Comment on Making a custom pc case for my next home server
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I understand that your bottom is open for air everywhere?
This seems too much IMHO. I would close large areas maybe simply with duct tape so you can change/improve it later. The air should enter right where it is needed: directly under the HDDs, and right next to that big blue block (GPU?), and maybe right under the PSU if it is located close to the bottom, too.
If you don’t restrict the air flow a little, then all the air will take only the easiest way, that is through the open space, and not between the hot devices.
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I thought about that, and I can change that bottom plate at any time, but the GPU takes a lot of space in there. I need to be sure there’s enough air reaching the cpu cooler so I allowed bypass to reach that.
So I can restrict entrances or I can add ducting. But then I have to worry about dividing up thins on the intake so much the GPU and CPU side can’t cool effectively.