PC on the desk or on the floor?

itchy · 14 Feb 2016 at 19:30

Floor is bad full stop, all dust and rubbish is kicked up and sucked in no matter what the floor covering.

I have a Antec P190 and its a monster but I have it on a Logitech subwoofer.

Under desk is hot legs, on desk is no room, floor is dust collector.

My next PC will deffo be mATX.

BananaDunka · 14 Feb 2016 at 19:51

Why would you want the fan noise right by your face on the desk anyway? Even the quietest PCs still make airflow noise.

Anyway, most people have huge monitors now, putting a case on a desk is a non option.

If you're built a good quality system with a well engineered case then dust is a non issue on the floor. If you've bought an off the shelf system, well then that's your fault

Drollic · 14 Feb 2016 at 20:02

I couldn't have mine on my desk as the noise would annoy me. Mines on the floor on top of a bathroom tile that matches the carpet colour - not particularly noticeable.

Helios1234 · 14 Feb 2016 at 22:40

On the floor so it doesn't take up space on my desk. Plus it keeps my legs warm.

Mark A · 14 Feb 2016 at 23:13

mrk said:
Why would you want the fan noise right by your face on the desk anyway? Even the quietest PCs still make airflow noise.

Anyway, most people have huge monitors now, putting a case on a desk is a non option.

If you're built a good quality system with a well engineered case then dust is a non issue on the floor. If you've bought an off the shelf system, well then that's your fault

I purposely made my pc super quiet so that it being on the desk wouldn't bother me. I'm using quiet noiseblocker fans, mounted with rubber decouplers. They are PWM and using my Asus motherboards fan controller they are run at their lowest speed which is like 450rpm when idle. Plus my gfx card and psu are both hybrid cooled, so the fans only spin up at a certain temp threshold.

Basically when idle my pc is quieter then ambient sound with the window open.

I have a huge monitor as well, a 42" tv

Uther · 14 Feb 2016 at 23:28

Phanteks Enthoo Pro, definitely on the floor.

Jonny2284 · 15 Feb 2016 at 05:59

Floor.

It was the only way to fit the third monitor on my desk.

Efour · 15 Feb 2016 at 07:03

floor

Ghosteh · 15 Feb 2016 at 07:38

Floor. All my cables are rigged up the back of the rear leg too, so nothing is hanging out. Super tidy.

bledd · 15 Feb 2016 at 07:43

hanging under the desk so it's a few inches off the floor. Way less dust finds it's way in

drunkenmaster · 15 Feb 2016 at 08:11

These days on the floor in the next room. 3metre extension cables for usb, long displayport/dvi cables. Even screaming along with a heavy overclock, higher temps and loud fan noise I can't hear it through the doors/wall.

PC turns on by clicking mouse buttons, only time I have to go in the other room is if it crashes and doesn't restart itself which is very rare or I have to put a dvd/bluray in..... which hasn't happened for like 3-4 years now.

boxman2000 · 15 Feb 2016 at 08:20

Used to be on a set of drawers next to my desk but now I have a smaller case it's back on the tower space on my desk a few inches from the floor.

Jae-So · 15 Feb 2016 at 08:25

On my desk - bought an MATX case and downsized my PC to do this. Using a Raijintek Styx case now. Way better this way

d_brennen · 15 Feb 2016 at 08:27

Cosimo said:
The only place for it. So unsightly and such a waste of desk space.

I don't know, love the look of Fractal cases, so much so I had the behemoth Define XL on my desk at one point. Dwarfed my 24" screen, but so perrrty

TonyTurbo78 · 15 Feb 2016 at 08:51

On the desk. I've thrown thousands into my rig with loops, I wanna see it all.

And also on the floor, it sucks in way to much dust.

Jacksonn · 15 Feb 2016 at 08:53

Floor, ugly looking case that's why haha.

ICEx21 · 15 Feb 2016 at 08:59

I have mine on the desk just to avoid dust.
I'm currently re-designing my home office and getting rid of my old desk, this is the new desk I'm looking at http://www.theplasmacentre.com/desk...toga AW14004&gclid=CLaH6OSy-coCFWUW0wodAh8G7A. Just looks like a ball ache to put it together.

Ghosteh · 15 Feb 2016 at 09:52

ICEx21 said:
I have mine on the desk just to avoid dust.
I'm currently re-designing my home office and getting rid of my old desk, this is the new desk I'm looking at http://www.theplasmacentre.com/desk...toga AW14004&gclid=CLaH6OSy-coCFWUW0wodAh8G7A. Just looks like a ball ache to put it together.

Looks like it has a ledge that is specifically designed to hurt your shins lol.

ICEx21 · 15 Feb 2016 at 09:55

Ghosteh said:
Looks like it has a ledge that is specifically designed to hurt your shins lol.

Nah it's quite far back, but it does look nice even though I'm not a big fan of the glass top.

Maverick2332 · 15 Feb 2016 at 09:56

Desk, how else can I show off my epeen?