goonergaz
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So a big thanks to @BigA1 who inspired me when I saw his thread.
Essentially, long story short - with the new consoles I wanted to sort out my TV cabinets from the dust magnets they are...I've attached a couple of pictures. It was a massive cabinet but simply not big enough for all my kit, I had a load of it behind the TV including a PC! lol
I managed to snag a reduced (£130) used TV cabinet from Richer Sounds thinking if I screw it up it's at least not a brand spankers £450 cabinet! It's one of these but no backlight. There's 3 doors and the plan was 1) PC 2) Sky/Amp 3) Consoles.
Reading @BigA1's thread I decided to get get a couple of intake fans with temp controls at each end so the doors can stay shut - one end will have the PC and the other end my PS5 and XSX. These will be new holes (probably from the side so I can clean the filters, and the 3 the cabinet have will be used for exhausts. I'll use a cabinet 'brush plates' for cables and minimising dust getting inside.
I'll post comments along with pictures through this thread, maybe my more modest (and not so tidy!) work will inspire others, to me - it's not so much 'can I do al well as what other people do', it's more 'can I improve my current situation'. I knew I wanted to stop dust getting to my new consoles and I didn't want them overheating!
If anyone has any questions feel free to ask
Essentially, long story short - with the new consoles I wanted to sort out my TV cabinets from the dust magnets they are...I've attached a couple of pictures. It was a massive cabinet but simply not big enough for all my kit, I had a load of it behind the TV including a PC! lol
I managed to snag a reduced (£130) used TV cabinet from Richer Sounds thinking if I screw it up it's at least not a brand spankers £450 cabinet! It's one of these but no backlight. There's 3 doors and the plan was 1) PC 2) Sky/Amp 3) Consoles.
Reading @BigA1's thread I decided to get get a couple of intake fans with temp controls at each end so the doors can stay shut - one end will have the PC and the other end my PS5 and XSX. These will be new holes (probably from the side so I can clean the filters, and the 3 the cabinet have will be used for exhausts. I'll use a cabinet 'brush plates' for cables and minimising dust getting inside.
I'll post comments along with pictures through this thread, maybe my more modest (and not so tidy!) work will inspire others, to me - it's not so much 'can I do al well as what other people do', it's more 'can I improve my current situation'. I knew I wanted to stop dust getting to my new consoles and I didn't want them overheating!
If anyone has any questions feel free to ask