XPost: alt.home.repair, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2024-01-28 00:26, Char Jackson wrote:   
   > On Sat, 27 Jan 2024 22:56:35 +0100, "Carlos E.R."    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2024-01-26 22:11, Brian Gregory wrote:   
   >>   
   >> ...   
   >>   
   >>> The last PC I built I deliberately looked for a case with positions for   
   >>> optical drives. It was fairly difficult to find one.   
   >>   
   >> I had no problem with that.   
   >   
   > It probably depends partly on the form factor you've decided to use.   
      
   True.   
      
   > When I   
   > build a desktop system, I exclusively look at mid-tower cases, and AFAIK   
   100% of   
   > them have multiple 5.25" bays where optical drives can be installed. Brian   
   may   
   > be looking only at another (smaller) form factor, right Brian?   
   >   
   > Also, as others previously discussed, I require the PSU mounting position to   
   be   
   > at the top of the case, for proper and effective heat management, never at   
   the   
   > bottom. It makes no sense to me to place that kind of heat source at the   
   bottom   
   > of the case.   
      
   Weight and stability of the case, possibly.   
      
   The heat should not be a problem, because it has a fan. Any heat   
   generated inside the PSU is vented out soon enough. Unless the PSU case   
   becomes hot, and that should not happen.   
      
   But then the case needs an independent fan at the top, to exhaust heat   
   from other sources that concentrates there.   
      
   Anyway, at least my last two boxes have the PSU in the top position, but   
   because it is opposite to the 5.25" bays, I guess.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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