Case on the carpeted floor ?

foster grant · 26 Feb 2014 at 14:43

OK I have a Corsair 540 case and i want to put it on the floor under my desk, now the floor is carpeted and the carpet itself is a bit deep meaning it will block any air coming in from under those two hard drive bays inside the case itself , is it a bad idea to do that or will it be OK please ?

Thanx Steve

Ragnahex · 26 Feb 2014 at 14:57

When I have a case that takes air in underneath I place the pc on a piece of wood

foster grant · 26 Feb 2014 at 14:58

yes thats what i was in a mind to do.....but im not even sure the " holes" are actually for taking in air

cypto · 26 Feb 2014 at 15:02

Holes on the bottom of the Air 540 is just from how they construct the hard drive sleds out of a single sheet of metal. So your right there isn't any bottom air intake.

As the PSU takes air from the side you should be ok with in on top of carpet.

foster grant · 26 Feb 2014 at 15:24

Yeah thats what I was also thinking ..cos its either put it under the desk or get a slimmer case, dont really have the money but

WalderX · 26 Feb 2014 at 15:45

It'll be fine on the floor mate. Will get more dusty down there than being on a desk but that's just life!

hawkhench · 26 Feb 2014 at 18:03

It'll be fine under the desk, pity to hide such a nice case though

Aneskimo · 26 Feb 2014 at 18:26

hawkhench said:
It'll be fine under the desk, pity to hide such a nice case though

+ 1

foster grant · 26 Feb 2014 at 20:44

OK thanx guys

Deewon · 26 Feb 2014 at 20:52

I always avoided cases on the carpet floor due to worry of static? Ever a danger?

Most cases come with big rubber feet tho.

foster grant · 26 Feb 2014 at 22:37

yeah i was thinking that way too

think im gonna get a second case and use that for now until i get some more space

jimbaw · 26 Feb 2014 at 23:12

I've had mine on the carpet for the past 6 months without any problem at all.
Only just put it on my desk today because my toddler thinks pressing the reset button is hilarious...