Should I be worried about the heat/airflow by putting my PC in here? It’s got 3 intake fans on the front, 2 exhaust on top, and 1 on the back towards the top.
Should I be worried about the heat/airflow by putting my PC in here? It’s got 3 intake fans on the front, 2 exhaust on top, and 1 on the back towards the top.
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Just measure temps, if you’re seeing it not be much higher than if it’s outside of the cubby, then it is fine
Personally I’d remove a bit of the wood that’s blocking the back exhaust fan, you don’t have to that would just bee though.
Add speed holes.
Placing the tower in the cubby will affect your thermals, but probably not enough to matter. It’ll be fine.
I don’t think it’s gonna overheat, but it could run hotter after some period of time, heat accumulation.
I have it like that, with water cooling tho, no temp problems
Should be fine. I’d bring it as far forward as is comfortable. But you’ve got that gap in the back even if it’s not ideally placed. It’ll be okay.
It looks okay-ish. It’s not ideal, but the heat has a lot of area to escape eventually, so the thermals won’t be much worse than if it was completely open.
Depends on your rig. This is really bad for airflow. The backside will accumulate hot air. The intake is fine. Upper part is not ideal but there is at least some space.
If temps are high remove the top wood if you can since hot air will rise to the top where that exhaust fan is. Otherwise you should be fine.
If your only intake in that case is from the front… Then it shouldn’t be too bad. I’d probably expect a 2-5C temp increase compared to it not being in the cubby. But that’s usually not a deal breaker in the majority of systems. Just make sure to be good about dusting the case out about once a month or so. The best thing is that it’s not sitting on the carpet.
Doubtful it will make a massive difference, maybe a little. watch your temps, I bet it will be just fine. You could always remove that back panel on the desk, the half part, and then you really won’t have to worry about it
Probably be ok but keep an eye on the temps for a little. If you can remove the back panel of the cubby.
The fact that it has a place to exhaust at the top, albeit smaller, to go along with the open bottom, it should be ok. You will likely get a ~2-5c bump in temp. If you are getting a 10+ bump, and you are hitting closer to the upper thresholds, then move it or make adjustments to the back if possible.
If it did not have the space at the top, I would be slightly more worried, as you would get a heat build up and could potentially start to recycle the hot air.
I have it in a similar place. Buy a desktop fan and place it in a way that helps dispel the heat and you’ll be good
It’s probably fine, but really can’t judge without knowing how many watts your CPU + GPU pull.
From personal experience, yes.
If there’s that much clearance in the back and no front door you’re good!
Should be fine.
Should be fine as long as you don’t put something on top.
It’s fine
You could add a big fan on the rear of the enclosure and your thermals would likely be pretty good
No. You need to mount your pc to the ceiling fan.
depend on how the heat escape, make some heat test and if there is a issue cut a square hole to add more room to breathe for the rear fan because it looks like it might slow some of the heat from escaping
Yes
It’s still going to get hot, especially in the graphics card, despite the vent holes you have in the cabinet work. The metal panels help radiate heat, adding an extra reserve of cooling capacity. Make sure your graphics card rear panel vent is not even remotely blocked
Used a computer with this exact set-up for close to 10 years. With a gaming PC you will generate a bit of extra heat but not to a point that will cause negative effects on the PC until it starts getting older. If you start noticing. I did burn out a GPU after using it for 7 years on an extreme temperature day (40+C), wo ve mindful of using it on days that your ambient temps are already excessive. Other than that it should be fine and you’ll just have warm legs.
Front and top intake, back exhaust. Don’t push it all the way back and it’ll be fine
Buy a 200mm fan and mount it to that hole