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Cooling a tower inside a desk (200mm side fan)

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18 minutes ago

I'm building a new computer in a month or two and I have a major concern about how it's cooling system will work. My current desk is a 7 foot long monster and features an enclosed area next to the space for your chair where you can put a tower. The >case< I have chosen features a large 200mm fan on it's left side door and I was wondering how it would go with air flow being enclosed like it will be. There is about an inch of room from the wall of the space from the fan.

The case features two 140mm fans at the front and one at the back up the top which I'm also concerned about as there is only a small hole behind it for cords and such that lets the hot air out. It's also about six inches from the floor on varnished wood.

The computer will be used for heavy gaming and may be overclocked too. The GPU and CPU both have good fans with them.

Should I put the case on top of the desk so it has airflow or is the spot fine?

PS: How is my >build<?

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8 minutes ago

Hi
that 1" of side clearance will be adequate for the side fan and the rear fan will remove air from inside of the case ok.
The only problem you might face is that the air above and behind the case may get warm,if this becomes a problem you could cut a large hole in the back panel of the desk and fit a fan to it,this could either be powered from inside the PC or from a 12 volt (full speed) or 9 Volt (reduced speed) power supply.
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Gaunern said:
I'm building a new computer in a month or two and I have a major concern about how it's cooling system will work. My current desk is a 7 foot long monster and features an enclosed area next to the space for your chair where you can put a tower. The >case< I have chosen features a large 200mm fan on it's left side door and I was wondering how it would go with air flow being enclosed like it will be. There is about an inch of room from the wall of the space from the fan.

The case features two 140mm fans at the front and one at the back up the top which I'm also concerned about as there is only a small hole behind it for cords and such that lets the hot air out. It's also about six inches from the floor on varnished wood.

The computer will be used for heavy gaming and may be overclocked too. The GPU and CPU both have good fans with them.

Should I put the case on top of the desk so it has airflow or is the spot fine?

PS: How is my >build<?


If its just for gaming its not worth getting an i7, a i5 4690k will perform just as well in most games for a hundred bucks less. Your build has no power supply. Get a 3.5 inch hard drive instead of a 2.5 inch, the 2.5 is designed for laptops and is much slower. Make sure you have good airflow from the frount of your case to the rear so the cpu cooler gets good airflow.
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