Drawer "Case" Build - input needed about parts positioning

[zoro1989]

Hello guys, 
I have my pc built inside SILENT BASE 801 and I love that case but this thing is huge which wasn't a problem till recently. 
I moved to a smaller apartment and had to downsize my pc desk so now that beautiful case is a problem and in a way.
My fix for a problem is to stuff components inside the drawers of my IKEA Alex drawer element.

I did some research on the subject on forum but those post are old.

So I have a few examples of how that would come together but would like the input of more experienced enthusiasts

 

Some guidelines about design:
-silence and thermals would be a top priority
-couldn't care less about RGB fans and such things (i know I have RGB on the motherboard and RAM but not by choice)
-I own a 3d printer (310mmx310mm) so brackets, fan ducts, and fan grills wouldn't be a problem to make
-do not want to change any components (just upgraded CPU and RAM)
-open to adding some fans if needed

 

Things I'm working with and are at my disposal:
-2x be quiet pure wings 2 140 mm
-1x be quiet pure wings 2 120 mm
-CORSAIR Hydro Series H100x

 

Let's start with some examples I came up with (keep in mind this was put together with CAD files I was able to find online, dimensionally accurate or slightly bigger than my components) :

 

1. This example is with 2 front intake 140 be quiet fans and one 120 be quiet fan is missing on top of the 240mm radiator as the exhaust on the picture
   It could be tight fit in this configuration.

   And one thing that bothers me here is that all that warm air from GPU, Drives and MOBO would mostly go through CPU radiator
   but I only have to sacrifice 2 drawers

 

 

 

2. This one is more like traditional PC case orientation which would give me more room to work with and to mount drives ( HDDs and SSDs are not in picture since they can be mounted basically anywhere)

    Still woried about all that hot air going throu CPU radiator mostly,

    and 3 drawers are taken by pc

 

 

3. Adding one extra 140mm fan for intake to match 3x120 mm on exaust which should in theory give me positive pressure situation

 

 

4.Masive 6 x 140 mm front fan cluster with CPU radiator and 2 x 120mm fans as exaust

   This config could give me option to ramp down those fans and maybe achiev lower noise lvls but not sure if exaust fans would be enough.

   Maybe adding more 120 mm exaust fans ?

 

So there are endless variations of the above configs, moving this fan here or there, and so on. 

 

And that's the part where I need help from you.

 

And I'm not trying to make an overkill build ( I know that 6x140mm fans look cool on the front with some custom 3d printed grill but if not necessary I would rather save 50€ in new fans) so feel free to be brutally honest.

 

Also if you have any recommendations on where and which cables to get for the front io feel free to share (need like 2 USBs and power/reset buttons)

 

Thanks for your time

[Budget DIY]

Option 1, but the radiator tilted 90 degrees or just above the GPU exhaust. That way, your hot GPU air doesn't get pushed trough the radiator.

 

Also, depending on workload, which you didn't mention, hot GPU air trough the radiator, might not be an issue at all.

[OddOod]

Kinda love it and would adore seeing finished photos. 
I'm a huge fan of jank-ass cases

[TVwazhere]

What are the dimensions for each drawer?

[zoro1989]

15 minutes ago, Budget DIY said:

Option 1, but the radiator tilted 90 degrees or just above the GPU exhaust. That way, your hot GPU air doesn't get pushed trough the radiator.

 

Also, depending on workload, which you didn't mention, hot GPU air trough the radiator, might not be an issue at all.

Something like this ?

 

Workload is Gaming, some fusion 360, ordinary stuff.

Im not pushing it to the limit.

 

 

12 minutes ago, OddOod said:

Kinda love it and would adore seeing finished photos. 
I'm a huge fan of jank-ass cases

Yea i dont really care to much how it looks, want to have it functional and quiet as possible.

 

9 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

What are the dimensions for each drawer?

Lenght 520 mm

Width 298 mm 

Hight 130 mm

That is with those sides facing us on pictures removed

[Budget DIY]

33 minutes ago, zoro1989 said:

Something like this ?

 

Workload is Gaming, some fusion 360, ordinary stuff.

Im not pushing it to the limit.

 

 

Yea i dont really care to much how it looks, want to have it functional and quiet as possible.

 

Lenght 520 mm

Width 298 mm 

Hight 130 mm

That is with those sides facing us on pictures removed

Just so the GPU exhaust doesn't hit the radiator.

[zoro1989]

My understanding of this GPU-s with three fans is that they blow warm air all around them. So it would basically blow warm air all over case

[TVwazhere]

1 hour ago, zoro1989 said:

Lenght 520 mm

Width 298 mm 

Hight 130 mm

That is with those sides facing us on pictures removed

An ATX board is 305mm tall, so wouldn't you not be able to lay the board down flat in the bottom of the drawer like that?

[TylerD321]

My brain says to ditch the rad and get a tower cooler, and then use front intake and back exhaust. Just using one drawer. Who knows how well that would work though?

[zoro1989]

49 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

An ATX board is 305mm tall, so wouldn't you not be able to lay the board down flat in the bottom of the drawer like that?

Example number 1 is with board laying down flat

 

35 minutes ago, TylerD321 said:

My brain says to ditch the rad and get a tower cooler, and then use front intake and back exhaust. Just using one drawer. Who knows how well that would work though?

i would really wanna avoid buying new components since i live in place where i wont be able to sell that rad. And it cant fit in just one drawer since there is no enough space for power supply and GPU is to high

 

[tkitch]

18 hours ago, zoro1989 said:

Example number 1 is with board laying down flat

But your specs say the drawer is 298mm wide.

And an ATX Board, if it's 305mm wide...  is wider than 298, so...  how would that fit?  

[zoro1989]

1 hour ago, tkitch said:

But your specs say the drawer is 298mm wide.

And an ATX Board, if it's 305mm wide...  is wider than 298, so...  how would that fit?  

those are dimensions of the bottom of the drawer, but there is stilol room betwen that and carcase wall, just enough to squiz it in

 

[zoro1989]

I did some thermals testing and looks like il need to up my cpu cooling, i read that 5800X3D is runing a bit hot but around 80C not almoust 90C.

Thats under Cinebench load.

Actually GPU is runing cooler than CPU

 

What do you think guys ?

 

[Blue4130]

9 hours ago, zoro1989 said:

those are dimensions of the bottom of the drawer, but there is stilol room betwen that and carcase wall, just enough to squiz it in

 

So you are going to take the drawer itself out and just have everything mounted to the cabinet shell? What about the front panels? How will those attatch?

[zoro1989]

Idea is to either atach everything to a piece of board or aluminum sheet so it can be pulled out for easier working on it. Front panel is no problem, furniture hinges or with magnets, there are multiple solutions

[OddOod]

On 1/18/2023 at 11:01 AM, zoro1989 said:

Yea I don't really care to much how it looks, want to have it functional and quiet as possible.

A couple of my personal rigs:
HTPC (connected to 4K120 TV) which has no moving parts except sometimes on higher draw games

And my homemade disk shelf

Again, I adore ugly ducking computers.

 

[zoro1989]

3 hours ago, OddOod said:

A couple of my personal rigs:
HTPC (connected to 4K120 TV) which has no moving parts except sometimes on higher draw games

And my homemade disk shelf

Again, I adore ugly ducking computers.

 

I had also idea to just mount everything on back side of drawer cause there is room but changed my mind cause of dust. Could also mount everything to the wall but dust