I was looking for some legs or a holder for mine too, and really like your 3d print project (on my unit, I currently made some legs from wood and spray painted them black, just to have some space at the bottom of it, you can check it here Extra cooling on FW Desktop )
But I have a question, regarding the heatsink, how is it mounted into the frame?
And how well does it work without any thermal pad? Did you measure any temperatures to have an idea of before and after?
Also, regarding the air filter, you could add some thin double-sided tape around it and mount it like that.
The heat sink is a pressfit (i.e. stuck there just on friction), I positioned it in the way so it sticks our just by a 1mm, so it has good contact with the bottom of the case.
I don’t have thermal pads there yet, although planning to buy some.
Regarding the gap: I was talking about the gap between airfilter and case (on the side)
Hey, I thought about having extra support for heat sink and eventually moved away from this idea primarily because I was concerned about tolerances and I wanted it be adjustible, so it could work with/without thermal pads. Based on my print - it stick there pretty well and doesn’t go anywhere by its own.
I used Bambu PLA black matte plastic, but I’m sure any plastic will do.
I printed mine too and ordered the same heatsink. I had to play with sandpaper for an hour to make it fit haha. The guy at the 3D print shop printed it in a stronger less flexible material, probably that also contributed. So if anyone wants to avoid it, you can add some little support legs for the heatsink itself and make the opening a few mms bigger.
I think it definitely works, as I just mounted it a few minutes ago and it’s already a bit warm.
Is the underside of the PSU available to have the heat sink attached to it. Is the case open at the bottom where the PSU is? I know it is the only thing you can do but it seems counter intuitive to have the heat sink under the PSU as heat rises.
