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Book case PC

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Dougie_Boy

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long time reader, 2nd attempt poster.

2 years ago i tried to make a HTPC with a old cassette player but i lost motivation and the need for the pc.

time has gone on and now my collection of pc has grown but the space to store them has suddenly shrunk. Any one who lives in london will tell you space is a premium.

the current solution for the PC has been to build it into a book case, keeping the design slim and giving the option to shut the doors and hide it.

the current components i own will not be changing, i shall try to use the ATX board i own (dont really want to move to mATX if i can help it. money is tight.) and i will be constructing the case from fresh new pine.

the main challenges are as follows,

  • house a 30" dell 3008 screen
  • have space for a full size GPU
  • 4 harddrive bays for media storage
  • space for the wireless router too

the drawings for the bookcase Pc are as follows,

the sizes are approx 570mm x 800mm for the screen.

the top PC compartment will be boxed off and secured

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airflow will be from the bottom of the case to the top, with a number of large low speed fans. all intake fans will have dust covers too.

i also plan to build speakers into the case for general audio.


doorse.jpg
 
Interesting layout... your current layout with the psu means you will be blowing hotair DIRECTLY onto the HD's. Bad idea IMHO. I would either reverse it or rotate the PSU 90 degrees so that it is exhausting vertically into the atmosphere. ALSO, there is a LOT of wasted space. If space is at a premium, why not move the HD's over to the far side (near the side wall) and reclaim that wasted space.

Heck even moving the PSU to the top, would give you enough space to insert the HD's underneath of it.
 
why not just put it all in one compartment? if you keep the doors shut on it then a little extra clutter wouldn't matter. and, as far as i can see from the scale of your drawing there should be enough room.

And +1 for what Pedro said. the PSU exhaust definately needs to be exhusted to the outside. otherwise you'll get a large ammount of heat buildup where it is.
 
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