[geeks] Dell T105 drive bay fan

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at gmail.com
Thu Apr 24 18:00:15 CDT 2008


On Apr 24, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>  
wrote:

> Dell is finally selling the drive bay fans for the T105 server.
>
> They are dirt cheap too, at only $38 each... :)
>
> I think I need to get into the spare parts business.
>
> Anyway, I went ahead and ordered because this is a machine I use for  
> home and business, and I currently don't have time to build a fan  
> and shroud.
>
> If you add up the craft parts and my time, it would cost me 3 times  
> as much to make it myself.
>
> But wow... that's an expensive fan.
>

And the self-made fan/shroud at three-times the cost is what???

I think the fan shroud is an OK value, I'll probably get one - it's  
much cheaper than a replacement drive (or two).

Lionel



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