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That's the beginnings to another design, a slightly more tame one. I quite liked the idea of having a relatively clean set of visible faces, but I can't go for one of those totally passive silent completely boxed in cases. I'm quite tempted by this solution though, I should be able to still feed through an optical drive, and some USB's or such I can sneak into the front, but rather than a visible grill on the front, the "inner front" (the bit behind that groove) can contain the intake for air, having a large area it can cover without affecting the visuals of the case. If I so choose too, I can always add in a bit of dramatic lighting from there too, either a few coloured LED's or some EL wire.EDIT: Got round to the stage of having a position set down for where USB's and CD will go through. Cut a big hole for now in the design but I'll fill it in later. Got to work out the positions for the internal components. I want to be careful with positioning here so I can get some nice cooling without jet turbines. A little question would be how much SSD's and HDD's can be at risk of heating up, most cases have them right at the front so the intake fans blow directly onto them, so are they components that generate lots of heat?
That's the beginnings to another design, a slightly more tame one. I quite liked the idea of having a relatively clean set of visible faces, but I can't go for one of those totally passive silent completely boxed in cases. I'm quite tempted by this solution though, I should be able to still feed through an optical drive, and some USB's or such I can sneak into the front, but rather than a visible grill on the front, the "inner front" (the bit behind that groove) can contain the intake for air, having a large area it can cover without affecting the visuals of the case. If I so choose too, I can always add in a bit of dramatic lighting from there too, either a few coloured LED's or some EL wire.
EDIT: Got round to the stage of having a position set down for where USB's and CD will go through. Cut a big hole for now in the design but I'll fill it in later. Got to work out the positions for the internal components. I want to be careful with positioning here so I can get some nice cooling without jet turbines. A little question would be how much SSD's and HDD's can be at risk of heating up, most cases have them right at the front so the intake fans blow directly onto them, so are they components that generate lots of heat?
