Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoCougar introduces ‘floating’ mid-tower PC case — separates drives and power supply from main chamber for more efficient coolingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down13
arrow-up117arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month 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-up6·1 month agoSome of the newer Gen 5 NVME SSDs can create enough heat that they need heat sinks.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThat’s not nearly enough to meaningfully contribute heat to the interior volume of the case.
minus-squarefelsiq@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoSome even need active cooling, but they all go directly on the motherboard anyway so this design doesn’t change anything for NVMEs
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.
That’s not nearly enough to meaningfully contribute heat to the interior volume of the case.
Some even need active cooling, but they all go directly on the motherboard anyway so this design doesn’t change anything for NVMEs