Quote from: Mikestang on February 25, 2016, 12:02:14 AM

I looked up the old thread from the guy who made 3D print models for fan ducts and upper/lower case covers for the S5. I downloaded his files and will probably, at the very least, have the top and bottom plates printed up (about $40-$50 total). Makes a lot of sense to me to confine the airflow to the inside of the unit rather than letting it escape out the top and bottom. I'm not sold on his fan ducts, though, mostly because all the printing places I've looked at want $60-$80 just for printing that one part! There's also a guy selling acrylic side panels and includes a bottom panel on ebay, definitely less expensive than ordering the custom 3D printed parts, but probably not as effective.

Thought I would chime in as I printed off these ducts/covers many months ago, using our office printer Grin

I have done some testing with a combination of the stock fan, and 2 Scythe fans. I have tried with and without the Ducts also.

Long story short, the best set-up is to only use the stock fan in Push. Adding 1 Scythe to Pull, actually made things worse. And using the 2 Scythes in Push/Pull wasn't anywhere near as effective as the stock! Atleast 5 degrees in the difference if I can remember right.

The Top/Bottom covers are great, and will probably make a noticeable difference.
As for the Ducts, because I'm only using the Stock fan to push, I only have the front Duct mounted. It does improve cooling quite a bit!

If the noise of the stock fan really is a killer, then you can get away with the 2 Scythes in Push/Pull, and also use both front and rear ducts.