Desk not good for cooling

[almach1]

bear in mind i never bought this desk thinking there would be cooling issues.
-the problem is that my desk has a cubby with a door. Didn't think it would be a problem cause i could just keep the door open when gaming.
-there is a problem. the back of the desk is open BUT the back is only 3/4 open. I think the desk is trapping the hot air from the PSU inside
-look at the pics to understand. would it be a good idea to punch a hole in the back of my desk to let the hot air out?
-there is no room to put it on top of my desk either

the pics will explain a little more.

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[cronic]

yep pop a hole in it and put a quite fan in there to move the air.good luck

 

[JBDan]

Doesn't look like it would affect temps that much, never-the-less...Can you just take that piece out back there or is it part of the whole backpiece thingy? With a drill and a jig saw you could easily cut out that backpiece where your tower is. Thats what I would do. Nice socks by-the-way lol.

 

[Elcs]

At university in certain rooms, we had desks with built-in cubby holes for cases.

The array was a metal cage screwed into the underside of the desk. Allowed for full airflow out of the front and back. Side vent would have been blocked on certain orientations.

Your picture seems like it wouldnt make that much difference but it would certainly allow the PSU to exhaust air better. If PSU exhaust is blocked, it could recycle the air back into the PSU or not be as efficient as it could be.

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[CraKaJaX]

After you cut that top piece out you could also put a little fan on top of your tower, blowing it out the back. Might help, just a thought.

 

[KoolHonda]

Originally posted by: cronic
yep pop a hole in it and put a quite fan in there to move the air.good luck

Yep, that's what I did. I used a holesaw on the desk backing alittle higher than where the PSU exhausts, and then mounted a 92mm case fan to the desk.

 

[almach1]

i'm gonna make it a little project out of it then. I'm gonna cut out a hole the size of a fan and see if that help a little by its self first. then i'll install a fan if nessesary. Right now the PSU blows hot air DIRECTLY into the backing. Hot air rises so it stays trapped in the cubby.

 

[KoolHonda]

Have fun😀 A little light oil on the teeth of the holesaw helps😉

 

[BonzaiDuck]

. . . I'd still take a look at what you're doing inside that Cavalier case -- component cooling solutions, etc. before cutting up your desk . . . .

Why not go down to the auto-parts store, get one of those "slinky" coil-wire-wrapped-in-black-plastic intake-hoses, mount it at the rear of your case at an exhaust fan, tune up the fan because the hose will act as noise-deadener, and run the thing past the back of the desk?

You may even want to replace your SilenX or Panaflo 120mm with a Delta VHE "blaster." You might not be able to hear half of it when you've done with this option -- assuming you think it practical.

Then, four years down the pike, you can put your desk up for auction at EBay, thanking me that you didn't butcher it irreversibly.

Here's another suggestion. Go down to Home Depot, find some 1"x10" oak plank, get a piece just a little bigger than the panel you plan to cut up, modify it to fit the fasteners holding your desk together, remove the old piece, and replace with the oak piece shaped to the ventilation you are contemplating. To save money, you could probably find pine board -- even better would be AC grade plywood. Stain it if you want on the "A" side.

Then, you can put the whole desk back together when you plan to sell. Or hand it down to your progeny intact -- for a generation which will, by then, have dispensed with mid-towers, monitors, keyboards and mice for their transistorized brain transplants.