Wall mounted PC

[adithyay328]

Hey guys! I was just wondering about something. So, I'm going to get a wall mounted PC, and I'm going to have a PCI extension to all the add on cards in my system(GPU, sound card, etc.). Now, my theory is that my sound card and GPU will have less EMI, therefore increasing performance(this will effect the GPU very slightly if not at all; my sound card is the card that'll benefit the most to this). So, is this theory true? Thanks in advance for your help, time and effort!

[Guest]

It's a good theory, at least.

[TheKDub]

I highly doubt it will "increase GPU performance" at all, and the sound card will probably be exposed to more EMI due to it being unshielded by a case.

 

If anything I'd guess it would decrease GPU performance over time due to the lack of dust protection.

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

Hey guys! I was just wondering about something. So, I'm going to get a wall mounted PC, and I'm going to have a PCI extension to all the add on cards in my system(GPU, sound card, etc.). Now, my theory is that my sound card and GPU will have less EMI, therefore increasing performance(this will effect the GPU very slightly if not at all; my sound card is the card that'll benefit the most to this). So, is this theory true? Thanks in advance for your help, time and effort!

that has nothing to with your sound card, if any keep your speakers away and test it and it still shouldn't matter at the end of the day.

[pas008]

I did this with my sound card that was stuck in with 3/4 video cards, worked fine, but I did this to let more air into the cards

 

and for gfx stuffs

 

http://www.overclock.net/t/1427731/pci-express-extender-cables-benchmarked/0_100

[adithyay328]

I highly doubt it will "increase GPU performance" at all, and the sound card will probably be exposed to more EMI due to it being unshielded by a case.

 

If anything I'd guess it would decrease GPU performance over time due to the lack of dust protection.

Wait, what? My sound card gets more EMI by leaving them unhielded? Well then, are there any buy able EMI resistant shields for sound cards? There must be, because then how would DACs keep out EMI. So, where can I buy shields from EMI?

[adithyay328]

I highly doubt it will "increase GPU performance" at all, and the sound card will probably be exposed to more EMI due to it being unshielded by a case.

 

If anything I'd guess it would decrease GPU performance over time due to the lack of dust protection.

I said that it will most likely not increase GPU performace, but it'll make it worse due to dust? Well, couldn't you just clean out the GPU fan when the PC's turned off?

[TheKDub]

Wait, what? My sound card gets more EMI by leaving them unhielded? Well then, are there any buy able EMI resistant shields for sound cards? There must be, because then how would DACs keep out EMI. So, where can I buy shields from EMI?

 

DACs are more protected from EMI because they are outside of the computer case.

 

The built in sound cards of most motherboards now adays are perfectly fine for normal use anyways, imo sound cards are not worth it, if anything get an external dac.

[TheKDub]

I said that it will most likely not increase GPU performace, but it'll make it worse due to dust? Well, couldn't you just clean out the GPU fan when the PC's turned off?

 

Yes you could just clean out the GPU fans and such, but do you really want to have to keep doing that every couple of weeks or months to keep it from being clogged by dust?

[adithyay328]

DACs are more protected from EMI because they are outside of the computer case.

 

The built in sound cards of most motherboards now adays are perfectly fine for normal use anyways, imo sound cards are not worth it, if anything get an external dac.

Yeah, well my sound card will be outside the case, so how do I get an EMI shield, becuase someone told me that leaving a sound card exposed will open it up to EMI?

[adithyay328]

Yes you could just clean out the GPU fans and such, but do you really want to have to keep doing that every couple of weeks or months to keep it from being clogged by dust?

I'm fine with that. I mean, I have tons of time to do it in.

[TheKDub]

Yeah, well my sound card will be outside the case, so how do I get an EMI shield, becuase someone told me that leaving a sound card exposed will open it up to EMI?

 

If you're mounting the PC on a wall, it's not going to be in a case, meaning the EMI from the components can go wherever it wants instead of being at least partially blocked by the case.

[adithyay328]

If you're mounting the PC on a wall, it's not going to be in a case, meaning the EMI from the components can go wherever it wants instead of being at least partially blocked by the case.

That doesn't sound very good.

[ShearMe]

If you're mounting the PC on a wall, it's not going to be in a case, meaning the EMI from the components can go wherever it wants instead of being at least partially blocked by the case.

I think you're overestimating how much EMI a case blocks. Distance is the greatest factor.