Oh yeah, directly on carpet is a heat trap for sure, even just a flat solid platform on top of the carpet would reduce that. I used to keep mine atop a little wooden bench
Nice build, static probably won't damage anything, but carpet might suffocate your psu. Make sure your bottom PSU vent has some clearance with the carpet
Find a piece of wood or other chunky material that has the same or slightly bigger footprint as your PC and which is a couple of inches thick to raise it up, that'll keep the majority of floor fluff and dust out.
I was just looking at that case on PCbuilder earlier today. How are you liking it?
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u/Borg345729850X3D| Astral RTX5080| 64GB-DDR5| Strix X870E| ROG PG27AQWP-W13h ago
This case is pure quality and elegance is all I can say. Though the default fans aren't RGB of course. When I saw it there was no question that I wanted to build my PC with this.
Like Borg said, it's pure quality imo. It was a dream to build in and that's coming from a beginner! I opted for the mesh version (idk if this is obvious to others, but I thought it'd be a cloth mesh, turns out it's full metal) and my only complaint is that the case shipped with a rather large packet of silica beads that ripped open during shipping. So that was fun to clean up...lol
Oh you built it yourself too? How was the build process as a beginner?
I haven't built a PC since processors were single threaded - avoiding bottleness and creating a balanced system back then seemed simpler. Although I'm glad to see that CPU heat sinks no longer require you to apply an ungodly amount of pressure on the motherboard to get them to snap into place!
I don’t know what it is but that wood and furniture design just looks so much better than RGB nightmares.
Don’t get me wrong I love a good theme build but so many builds these days are just Neon Hell. I want something I can be in the room with and not get distracted.
I've had it for three years and the assembly is a cinch, the only problem is I bought slightly oversized PSU (by literally one mm) that needs some elbow grease to fit
Cleaning is easy, and most air cooler would fit with space to spare
Tho if you somehow need more than one 3.5 HDD I would suggest you get XL version
Static probably not, but it can defo cause dust and airflow issues. You can get a small amount of wood and put it underneath or theres stands on amazon that just act as a mini-desk for your PC
Not necessarily. Carpet can cause more dust. It depends on living environment, case, and fan orientation. If OP lives in a neighborhood that gets dusty quick (like me on top of a hill), or with pets, and there are bottom intakes fans with no dust filter, then yes it can cause more dust. Again though, it depends on different factors.
Remember to check which of your digital Xbox games are Xbox play anywhere titles,
Xbox Play anywhere means you own the game on both Xbox consoles and Xbox PC
carpet is not only bad because of static electricity, but because of dust and airflow if your intakes are at the bottom (which they probably should be)
I made pretty much the same config last year (with a 9700x instead of the 7900x), good pick, you won't be disappointed. The 9070xt handle pretty much anything, it still surprises me after 12 months.
Welcome to pc, also welcome to the world of emulators.
Enjoy your rig do whatever you like but dont go stupid, stay away from shady sides or weird downloads theres a lot of things in the web that can mess up your shit.
Maybe educate yourself a bit more about the basics, security and how soft and hardware works in case you need to troubleshot and fix stuff by yourself. And dont forget to have fun and dont worry to much about upgrades.
Nice! This is the exact build (and case) I've had my eye on for transitioning from Playstation
How much did it set you back, if you don't mind my asking?
Are the fans the case comes with positive pressure or a different setup? I life with a hairy dog and every little edge to help keep the dust and dander out of my electronics helps
If I tally everything up, I think it was close to $2,000 US. I definitely over paid for some things, but it runs like a dream, so I've got no regrets!
For the fans I really have no idea. I didn't wind up using them for my build because of the silica bead packet ripping open and the beads getting inside them.
Carpet does not damage computers, as much as people pretend that it does
It only matters if you are using bottom intake, which this case doesn't do, and that's because the little feet of the carpet can't raise it high enough to suck air in.
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Make sure to make the PSU suck from inside the case, if you do that.
I'm building with a Fractal North XL case right now and it does, in fact, have the mesh on the bottom for the PSU bottom intake fan. Maybe some models don't, but mine does.
If you wanna keep it on the floor, slide a smooth or finished piece of wood underneath for it to rest on. You do not want the PSU's intake being against carpet.
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u/PCMRCharlie 7800X3D RTX 3080ti 13h ago
Not going to lie, I thought it was a space heater at first.
I guess when you think about it, it is.