Question Anyone have airflow coming out front?

[Gururu]

I was wondering if anyone is using their pc exhaust to provide warm air to front to help heat a room. Rear exhaust wastes energy by heating solid surfaces usually.

 

[COLGeek]

I'm not sure if any are currently on the market right now, but reverse airflow case designs have been available in the past.

Lian Li used to have one. I used for a neighbor's build several years ago (long since replaced).

The sticking point with most current cases will be the PSU. Regardless, you can certainly reverse fan directions/airflow in most cases.

 

[USAFRet]

I was wondering if anyone is using their pc exhaust to provide warm air to front to help heat a room. Rear exhaust wastes energy by heating solid surfaces usually.

Heating solid surfaces is not a waste.

Indeed, may be marginally MORE effective. A solid surface (wall) retains heat more that free air.

 

[Eximo]

As long as the energy use is happening, the waste heat is occurring in the same room. The warm air of the PC might be re-directed to hit you directly if you wanted that, but you would have to be pretty close to not also get the air movement causing a cooling effect to the skin.

Honestly, running my gaming PC in a room with a closed door is more than enough to heat up a room to above comfort levels, almost year round. In my youth I used to crack two windows and get a cross breeze going to evacuate the warm air.