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Originally posted by MeEtc
Cookie: the back side is against a wall, with about 8 cm clearance. There is a radiator along the baseboard. The cabinet is going to become a sauna without some more air flow.
In that case I think you better close up the backside (even better with some insulation material), and make a hole on the left side of the cabinet near the top with a fan which blows out. And in the front door** just the grill/mesh without the fan, near the bottom* (unless you really want to stick a fan on it too; but in that case let this fan suck air into the cabinet).
*EDIT: But just not in that horizontal woodbeam, otherwise the door might fall appart
(depending on how it was made).
**EDIT: Or, maybe for a better look (and less damage to the desk!), since the cabinet has enough clearance from the floor, instead of cutting in the front door panel, make holes in the underside. This is just as effecient (and far less to worry about as far as 'looks' go).
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EDIT3... where is the intake and outlet of air on the PC? This might be important too.... Or is it just a single fan on the backside of the case blowing out? If the latter, you might think about removing a side panel of the PC (since it is in a cabinet anyways), or put a hole in it too.
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