When I built my desktop I just bought the cheapest option for the case that worked with my parts but I'm not a fan of how much space it is taking up and the general look of it.
I've been designing out my own case but I'm a bit concerned about the spacing of my components. My current case has a lot of unused real estate compared to my own design but I'm wondering if that is to help with thermals or component safety.
I work as an industrial designer for a CE company so I deal with thermal dispersal quite a bit but not at the scale of a full sized desktop. I'm just concerned that if I pack my SSD and my 1080 too close to my motherboard that it would generate too much heat and wouldn't disperse properly. My current design has my 360mm water cool pulling from the front with a back fan and another one at the top as well for pulling out any additional rising heat and with openings for the PSU to vent out properly.
Any suggestions on if I shouldn't be packing everything in too close to each other or if there is optimal spacing or placement? I do run some intensive programs so I just don't want to go through all this trouble just to create some logistics issues for myself.
Thanks for the help!
I've been designing out my own case but I'm a bit concerned about the spacing of my components. My current case has a lot of unused real estate compared to my own design but I'm wondering if that is to help with thermals or component safety.
I work as an industrial designer for a CE company so I deal with thermal dispersal quite a bit but not at the scale of a full sized desktop. I'm just concerned that if I pack my SSD and my 1080 too close to my motherboard that it would generate too much heat and wouldn't disperse properly. My current design has my 360mm water cool pulling from the front with a back fan and another one at the top as well for pulling out any additional rising heat and with openings for the PSU to vent out properly.
Any suggestions on if I shouldn't be packing everything in too close to each other or if there is optimal spacing or placement? I do run some intensive programs so I just don't want to go through all this trouble just to create some logistics issues for myself.
Thanks for the help!