What are the rubber circles for on the back of my pc case? Should I just leave them like that if don’t have a need for them? Or are they likely to let I’m dust into the motherboard?
Edit: thanks for all the replies, so just for water cooling I have no need for.
- bonn2 ( @bonn2@lemm.ee ) 53•3 months ago
It is probably an old case design. In the early water cooling days, there would be separate watercooling units that sat outside the case. The grommets were so you could pass your tubing through.
I wouldn’t really worry about the dust tbh, you will wind up having to clean it regardless.
- const_void ( @const_void@lemmy.ml ) 9•3 months ago
Not just for water cooling. It’s for cables that pass in or out too.
- snowsuit2654 ( @snowsuit2654@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English7•3 months ago
This is it! Old water coolers
- jalkasieni ( @jalkasieni@sopuli.xyz ) 5•3 months ago
Specifically, these are for being able to pass in the tubing when your computer overheats playing Counter-Strike 1.5 so you pull apart your 50cc moped so you can bolt the moped radiator to the side of the case since it doesn’t fit inside. At least that’s the only use I’ve actually seen in practice.
- StoneGender ( @StoneGender@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 48•3 months ago
Hole for Pepnis
- cygnus ( @cygnus@lemmy.ca ) 11•3 months ago
Forbidden butthole
- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 42•3 months ago
Rubber holes on the back of your PC case?
I just met the girl!
- sanpo ( @sanpo@sopuli.xyz ) 18•3 months ago
Just leave them be. I think their point was to route tubing for custom water cooling loops.
- butsbutts ( @butsbutts@lemmy.ml ) 17•3 months ago
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- Flyswat ( @Flyswat@lemmy.ml ) 1•3 months ago
Name ckecks out, I guess?
- pruwyben ( @pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de ) 15•3 months ago
FYI this community is meant for open-ended questions.
- FaceDeer ( @FaceDeer@fedia.io ) 42•3 months ago
Those holes look open to me.
- HEXN3T ( @HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 4•3 months ago
But are they questions?
- treadful ( @treadful@lemmy.zip ) English15•3 months ago
They look questionable.
- ShaggySnacks ( @ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one ) English5•3 months ago
There is only way to get an answer.
- HEXN3T ( @HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 4•3 months ago
Don’t.
- shiveyarbles ( @shiveyarbles@beehaw.org ) 8•3 months ago
They’re like buttholes for your computer
- Wahots ( @Wahots@pawb.social ) 7•3 months ago
Watercooling holes. That said, I’ve never seen anyone use them. Mounting external rads is a bitch. They take up space. Most people just buy a watercooling compatible case.
- lungdart ( @lungdart@lemmy.ca ) 6•3 months ago
Those are rubber grommets. They’ll protect cables from wearing on metal that pass through the case.
Likely for things with hard wired controllers, like fan controllers or led lighting. You can hang the controller outside of the case in the back where nobody will see it.
- Genghis ( @Genghis@monero.town ) 5•3 months ago
anyone know the name of this case? asking for a friend
- Zap ( @Zap@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 3•3 months ago
Definitely an NZXT. Looks really similar to the back of my Phantom 820
Edit: Ya it’s an NZXT Phantom 530
https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/5607/nzxt-phantom-530-mid-tower-chassis-review/index.html
- Hyacin (He/Him) ( @hyacin@lemmy.ml ) English4•3 months ago
We have the same case! Twinsies!!