Placement of tower

[MikalCarbine]

I'm currently dorming at University of hartford and I need a spot for my tower. Current it is on my desk, but I would like to move it off of the desk. I don't want it directly on the floor because of dust (would that be a problem in reality?) so I was thinking of placing something under it to give it an extra foor or so from the floor, and give me some room if I used the top of the tower as desk room. I don't have anything to really put under it (I don't want to use shoe boxes or anything that could collaspe) so I was thinking of using my subwoofer, which is against my insticts because of a) the vibrations and b) the magnetism. I can take pictures of the area if anyone wishes to see it. Any help or input would be great

[ripken204]

just put it on the floor and get some dust filters if you're really worried. dont use the subwoofer!

[joshd]

yea, i would keep it a fair distance from the sub. wouldnt want it to corrupt those HDDs...

[mtl_hed]

A sub will not corrupt your HDD's.


But I would not sit it on top b/c of possible vibrations.

Just set it on the floor, or on a board if carpet. Get wire mesh dust filters and clean them out with water when needed.

[Major_A]

yea, i would keep it a fair distance from the sub. wouldnt want it to corrupt those HDDs...
My HTPC is sitting on top of my 10" surround sound sub and has for over a year now, no problems thus far.

[Silver Bullet]

Sit the case on some wood or something about 2in above the floor, should keep the dust from being a major problem .. As other have said .. you can put it near the sub .. just not on it.

[ninja_xxx]

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only 20 bucks cdn...what is that like 2 dollars us :)

turn it upside down if its too low for you....and put it under your desk or beside it if you have room

[MikalCarbine]

That wouldn't fit in my dorm :p

I made some ghetto design for now, constructed of 2 shoe boxes filled with hard materials so they won't crush, it does the job but looks horrible haha, I'll try to get a family member to get some peices of wood up here or something...

I do have filters (case is a P180) so if they would filter the majority of the dust out, I could just end up putting it on my floor

[ripken204]

well is it a carpeted floor? if so what carpet? i have 3 dogs so there is hair everyone! my case is on a hardwood floor in my room and my p180 filters do a great job, but some dust still gets thru...

[BlueBiker]

Anecdotal evidence isn't worth much, as in the cases of lifelong smokers who get hit by buses at 98.

A 100MB disk drive has on the order of a billion bits, so it's not as if you're likely to notice right away if one of them — or a few hundred or thousand — have become corrupted.

[MikalCarbine]

well is it a carpeted floor? if so what carpet? i have 3 dogs so there is hair everyone! my case is on a hardwood floor in my room and my p180 filters do a great job, but some dust still gets thru...

It isn't a plush or fluffy rug, its a really cheap and hard one haha :p:

I don't notice too much dust or hair anywhere, and yes, as always some dust does get through the filters, but nothing compared to not using filters :p

I really like boosting the computer up 10 inches though, it gives me that extra 8 inches to put my speakers and headphones on