Hi guys,where do you guys placed your computer casing? currently I placed the computer casing under the desk which is located just beside my leg when I was gaming,the casing emitted a lot of heat and it make my leg very uncomfortable

if ur desk long enough, why not put it next to monitor?? im put top of desk. next to monitor.

putting below my desk but go wood covering it ..my another pc also placing beside my leg...runs cool..make sure the air not blow out throw the side panel to your leg..

Why put under the desk? You suffer from sweaty legs and you PC sucks up more dust that it should.

Get a side table or something. I'm sure you won't regret.

My desk space is limited so had to put it below the desk additionally,I'm using storm scout 2 and those ports are on top of the casing
How to make sure the air is not blowing through the side panel?
Thanks for the tips,but my room and table space is very limited

Depends your fan configuration...mine is air entering from front grill and side panel the blow out from rear and top fan

Currently I just having one exhaust fan(stock) on the rear side of the scout 2

plan to buy noctua NF-S12A for two front intake and two for top exhaust. Is it worth the price?

No need so expensive fan for casing, use cm sickleflow 120mm or arctic f12 will do, both cost lesser than rm30/pcs

so put two on front intake,two top exhaust,more than enough? as people said side fans would suck on dust right?

Yes, normally front 2 intake fans, top to exhaust fans & rear 1 exhaust fan but I think Scout II front panel do not have dust filter, this can be solve just buy 2 x120mm dust filter, i saw few sellers is selling in the sales thread

This post has been edited by llk: Dec 22 2013, 09:07 PM


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Thanks for the guide,how about side panel? Should I install two fans also?

My opinion is not necessary front 2 x 120mm fan is good enough

Time to invest in water cooling

on the contrary, watercooling will also need fans and will also collect dust and emits heat...just that the way it does it is different from air cooled PC

and about the fans, do not go for the CM sickleflows, they're noisy and not easy to clean, get the Artic F12 or even BitFenix SPectre Pro 120

Actually what I meant to say is that the poster may want to consider water/liquid coolers as a more efficient way to dissipate heat from the processor/GPU since he is complaining that the box is generating "a lot of heat".

The key difference between aircoolers and liquidcoolers are the thermal properties of the medium transferring heat out of the box. Air has a much lower thermal capacity, thermal conductivity and viscosity compared to water, methanol/ethanol or antifreeze/glycol. Well at least something from my collage thermodynamics class prove to be useful. This is one reason why once your processor hits a certain thermal level, it is usually more effecient to run water/liquid coolers.

With water/liquid coolers the bigger the radiator, the better or more evenly the heat dissipates from the back of the PC.

For example, nowadays you don't see aircooled cars on the road compared to the 60s & 70s. Liquid-cooled design are more efficient and quieter. Of course it also means that there is a higher-cost involved and that you will need to put a bit more effort in maintaining the liquid-coolers - ie changing the water+coolent, cleaning the radiator etc.

Note to original poster - There are plenty of articles written on liquid coolent chemical and thermal properties. Just google them up and see if they make sense.

yes, well aware that water is the better coolant compared to air as well as the importance of surface area. Just implying that one would still require fans to be installed even if a water cooling solution is deployed, hence the collection of dust is unavoidable. Heat dissipation is a must no matter the cooling solution so is also unavoidable. So to TS's complaint of being uncomfortable because the chassis is too near, I don't see water cooling is not the proper solution.

What TS need to do is to either somehow redirect the airflow away from his personal space or move the chassis away. The latter solution is out of the question as TS already stated that he has space issues so now the only option is to redirect the hot air dissipated away from his comfort zone. Though ugly, maybe TS can make use of exhaust tubes used in kitchen hoods to do so?

I place mine nex to the monitor. The 2 radiator fans blow upward while another 2 blow forward. Exhaust fan doesn't bother me since it faces backward.