[SOLVED] Cooling electronics closet

[Spyro 999]

I live in a very small dorm room (8' by 10') and I have a couple consoles, a raspberry pi, hard drive, network router and a switch all in a small cabinet. I know this is not great for cooling, but it's the only choice I have. I never run both my Xbox One and my PS3 at the same time, but everything else is on 24/7. I removed the door to make sure there is some passive airflow but I would like a better solution.

I would like to improve the cooling in it and I was wondering if any of you had any ideas on how I could do that. Is there a product with fans that would help get the heat out of it or would you recommend anything custom made? I can't modify the furniture though (sadly). The cabinet's dimensions are 42cm deep, 35.5cm wide and 56cm high. Everything network related is on a recessed shelf located higher up (its only half deep). Currently, both consoles are stacked on the bottom of it and the raspberry pi 4 is on the back wall.

I was thinking maybe at something similar in function to those server cooling units. Obviously I can't spend 250$ on cooling and it needs to be available in Canada.

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[velocityg4]

The cabinet door should Be removable. Just remove it an slide it under your bed or something and put any screws or hinges in a plastic bag. When you move out. Put the door back on. Otherwise just put a fan in there to circulate the air and crack the door open.

 

[Spyro 999]

The cabinet door should Be removable. Just remove it an slide it under your bed or something and put any screws or hinges in a plastic bag. When you move out. Put the door back on. Otherwise just put a fan in there to circulate the air and crack the door open.

As I mentioned in my post, I removed the door already. I am looking for a better solution at cooling things down. Simply putting a fan seems unideal because I would need to start and stop it when I start the consoles to avoid constant noise.

 

[CountMike]

As I mentioned in my post, I removed the door already. I am looking for a better solution at cooling things down. Simply putting a fan seems unideal because I would need to start and stop it when I start the consoles to avoid constant noise.

140mm case fans can be pretty quiet, they work full speed at 12v but can turn at lower speeds with lower voltage. They typically start at 5-7v and turn at half speed at 9v.
There are also fans with own thermostat like this one for instance
https://www.quietpc.com/ac-arctic-f12-tc

 

[KyaraM]

How about something like this?
https://www.amazon.com/ELUTENG-Comp...words=external+usb+fan&qid=1650530114&sr=8-10

I use this exact fan model myself. After a little "break-in" time, they run quiet on pretty much all levels. Using it to cool a Raspi NAS including a NAS HDD and Router in a rather cramped and semi closed-off enclosure. People use them to cool everything from consoles to terrariums it looks like. They are decent, and the medium setting runs almost completely silent for me while creating enough ventilation to keep things cool, though even the low setting should do fine. The controller is also easily accessible. The Raspi runs at about 40°C to 45°C max under load in there. There is also a dual-fan version if it makes you feel more comfortable.