Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoCougar introduces ‘floating’ mid-tower PC case — separates drives and power supply from main chamber for more efficient coolingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down12
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkCougar introduces ‘floating’ mid-tower PC case — separates drives and power supply from main chamber for more efficient coolingwww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·13 hours agoDrives don’t create barely any heat. PSU is minimal. Almost all comes from CPU/GPU. Most sandwich cases isolate these components more effectively.
minus-squaresubignition@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·12 hours agoSome of the newer Gen 5 NVME SSDs can create enough heat that they need heat sinks.
minus-squarefelsiq@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoSome even need active cooling, but they all go directly on the motherboard anyway so this design doesn’t change anything for NVMEs
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoThat’s not nearly enough to meaningfully contribute heat to the interior volume of the case.
Drives don’t create barely any heat. PSU is minimal. Almost all comes from CPU/GPU. Most sandwich cases isolate these components more effectively.
Some of the newer Gen 5 NVME SSDs can create enough heat that they need heat sinks.
Some even need active cooling, but they all go directly on the motherboard anyway so this design doesn’t change anything for NVMEs
That’s not nearly enough to meaningfully contribute heat to the interior volume of the case.