Sometimes I wonder what the thought process behind the gaming aesthetic was. RGB (*if tunable) itself is fine and adds a nice opportunity for personalization, but are those tacky fonts, crystal-facet enclosures, and overall showiness just tasteless or do any gamers actually prefer that look?
How do you handle cooling?
Super quietness sounds great but having a CPU running at 1.000°C doesn’t
I drilled a 100mm diameter hole through to the outside of the house and have a 120mm pc fan blowing air directly out from the cupboard through that. Possibly not an option for everyone, but as a householder with power tools, it seemed like a good idea.
The PC itself is just a motherboard screwed to a flat shelf, with a bracket to hold the graphics card steady.
Works well most of the time, although in recent 30’c ambient temperature, it got up to around 37c in there when I was playing a modern game. My CPU is only 65w but I’ve got a new graphics card and that creates a lot more heat when it’s working hard.
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There’s a passive vent low down to let room-ambient air in (around the corner to avoid direct noise).
Heat rises, use physics where you can - one regret I have is not putting the outlet higher in the cupboard so it could be fully passive cooled.