PC case on carpet

[Archangel1994]

Hello good folk of the LTT forums,

 

I've had it for a while now but I cannot help but wonder. How bad is it to have your PC directly on carpet?

 

I've seen a few posts where people say that you get issues with static electricity, increased dust and suffocating your PSU if the fan faces downward. With this in mind I would like to ask you how much of an issue is it really?

 

Also whether it is serious or not what would be a good way to get my PC off the carpet that does not involve a piece of wood? I know the corsair 760T has those little stands which creates space for anyway bottom mounted fans or PSU's for which the fan faces downwards, is there such a thing you can buy separately for any case?

 

-Archangel

[Arty]

put it on a desk?,  my pc is is on carpert, but the psu is on the top of case, and fans on bottom blow out.

[Fulgrim]

Depends, is your PSU at the bottom of the case, drawing air from underneath? If so, best not to have it on a carpet. Even more so, if it's a thick carpet. I personally have mine propped up on 2 big thick books, one of them is a copy of the Third Reich, the other is a big bible lol.

 

tl;dr best to keep it off the carpet. Prop it up with some old books, or something which can take the weight, and is durable enough.

[spwath]

Hello good folk of the LTT forums,

 

I've had it for a while now but I cannot help but wonder. How bad is it to have your PC directly on carpet?

 

I've seen a few posts where people say that you get issues with static electricity, increased dust and suffocating your PSU if the fan faces downward. With this in mind I would like to ask you how much of an issue is it really?

 

Also whether it is serious or not what would be a good way to get my PC off the carpet that does not involve a piece of wood? I know the corsair 760T has those little stands which creates space for anyway bottom mounted fans or PSU's for which the fan faces downwards, is there such a thing you can buy separately for any case?

 

-Archangel

Peice of carbord, PC on that

Peice of anything hard, Pc on that.

Any of these

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http://www.amazon.com/Syba-SY-ACC65029-Castors-Plastic-Adjustable/dp/B003BYRO7O/ref=pd_sim_sbs_e_3?ie=UTF8&refRID=1RV9HK62EATZ01ARNFFD

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http://www.amazon.com/Kantek-CS200B-Mobile-Stand-CPU/dp/B001AJS3BS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407689976&sr=8-1&keywords=cpu+tray

[terrytek]

Even on floors, it still collects a lot of dust. So I would put some elevation on it. I put mine on a table to keep it off the floor. I hear that dust hovers near ground level.

[Archangel1994]

Even on floors, it still collects a lot of dust. So I would put some elevation on it. I put mine on a table to keep it off the floor. I hear that dust hovers near ground level.

Say I made a wooden frame for my pc so that my pc sits about half a meter above the floor would that dust hovering around ground level still be an issue?

[terrytek]

Say I made a wooden frame for my pc so that my pc sits about half a meter above the floor would that dust hovering around ground level still be an issue?

Nope. Before, when I put my pc on the floor, there was dust everywhere. When I elevated the PC, almost no dust comes through.

[Bogica]

It's simple, carpet collects dust, PC on carpet= BAD. Just put it anywhere else or elevate it from the carpet. If the carpet is furry the fur can get stuck in the fans.