Is it safe to lay a gaming rig on its side???

OneZeoN · 17 Feb 2019 at 13:59

Hi

I'll soon be getting a new gaming rig with the CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 570X RGB GAMING CASE
It's going to be used in the living room and I've been wondering is it safe/ok to lay a pc on its side these days?

It would look a lot better in my set up laying horizontally but if it's not safe I'll find another solution.

Sides of case is tempered glass and not blocking vents etc

edit - picked a nicer case

bremen1874 · 17 Feb 2019 at 14:08

No obvious reason why you shouldn't (ignoring aesthetics).

OneZeoN · 17 Feb 2019 at 14:19

bremen1874 said:
No obvious reason why you shouldn't (ignoring aesthetics).

I was thinking maybe thermals as fans in not optimal angles....but it's also got a Corsair H100x Hydro Cooler so maybe it's fine as you say

bremen1874 · 17 Feb 2019 at 14:24

As long as the fans aren't blocked there's no reason to expect any problems. Convection makes very little difference so the airflow will basically be unchanged.

There's no way I'd want that case anywhere near my living room, but that's your choice.

StarShock · 17 Feb 2019 at 14:26

So long as you aren't covering any air vents or hanging it upside down it should have very little of any effect on the cooling.

Yadda · 17 Feb 2019 at 14:53

I'd get some little rubber feet to keep the glass off the shelf but otherwise I can't see why not (as long as it's orientated with the motherboard on the bottom, of course).

OneZeoN · 17 Feb 2019 at 15:11

bremen1874 said:
As long as the fans aren't blocked there's no reason to expect any problems. Convection makes very little difference so the airflow will basically be unchanged.

There's no way I'd want that case anywhere near my living room, but that's your choice.

lol I know what you mean about case design...so ive changed it to the
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 570X RGB GAMING CASE

Reviews are good and looks a lot better if on display as horizontally seems fine

OneZeoN · 17 Feb 2019 at 15:12

Yadda said:
I'd get some little rubber feet to keep the glass off the shelf but otherwise I can't see why not (as long as it's orientated with the motherboard on the bottom, of course).

Yeah I might get 4 nice rubber door stop things to give it a little more height on its side.

bremen1874 · 17 Feb 2019 at 15:18

OneZeoN said:
lol I know what you mean about case design...so ive changed it to the
CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 570X RGB GAMING CASE

Less awful I suppose.

Aren't there any decent horizontally oriented cases out there? You used to be able to buy some quite nice cases that looked more-or-less like Hi-Fi components and wouldn't look out of place in a living room.

OneZeoN · 17 Feb 2019 at 15:26

bremen1874 said:
Less awful I suppose.

Aren't there any decent horizontally oriented cases out there? You used to be able to buy some quite nice cases that looked more-or-less like Hi-Fi components and wouldn't look out of place in a living room.

Im getting it pre built so limited to what is available.
Quite happy with the new case so that will do and can always hide away if I need to

koooowweeee · 17 Feb 2019 at 15:31

That case is very similar to the kollink case and is half the price. I build my son a rig with you need and it's not bad.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/koli...ming-case-black-tempered-glass-ca-034-kk.html

There one with the front panel buttons on the tip as well as white one

OneZeoN · 17 Feb 2019 at 17:12

Cheers but ordered the build and can't change case again and the one linked isn't available there anyway.

Happy with build now and will try it horizontal and see how i get on.

Cheers all

ExoMale · 19 Feb 2019 at 13:13

you wont have issues unless you blocking vents, but there are cases design for such things, so better of looking for one of those.