James Oliver’s PC Guide & Tips

Many people love to hide their tower inside their desks. Have you ever opened the door on the front of your desk and just felt the heat flow out of your desk? While it’s nice to have somewhere to put the PC hidden out of site, you might consider making sure you have proper airflow.

If you’re going to keep your system running inside of a desk, make sure that you either don’t have a back on the desk to allow the hot air to escape.

Another option would be to cut a couple of holes in the back or another hidden area to allow for airflow.

Your computer generates a lot of heat and has fans inside the case to exhaust this heat, but if you’re storing your PC inside a cubby hole slightly larger than the case itself, you’re not allowing the hot air to exhaust and this will keep the components inside getting very hot which can damage some of these components.

Yet another option is to leave the door open where the heat can exhaust out the front. As long as you leave room for airflow, your components should be safe from heat damage.