about performance? I would guess that part of the performance is related the housing itself?

 

[eedev]

How about performance? I would guess that part of the performance is related the housing itself?

I have no idea!

There could be several things:

• I removed 2 mm of the height
• The back of the housing is different (the X holding the fan inside the frame)
• Noctua uses Sterrox because it doesn't deform as quick as regular plastic

I'm not going to compare to be honest! But it sounds the same to my ears and after a 1 hour gaming session today the temperature delta is not worse than how it was with my NF-A12x15 so I'm keeping them like this

 

[Tuscany]

What material did you use for printing? Seems shiny, so it should be PETG or?
I am stealing your idea for future tinkering on how to fit TX240 inside Sliger SM550

 

[eedev]

What material did you use for printing? Seems shiny, so it should be PETG or?
I am stealing your idea for future tinkering on how to fit TX240 inside Sliger SM550

Yes, I only have PLA and PETG on hand and PETG will withstand temperature better.
Let me know if you make something cool

 

[BaK]

It uses 2 magnetic pogo pins (https://aliexpress.com/item/4000364190719.html), this way you can daisy chain the fans.

Brilliant!
Thx for the link!

 

[Skripka]

I have no idea!

There could be several things:

• I removed 2 mm of the height
• The back of the housing is different (the X holding the fan inside the frame)
• Noctua uses Sterrox because it doesn't deform as quick as regular plastic

I'm not going to compare to be honest! But it sounds the same to my ears and after a 1 hour gaming session today the temperature delta is not worse than how it was with my NF-A12x15 so I'm keeping them like this

Sounding the same is a big victory. Noctua does do some shaping on the duct that I presume was for acoustics. The A12x15s are decent slim fans, but the hum above 1k RPM is annoying

 

[Moustache]

saw this on reddit, great work!

 

[Choidebu]

This is so cool. Nice to know these exists.

 

[morj]

@eedev how were the modded fans doing during long-term usage? Have you noticed any plastic deformation or other issues?

 

[SFFMunkee]

No idea how I missed this post before but I LOVE this idea. Keen to hear your response to above Qs from morj

 

[eedev]

Last month, I entrusted my wife's best friend with the FormD T1 v1, knowing I wouldn't see this PC again for a while. Upon inspection, the fans were still functioning admirably, though in hindsight, there's room for enhancement in terms of bearing tightness and frame construction. Perhaps a sleek carbon print upgrade would add an extra touch of coolness for those inclined.