PC Case horizontal or vertical?

[Faster With Feeling]

When building a PC do you like a vertical case like everyone else or something different and have a horizontal layout for your parts?

[Heitor Villa-Lobos]

Diagonal.

[lsdninja]

It depends on what I’m building and what I’m building it for.

I’m a fan of the console-style form factor for under-TV builds, but it’s difficult to find one that checks all my boxes at a decent price. Other than that I mostly use towers because they’re readily available and reasonably priced.

The last case I bought was a Jonsbo D41 Mesh because I needed a full ATX case for the first time in something like 15 years and it was one of the cheaper options I could find.

[Psycho]

Vertical. Seems like it gets more air flow that way

Even the new PlayStation (PS5) is vertical

[Tristin]

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PC Case horizontal or vertical?

When building a PC do you like a vertical case like everyone else or something different and have a horizontal layout for your parts?

Generally PC these days are vertical since it's likely to be more spce efficient. But in commerical or [home] lab settings, OS may be called up via server rack, so it could be horizontal.

So it really depends on your needs. But I'm sure you'll find off-rack PC being verical like those on PC master race.

Heck, one could be case-free, open, and collecting dust on a desk.

[lightwo]

Vertical is a lot more conservative of space if you're constrained and have a typical home/office setup. Horizontal makes more sense for server racks.

I'd be very excited for a horizontal setup since it'd very likely mean I'd be setting up a server machine. However, for my current purposes, vertical is the only viable option.

[MinionJoe]

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Diagonal.

So, Alienware?

[Tiberius]

Horizontal takes a lot of space

[MinionJoe]

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Horizontal takes a lot of space

Not if you're using it as a monitor stand as was originally intended.

[Tiberius]

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Początkowo opublikowane przez Tiberius:

Horizontal takes a lot of space

Not if you're using it as a monitor stand as was originally intended.

Tempered glass case was a mistake

[lightwo]

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Horizontal takes a lot of space

Not if you're using it as a monitor stand as was originally intended.

But monitors aren't nearly as long nowadays, and neither are many computer desks that are offered today.

[lightwo]

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Not if you're using it as a monitor stand as was originally intended.

Tempered glass case was a mistake

What, you could use RGB components as a makeshift RGB backlight for the stuff on your screen :p

[MinionJoe]

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Not if you're using it as a monitor stand as was originally intended.

Tempered glass case was a mistake

Tables are made out of tempered glass. Just keep any broken sparkplugs off of it.

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Not if you're using it as a monitor stand as was originally intended.

But monitors aren't nearly as long nowadays, and neither are many computer desks that are offered today.

True. I've not had a horizontal case since my last CRT monitor.

[xAlphaStarOmegax]

Triangular, just kidding. I mostly use a laptop, but my desktop is vertical.

[Devsman]

I don't think I've seen a horizontal case in like 25 years. Except those designed for server racks, I guess?

[Candyy]

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When building a PC do you like a vertical case like everyone else or something different and have a horizontal layout for your parts?

Idk, on all schools I was it was always vertical... 🤷‍♀️

I never had a computer (only laptop v:)