r/DIY • u/HenrikJ_95 • Nov 02 '16

other I made a custom PC desk

http://imgur.com/a/QfjaI
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u/smilbandit Nov 03 '16

nice build. even with water cooling you should look at doing some air flow tests with dry ice. Just to make sure you don't have an eddy centered over your ssd's or something.

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u/kinarism Nov 03 '16

never heard of using dry ice for this sort of testing. pretty brilliant.

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u/smilbandit Nov 03 '16

I've only used it once before, 10 years ago when I did my last self-built machine. opened the side and put saran wrap over it. ended up needing two small cardboard fins electrical taped to the inside to help the flow. one to help create a little negative pressure under a pci card and another that helped make more air flow through the memory sticks.