cooling pc inside desk

[beccabob]

my pc is inside a section built for it inside a wooden desk, so the front door is always closed. i have removed the half cover that goes on the rear on the compartment. have a dell deminsion 4400 with 1.7 Ghz chipset and will be adding the best graphics card on the market later this year (expecting a little bonus check wheeeeeeeeeee). is the stock dell cooling system enuff? and if not any recommendations on what to add (hardware or software), so that i dont burn up this little puppy. thanks in advance. (special thanks to crashman..somehow, you seem to answer all my post, :•Þ)

 

[4Ryan6]

Make sure the area at the rear of the PC is open where the fan exhaust ports are, so the air can freely exhaust out the rear of the desk, and it wouldn't hurt to install a nice good looking decorative type vent to the bottom of the front door, to allow an air intake to the compartment.

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