Wood Top vs. Front PSU on Cerberus X

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Does using the wood top panels require the PSU to be mounted in the rear? It looks like it would block the exhaust.

 

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Here's my just finished build, which awaits the answer to the challenge: Wooden Top vs. Top-Venting PSU



and on pcpartpicker

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/nzsZxr

All air-cooled, with an oversized GPU and some fussbudget cable management