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4 minutes ago, The_MaTy said:

Hello LTT forum,

I am planning to move my NAS in closet. Is it ok to do this? Will be one vent hole ok? (My nas is DS718+) Do you have any tweeks for this?

Depends on the closet. If the closet is closed off, you want a fan bringing air in and another on exhausting out wherever it is convenient. The intake should be close to the device, the exhaust can be someplace else as the fans. Depending on the closet's size I would use 2x 200 mm fans with a dust filter on the intake side. If the NAS is being accessed only for short transfers, you probably can get by without any fans. Make sure to compare the temperature outside and inside to see if you need to cut holes for fans.

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43 minutes ago, Applefreak said:

Depends on the closet. If the closet is closed off, you want a fan bringing air in and another on exhausting out wherever it is convenient. The intake should be close to the device, the exhaust can be someplace else as the fans. Depending on the closet's size I would use 2x 200 mm fans with a dust filter on the intake side. If the NAS is being accessed only for short transfers, you probably can get by without any fans. Make sure to compare the temperature outside and inside to see if you need to cut holes for fans.

I got this closet from office, it has shelfs in it. It was made for documents and it is fully closed off. I would like to run on NAS VM/s. So should I drill holes for 2 fans? How do I power them?
Will it be more silent than keeping NAS on the top of closet?

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58 minutes ago, The_MaTy said:

Hello LTT forum,

I am planning to move my NAS in closet. Is it ok to do this? Will be one vent hole ok? (My nas is DS718+) Do you have any tweeks for this?

If it is a low-powered device and won't be under heavy load, you should be okay. It should have failsafes where if the CPU gets too hot, it will automatically shut down. Would you be able to add a small vent to the closet door? You may be able to dampen the HDD clicking sound and vibration in general by putting a towel or soft cloth under the PC.

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4 minutes ago, steelo said:

If it is a low-powered device and won't be under heavy load, you should be okay. Would you be able to add a small vent to the closet door? You may be able to dampen the HDD clicking sound and vibration in general by putting a towel or soft cloth under the PC.

I would not be able to add vent to the closet door. I can only drill in back of the closet.

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3 minutes ago, The_MaTy said:

Like it looks like in the picture I posted above. So I do not need to drill holes for fans?

I mean, it won't hurt anything if you maybe want to put holes in the back and pull it away from the wall a few inches. I can't tell from the picture if the cabinet has a backing to it or if the white is the wall?

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20 minutes ago, The_MaTy said:

I got this closet from office, it has shelfs in it. It was made for documents and it is fully closed off

Is it a closet or a cabinet?

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

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Why is the 5800x so hot?

 

 

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1 minute ago, The_MaTy said:

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I can't see the pictures. Website is blocked by my work computer.

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I'd just keep an eye on temps and if they're too high or make you uncomfortable you might be able to just drill holes in the sides of the cabinet and mount fans on it.

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

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Why is the 5800x so hot?

 

 

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2 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

I can't see the pictures. Website is blocked by my work computer.

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I'd just keep an eye on temps and if they're too high or make you uncomfortable you might be able to just drill holes in the sides of the cabinet and mount fans on it.

Agreed. I seriously doubt it will overheat on its own unless the room itself gets very hot. Personally, I wouldn't mess with drilling holes unless it was absolutely necessary.

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4 minutes ago, The_MaTy said:

If I would have problems with temps, how will I power fans?

You could run them off fan headers on the motherboard if you're into a little bit of modding. Make the power cables for the fans longer if needed.

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

Project Hot Box

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Why is the 5800x so hot?

 

 

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4 hours ago, The_MaTy said:

Like from synology nas?

I'm not quite sure what you mean here. I've also never had a Synology so I don't know the ins and outs of them.

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

Project Hot Box

CPU 13900k, Motherboard Gigabyte Aorus Elite AX, RAM CORSAIR Vengeance 4x16gb 5200 MHZ, GPU Zotac RTX 4090 Trinity OC, Case Fractal Pop Air XL, Storage Sabrent Rocket Q4 2tb, CORSAIR Force Series MP510 1920GB NVMe, CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 960GB NVMe, PSU CORSAIR HX1000i, Cooling Corsair XC8 CPU block, Bykski GPU block, 360mm and 280mm radiator, Displays Odyssey G9, LG 34UC98-W 34-Inch,Keyboard Mountain Everest Max, Mouse Mountain Makalu 67, Sound AT2035, Massdrop 6xx headphones, Go XLR 

Oppbevaring

CPU i9-9900k, Motherboard, ASUS Rog Maximus Code XI, RAM, 48GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB 3200 mhz (2x16)+(2x8) GPUs Asus ROG Strix 2070 8gb, PNY 1080, Nvidia 1080, Case Mining Frame, 2x Storage Samsung 860 Evo 500 GB, PSU Corsair RM1000x and RM850x, Cooling Asus Rog Ryuo 240 with Noctua NF-12 fans

 

Why is the 5800x so hot?

 

 

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