tips and guide on airflow inside pc

[adbp1]

Hi, im gonna build my own pc case/desk. after playing around in google sketchup for the past week and trying different case designs ive decided to build pc into my desk and save some space!!

as you can see in above picture i only have 2 fans. im planning on using coolit eco for cpu so picture isnt quite accurate!

my questions would be: is there a proper way to do airflow?
i wanna keep front and sides of desk/case plain with very little showing.

can anyone suggest better airflow.

thanks Ali

 

[adbp1]

i dont mind from underneath as like u say u wont see it, the psu has fan on bottom and im planning facing that downwards.
just not sure where to put fan underneath or if it would work any better than having the one on the back.

fan on right will be replaced with rad/fan for coolit eco.
so only left fan to play with!

 

[adbp1]

Looks good, but it might do better with some more/bigger fans IMO. Main thing to remember is to make sure the fans are not fighting each other, so in that setup, I imagine you would want the left fan to be blowing air in so it is not choking the GPU fan.

I was thinking on using 140mm fans, the gpu is passive cooled (not gpu in pic! that was for reference in size)

Also, it looks like you are using wood for the body of the desk - think carefully about how you mount stuff, as wood is resonant, so you need damping on the fans and drives.

was gonna mount everything onto rubber before seating it down so should stop vibrations

Also, it would definitely be worth making the PC compartment removable without taking the glass top off the desk..

im gonna build trial run first see how it goes as desk in pic is my old desk at mo so dont mind playing around!

Final thought - isn't the H50 supposed to be better than the Eco?

ive seen mixed reviews saying 1 is better than the other so not sure, i just went for eco on the price of it!

 

[adbp1]

Would it be feasible to add another piece of wood infront, leaving a decent amount of space and then mounting fans pushing in the front.

You'll get airflow and it would still look plain from the front.

Probably a bit too much though if you want the dvd drive and switches at the front? Along with taking up a lot more room.

Does that even make sense haha?

makes perfect sence. might havea play around as i do have space for my legs to sit underneath!
use cardboard last night to play with my desk to check sizing!!

 

[adbp1]

design #2 on its way !!

3 compartments, fake front like unworthybean mentioned and.........acrylic top section to see motherboard!!!!

will post in an hour or so when im done playing

 

[adbp1]

ok so heres design #2
i think cooling will be much better here than first,using 140mm front and rear .

 

[adbp1]

now I/we have got airflow sorted, im gonna move thread to case section and do proper build log. gonna buy bits and peices over next week or 2 and my brother gonna cut all parts at his work (joinery company)

 

[adbp1]

thanks guys for the support, all suggestions are being taken onboard.
obviously this is just a quick google sketchup so when it comes to actual build in week or so there will be adjustments made!

hdds will be in rack stolen from old pc !! or might go for the lian-li hdd rack not sure yet.

 

[adbp1]

i had thought!! maybe swap the 140mm fans to the new silverstone 180mm air penetrators