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down1nit
Jan 10, 2004

outlive your enemies
Just gave it a once over too. The metal seems all just be because of the "special damping system" gimmick. There are o-rings slotted into the fan part that cushion the metal frame clamped over it. It needs to be a metal frame to tightly secure the fan in the middle, else it would just slip out of its frame. Look how thin the frame is compared to the fan body. Stamping that out of sheet guarantees it's strong enough in the first version. Thin rear end plastic being screwed together around heat seems like the wrong choice.

They went through all the trouble, they must see a benefit (on paper) to fan clamps idea going forward. If they keep at it, seems like it could lead to a more improved implementation down the line... I mean it's an extra o ring added onto both sides of a fan... It's gotta get somewhat quieter right?

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