First post, by Intel486dx33
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How do you measure the size of computer case fans ?
Is it from screw hole to screw hole ?
Do you measure on a diagonal or straight across ?
Reply 1 of 5, by Nexxen
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Reply 2 of 5, by dormcat
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Intel486dx33 wrote on 2021-11-14, 13:39:Is it from screw hole to screw hole ?
Negative.
Intel486dx33 wrote on 2021-11-14, 13:39:Do you measure on a diagonal or straight across ?
Straight, from side to side, in centimeters.
Reply 3 of 5, by konc
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...and if you only have the holes and want to determine what fan to get, measure the center of two holes of the same side. You can deduce the fan needed from that, for example if it's 7.6cm then you need an 8cm fan for this place.
Reply 4 of 5, by dormcat
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konc wrote on 2021-11-14, 14:42:...and if you only have the holes and want to determine what fan to get, measure the center of two holes of the same side. You can deduce the fan needed from that, for example if it's 7.6cm then you need an 8cm fan for this place.
Just measured three 8 cm fans; the distances of their screw holes are all 7.2 cm.
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Some while back I was gonna improvise a VESA mount out of the frame of a 100mm fan with busted blades.... you can guess how far that went. 🤣
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