Wall mount PC

steveoz

steveoz

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Hi Chaps,

I was going to renew the case for my PC in the next few weeks and I was looking at a thermaltake P5, but now honestly I am thinking of just using MDF and Acrylic and making my own.

I wondered if there are any key points I should take into consideration regarding placement of components?

I am just drawing up a sketch now, and I noticed a thread on another forum where someone suggested NOT putting the radiator above the motherboard as heat from the board rises and goes into the fan on the rad above it. My initial idea was to put the motherboard to the side and have the cooler above it, GPU below it, but I guess that may have to change.

Anything else to consider?


Cheers!
 
Off the top of my head, I'd say that the type and placement of the PSU is worth thinking about. Likely be the heaviest piece and mostly suck air in the bottom and blow it out the back, so would need appropriately placed vents.

Sounds like a cool idea though, might be worth doing a project log. :)
 
Cheers will do.

I bought up ply instead of MDF, thought it would be a bit more sturdy and less susceptible to warping / degrading.

I was thinking about this in bed last night lol, couldn't sleep. I guess I need to make a metal 'L' shaped bracket. That way I can screw it into the ply and mount the PSU upside down, so the intake is facing me away from the board and it's vented out the side, should keep all vents clear that way. I did wonder if I need to keep some space on the top solid wall of the PSU though, otherwise it is essentially a heat trap.

I've found PCIE extenders online, although I don't like their style, they are huge wide ribbons that if I run from the top PCIE port will cover all others and look a bit messy. I haven't found a smaller compact cable yet and not sure I will though. My idea is to thread the cable behind and then back through as with most cables to make it tidy.

I've been looking at water cooling as well. I figured it would be a good time to get rid of the budget Seidon and put a nice cooler on, as I will have plenty of room to wall mount the rad. Again though, the rad flat on the board will mean no where to push the air through, so I guess the only way around it is to put stubs or small legs on the board, so it sits a few inches away from the wall. That way I can cut vents in to it and the air can circulate around the back.

It's looking a little more complicated than I though tbh, not just a case of screwing things to a board, well, I mean it IS, but ventilation and heat / thermals are an issue even though it is open.

I need to find some suitable plexiglass / perspex next, as I want to mount that over the board. I will likely mount some LED strip lighting or neon strip lights on the back side of it so it lights up the board.

Just trying to suss it all out at the moment :)
 
Thanks, I did see people using PCIE port brackets to mount things lol, they actually look quite neat.

I'm just looking at coolers atm, I am actually tempted to be really lazy and go with thermaltake water 360.
 
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