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How hot is too hot for a case temp?

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Breaker78

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My desk has this stupid compartment obviously to store a pc in, but when I put my tower in and close the door the case temp gets pretty high.

35-36 degree celcius seems normal, and doing cpu intensive stuff I've seen it get up to 45, might have gone higher but I opened the door and let it cool down.

Now, my tower is pretty load, so I like closing the door, but I'm worried about causing problems.

The CPU seems to stay under 60, so I'm not too worried about that. But what about the powersupply? Its a nice enermax 350 watt psu, so its quality, but I dont want to blow it out. I'm also on a UPS so the signal coming to my pc should be clean, if that makes a difference. I haven't had any stability problems yet, but what do you guys have to say.

I've thought about hacking some holes in the back of my desk, but I don't REALLY want to do that either.

I'll post some picks if you guys want to see the setup.
 
you wanna keep it below 100F which is 37.77C for the case temp. one exhaust fan does wonders. just remember to cut out the metal mesh with tin snips which will help reduce noise and also improve airflow
 
unless the compartment has ventilation holes in the back (preferably the front also for intake), your PC will literally cook itself in there.

I actually have a hard time believing it would stay in the 30s-40s Celcius, unless those numbers are based on trying it in there for less than 15 minutes.
 
Ditto, on what jjyiz28 said: "Just remember to cut out the metal mesh with tin snips which will help reduce noise and also improve airflow". I had a place to mount a case fan in the back of one of my cases. The manufacturer had just drilled a pattern of 3/16" holes to let the air through. I cut that out and replaced it with a pre-made wire finger-guard and the noise volume from that fan easily lowered 5-10db.

Air should flow into the case at the front bottom and out of the case at the back top (since hot air rises.) This is how you should orient your case fans.

Also, try to "tie up" the internal cables to minimize restriction to airflow.

 
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