Update time.



I'm working on the fans today. Here's the lower radiator bracket that came with the case.






The whole thing is aluminium. The top section holds the fans, and it slides onto the bottom section.







The little rubber grommits slide through the channel there and clips in.






The bottom section screws into the case.







And run a 4 way fan splitter cable through the bottom there.






My fan cables are way too long! Every extra cm is just going to pile up in a mass of spaghetti in the bottom of this case, and there will be a LOT of cabling down here. So I'm going to shorten the RBG and PWM to fit. I'm going to make an RGB extension cable to match the 4-way fan splitter cable.






I've picked up a 26-AWG stripper for these RGB/PWM cables, they are so tiny! Along with the compatible Corsair RGB headers and male/female crimp terminals. A bit tricky to find, so if anyone comes across this in the future, here's the relevant parts for the UK.



Female Connector: (Molex 50-57-9404) https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/wire-...-plugs/6783161

Male Connector: (Molex 70107-0003) https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/wire-...-plugs/6795978

Female Crimp Terminal: (Molex 22AWG 16-02-0102) https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/crimp-contacts/6794742

Male Crimp Terminal: (Molex 22AWG 16-02-0114) https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/crimp-contacts/6794742



These crimp terminals are designed for 22AWG, but the actual wires are closer to 26. The crimping can be really fiddly. Here's how to do it.



Step 1: Take a piece of Tape to remember which way round the wires connect before you cut it!



Wires cut and stripped.





Crimped.




Gardeners fingers hah. The terminals are so damn tiny, it can be really fiddly. I found crimping the terminal to the plastic first, then the terminal to the stripped wire as separate operations with the crimping tool to be most effective.




Back in the connector. Took bloomin ages actually, but I've done 4/6 RGB cables.... then all the PWM ones to go 😞 Totally worth it for those tidy cables though right?





Finished RGB vs regular PWM. Hope you enjoy the orange background, I'm getting bored of white lightboxes hah



More to come soon!









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