Wednesday, September 5th 2012
Prolimatech Magnetic Pin to Make Shuffling Fans Around a Case Snappy
Prolimatech announced a unique new accessory that makes it easier to attach fans to metal cases, at least those made of steel (and not aluminum). The Magnetic Pin is a conventional rubber fan bolt with a magnet on its head. This allows fans with four of these to snap onto cases' fan frames. The magnet is embedded into a rubber cavity, which dampens vibrations between the fan and the case, minimizing noise. Prolimatech is selling these pins in sets of four. The company did not mention pricing.
35 Comments on Prolimatech Magnetic Pin to Make Shuffling Fans Around a Case Snappy
cleaning will be lot less hassle.
Its an idea that makes even more sense since magnetic storage devices like floppy drives are no more (with HDD’s likely too follow soon).
Still it doesn’t address the electrical path / connections needed to power the fan so it isn’t as convenient as it might seem at first.
wonder if they'll start making fans with the magnets built in...
www.funkykit.com/component/content/article/56-accessories/6351-review-nesteq-rubberscrew-magnet.html
hmm... the issue about aluminum slipped my mind lol. I guess you could stick a magnet on the other side as well, or a small piece of steel/metal.
The best one I could come up with, including mounting on aluminum, plastic and relief was the double sided tape mount. All that was needed was some large contact plates, preferably metal, good double sided tape, those rubber pushpins - they didn't exist back then or plastic slit pushpins like those used on stock intel coolers. The large surface plates placed outside of the fan intake area allows one to counter the force needed to take the fans off the pushpins plus it ensures it sticks properly.
The magnet issue is just the EMI issue... for light fans weak magnets are OK, but for heavy fans or mounts which also put out vibrations stronger magnets are needed, but then they also emit a larger magnetic field.
Heck last year I believe when I got my 1st noctua fan the rubber mounts were included in the package.
Nice try though,
Im with Crazeyeyes on the colors
But thanks for pointing it out.
So magnets are for the lazy of the lazy hmmm... Fail imo