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Partholon · 03-22-2009, 01:55 PM

Not too long ago i fell into a good chuck of money so i decided to spend some of it finishing my home office and building a new computer. I just finished the office and now its time for the computer, but i was trying to think a little outside the box when it came to its placment and its cooling.

Basically my desk is against a wall the likes of which has an unused closet on the other side. So i was thinking it might be interesting to build the computer into that closet and then use wireless (bluetooth?) for my Keyboard and mouse and run the wires for an external Rom drive, monitors, maybe a USB/firewirehub through the wall to the office side.

Heres a basic painbrush image of what the office is like.

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2391/office.png

My thinking is, i can build a fairly monster rig with a ton of fans and such and not have to hear the darn thing when its on. When the computer is technically in another room, loud fans become nonissue.

The problem is, i have little/no experience with "external" drives and usb hubs or wireless keyboard/mouses. Im worries that running them through the wall (granted not very far) will impact the performance. So heres the questions:

How well do wireless keyboard/mouses work when going through a wall?

Do external dvd-burners compare in performance to normal internal?

Is there any significant reason that i wouldn't want my computer to be in a different room? (there is no enterence into that closet from the office)

Im spending a good chunk of money on the project and i'm just not willing to sacrifice too much performance. I do a lot of video and image editing, and a little bit of online gaming so im particularly fussy when it comes to mouse and keyboard accuracy.

thanks in advance

03-22-2009, 01:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
Partholon Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 67 OS: Windows XP Pro	Building hidden computer Not too long ago i fell into a good chuck of money so i decided to spend some of it finishing my home office and building a new computer. I just finished the office and now its time for the computer, but i was trying to think a little outside the box when it came to its placment and its cooling. Basically my desk is against a wall the likes of which has an unused closet on the other side. So i was thinking it might be interesting to build the computer into that closet and then use wireless (bluetooth?) for my Keyboard and mouse and run the wires for an external Rom drive, monitors, maybe a USB/firewirehub through the wall to the office side. Heres a basic painbrush image of what the office is like. http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2391/office.png My thinking is, i can build a fairly monster rig with a ton of fans and such and not have to hear the darn thing when its on. When the computer is technically in another room, loud fans become nonissue. The problem is, i have little/no experience with "external" drives and usb hubs or wireless keyboard/mouses. Im worries that running them through the wall (granted not very far) will impact the performance. So heres the questions: How well do wireless keyboard/mouses work when going through a wall? Do external dvd-burners compare in performance to normal internal? Is there any significant reason that i wouldn't want my computer to be in a different room? (there is no enterence into that closet from the office) Im spending a good chunk of money on the project and i'm just not willing to sacrifice too much performance. I do a lot of video and image editing, and a little bit of online gaming so im particularly fussy when it comes to mouse and keyboard accuracy. thanks in advance __________________ X Last edited by Partholon; 03-22-2009 at 01:57 PM.