Overhead Compartment Cooling

[Joecomputerdude]

Greetings all,
So i recently was hired on to a new position on campus here in dayton, and the office that i am assigned to has overhead compartments with wire-shoots running down to the floor. So, i put my cpu up there, and i can close the compartment, and it looks like my monitors and keyboard are the only things on my desk. No CPU... lol. (it seriously impresses some of the people here. My issue is cooling. It's a Prescott, so it throws a whole bunch of heat out of the back. And when i close the compartment, there's nowhere for the heat to go. So, i'm looking for any suggestions for cooling of the air in the compartment without actually having major modification to the compartment/cpu/office.

Thanks

~'puterdude

 

[Erasmus354]

watercool the computer and stick the radiator outside of the cabinet/compartment. It would only require a few holes in the back. Also...the CPU is the actual processor not the entire computer case (I hate it when people call the computer the CPU)

 

[VulturEMaN]

If I were you, I'd go crazy and dremel out a hole and shove a 120mm fan in it wherever your comp is hidden...but that's just me.

Unless you do what the last post said, i think there's no easier way than mine.

 

[penguin]

Does the compartment close with a sliding door? If so, you could build a plate with a few 120mm fans that would go where the door closes and just leave the door open.

 

[Joecomputerdude]

watercool the computer and stick the radiator outside of the cabinet/compartment. It would only require a few holes in the back. Also...the CPU is the actual processor not the entire computer case (I hate it when people call the computer the CPU)

CPU stands for central processing unit. So... it can either be the Chip on the motherboard, as the central processing unit of the internal system (RAM, Northibridge, Southbridge, IDE, SATA, SCSI etc... , or the computer case, the central processing unit of the external system (monitors, keyboard, mouse, etc...)

Thats the way it was explained to me.

I would consider watercooling, but it would void the warrenty, and i dont own the machine.

Thanks for the input tho!