Keeping PC tower off the floor

neojay · 12 Nov 2012 at 12:40

I am forced to have my PC sat of a thick carpet but have noticed a large amount of dust building up inside. I was wondering how people get around this, I have only found a few stands on ebay but they are ugly bits of cheap plastic.
So how do you keep your PC off the floor?

smilertoo · 12 Nov 2012 at 12:46

I have mine on a wooden cabinet, but sitting on a thick rubber door mat to reduce vibrations.

neojay · 12 Nov 2012 at 13:12

smilertoo said:
I have mine on a wooden cabinet, but sitting on a thick rubber door mat to reduce vibrations.

If I cant find a pre-made solution think ill have and go making my own, see what I can make with MDF and door mat.

Yaayuh! · 12 Nov 2012 at 13:13

I have easy access dust filter and the case is on a (H)1.5 x (L)60 x (W)25cm shelf from B&Q for £8.48

http://www.diy.com/nav/rooms/storag...lves/B-and-Q-Shelf-Board-White-L-60cm-9796703

They have ebony and black also.

Don't forget to vacuum regularly.

neojay · 12 Nov 2012 at 13:25

Rossi~ said:
I have easy access dust filter and the case is on a (H)1.5 x (L)60 x (W)25cm shelf from B&Q for £8.48

http://www.diy.com/nav/rooms/storag...lves/B-and-Q-Shelf-Board-White-L-60cm-9796703

They have ebony and black also.

Don't forget to vacuum regularly.

Thanks that will save me messing around with mdf

I like the idea of a rubber mat and vibration noise seems to be quite bad on my PC just lifting it off the floor seems reduce the audible noise level.

supergluechris · 12 Nov 2012 at 18:01

Mine is stood on a wooden TV stand

benjo · 12 Nov 2012 at 18:06

I've bought some black plastic caster wheels, haven't fitted them yet though

macca672 · 12 Nov 2012 at 18:49

vika annefors keeps mine off the floor and with my Fractal R3 it sits so the side vents at the front are just peeking out. Perfect!

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20162497/#/40162496

Yaayuh! · 12 Nov 2012 at 19:15

macca672 said:
vika annefors keeps mine off the floor and with my Fractal R3 it sits so the side vents at the front are just peeking out. Perfect!

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20162497/#/40162496

I used to use one (i have 2) but you need a small case

my NZXT H2 (which is actually not that big for a midi tower, hangs out the front far too much.

macca672 · 12 Nov 2012 at 23:47

Rossi~ said:
I used to use one (i have 2) but you need a small case my NZXT H2 (which is actually not that big for a midi tower, hangs out the front far too much.

yeah my raven 2 was too large for it but the fractal r3 sits perfect

doyll · 13 Nov 2012 at 10:45

benjo said:
I've bought some black plastic caster wheels, haven't fitted them yet though

Been using caster bases for years.. both screw mounted casters and pin mounted. Pin kind work nicely in 19mm plywood (I use Baltic birch 13 ply 19mm or 2 layers of 10mm) With 10mm strips 30mm wide I glue overlapped corners and mount caster through that. This way leave bottom open for airflow to bottom vents with long sides pieces above ends can slide the PSU filter in/out without removing base.

macca672 said:
vika annefors keeps mine off the floor and with my Fractal R3 it sits so the side vents at the front are just peeking out. Perfect! [/url]

Is there room to raise the case up? For better airflow to bottom vents? R2/R3 stock feet are only about 18mm.. and bottom intake PSU fan needs 40mm.. If you have 2 fans in bottom fans need at 50mm.

olivier renault · 13 Nov 2012 at 11:36

I used to have a metal stand with one of my older case. Foolishly I dumped it when moving house. I wish I didn't, although my AX850 mostly stays passive, so have no problems with dust building up.

macca672 · 13 Nov 2012 at 15:35

doyll said:
Is there room to raise the case up? For better airflow to bottom vents? R2/R3 stock feet are only about 18mm.. and bottom intake PSU fan needs 40mm.. If you have 2 fans in bottom fans need at 50mm.

if you take the shelf out then there is around 5 and a half inches to play with

doyll · 13 Nov 2012 at 16:07

If you using a bottom vent for intake I would suggest raising it up with taller feet or casters.

BrianB · 13 Nov 2012 at 18:17

I used to have mine on a couple of old books. I put it on the desk now.

macca672 · 13 Nov 2012 at 21:53

doyll said:
If you using a bottom vent for intake I would suggest raising it up with taller feet or casters.

i have it setup with 2 front intake and one rear exhaust, no intakes on the bottom.

doyll · 13 Nov 2012 at 21:57

If you can't hear your PSU fan you are golden.

(fans too close to a surface get louder)

C64 · 13 Nov 2012 at 23:17

Paving slab or similar

Skree · 15 Nov 2012 at 19:21

bottom shelf of an ikea metal desk that resonates when my hard drives or fans spin up so i also sit 2 cheap rubber car floormats for rover maestro rear footwell between the desk and the case.. but then my current case has no ventilation holes

what i use to stand my floorstanding speakers on to isolate them is a paving slab each wrapped in two layers of really thick denim.

Seen a guy glue another set of feet to his cases feet, that might work especially on a paving slab type arrangement

Pabl0 · 16 Nov 2012 at 14:03

Make your own out of concrete, custom to the case and very cheap... Won't cost more then £10, and you can get some grooves in for airflow if there's fan below...