Neptune's Trident by Brian Carter

Hard drives and Radiators

Having the hard drives exposed on the side panel gave me the perfect opportunity to create an artsy design element with the three drive covers. I notched some 0.5in square acrylic rod so the drives sat snugly into them, and screwed them in from behind. Then it was just a matter of securing the rods to the case.





In order to facilitate the three single 120mm radiators, I cut three holes in the side panels. Instead of mounting the rads facing outwards, I decided to rotate them so they would face forward. That way, the three holes would be able to serve as intake and exhaust for all radiators


In order to prevent warm air from the first radiator getting sucked into the second and then the third, I reversed the airflow of the second radiator so that it would exhaust out the first hole just like the first radiator. The middle hole would serve as intake for both the second and third radiators, and the last hole would allow hot air from the third radiator to escape.