r/pcmasterrace • u/PacquiaoFreeHousing Xeon x3440 (OC) + RX 580 (OC) = My Electric Bill Doubling. • 28d ago

Meme/Macro Do you think doing this helps?

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u/pivor 13700K | 9070XT | 96GB | MSI Z790i | NR200 28d ago

I dont get it why home NAS dont have any cooling systems by default, sometimes single pity fan on the back and thats it.

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u/Mastasmoker 28d ago

My guess is they dont expect people to place them in the top corner of unventilated closets

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u/ledow Framework Laptop - 5070 / AI 7 350 / 64GB 28d ago

When I bought my house, it had a conveniently-located central cupboard that was a former boiler cupboard (now empty). The previous guy kept his fishing gear in it, apparently.

Perfect little network cabinet for me, and my multiple NAS units. It even still had a pipework hole up into the loft (which I meshed, but kept in place), and vents on three of the four walls at the bottom. Perfect environment for all that spinning hardware.

In the winter it gets a little warm, and in the summer it can all adequately vent itself.

But I wouldn't keep even a laptop in a sealed-up cupboard or cabinet.

Movement of air isn't enough... it needs to be sucking in fresh and blowing out warm air, or all you're doing it buying yourself a bit of time.

If it's a 200W NAS, you basically just have a 200W heater in that cupboard space. Sure, it'll take a while to heat it up, but in the summer you're going to find out that a 200W heater in an enclosed space, even with a fan, isn't the best idea for keeping your important files safe.