Hello everyone. This will be yet another cooling pc question.
I have a dilemma. Just recently we have bought a new desk which has a PC storage unit on the side. So it all looks nice and tidy but ,as you already might have guessed, it reaches extreme temperatures inside there because there is very little ventilation. As it is new furniture, cutting any part of the front door, side, or any other visible part, was ruled out of question at once. (by my wife ). There is not much room behind it either. So the only option left is to provide air circulation from underneath it. It is possible because the whole unit strands on ~13cm feet. I could cut out a bottom board to fit a few fans in it. I could even cut the bottom of the case to allow direct intake (see pictures below). The question is what is the best way to position them and which way should they blow? And if this would work at all or it might just recirculate the same hot air as both intake and out-take are on the bottom and relatively close to each other. I searched all over the web but found nothing on this unusual matter. I will appreciate any advice.
That's the desk: http://i48.tinypic.com/24bozo9.jpg
Just a quick draft of one of the ideas http://i47.tinypic.com/15o7yhw.png hope it makes sense to you all.
And I've already bought two of them "CoolerMaster SickleFlow 120mm" http://www.coolermaster.co.uk/product.php?product_id=4355
I have a dilemma. Just recently we have bought a new desk which has a PC storage unit on the side. So it all looks nice and tidy but ,as you already might have guessed, it reaches extreme temperatures inside there because there is very little ventilation. As it is new furniture, cutting any part of the front door, side, or any other visible part, was ruled out of question at once. (by my wife ). There is not much room behind it either. So the only option left is to provide air circulation from underneath it. It is possible because the whole unit strands on ~13cm feet. I could cut out a bottom board to fit a few fans in it. I could even cut the bottom of the case to allow direct intake (see pictures below). The question is what is the best way to position them and which way should they blow? And if this would work at all or it might just recirculate the same hot air as both intake and out-take are on the bottom and relatively close to each other. I searched all over the web but found nothing on this unusual matter. I will appreciate any advice.
That's the desk: http://i48.tinypic.com/24bozo9.jpg
Just a quick draft of one of the ideas http://i47.tinypic.com/15o7yhw.png hope it makes sense to you all.
And I've already bought two of them "CoolerMaster SickleFlow 120mm" http://www.coolermaster.co.uk/product.php?product_id=4355