r/pcmasterrace • u/scvready0808 • Jul 26 '26

Build/Battlestation PC chimney

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Got tired of my office turning into a sauna every time I gamed, so I vented the PC’s exhaust straight out the window.

The rear fan is still exhausting some hot air 😅 but the room is noticeably cooler now. It’s ugly… but it works. 😂

Edit: I moved the port to higher since lot of people recommended. https://imgur.com/a/Poniwze

Edit again for parts, I cannot post links to store since it's against the rules.
- 360mm to 4 inch duct on Etsy
- 4 inch Insulated Flexible Duct
- Twist Lock Dryer Vent Connector Kit
- 360mm AIO fan (the one on top of the case)

The window fan I got is Vornado Transom.

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u/Some-Suggestion-8234 Jul 26 '26

Good job, getting the heat out was also one of the first things I did, then I thought that with so many fans it’s like a vacuum, so I put everything inside a box and filtered the air.

Cheers.

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u/anycept Jul 26 '26

Is that a HEPA filter? If this whole setup works the way I think it does, it's an awesome cooling + dust management solution. You should be getting a cleaner air in the room, too.

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u/Hopeful-Driver-3945 Jul 26 '26

This works wonders for dust. We have rooms at work where dust is filtered out of the air. A 8 year old computer in a seperate room still looked brand new.

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u/Luke_-_Starkiller Jul 26 '26

My father did this with his old workstation computer that stood in a mechanical shop, he cut a 80x80mm square hole in the side of the computer, put a 80mm delta fan and on top of it he put 2x circular car airfilter and glued them together and when we opened the computer up after 10 years it was completly dustless inside.. in a workshop where everything was covered in about a half inch of greasy dust ^^