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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Interesting thought. I'll ponder this. I have several mini pcs that are all free-standing. I thought this is a neat idea, but now I'll consider it from a new perspective. Thanks for pointing this out. I haven't even clicked to submit the comment and already I'm having doubts.

You might have saved me some money.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Well if you go with one of the open racks, just account for the cooling and don't bunch everything together like in the post. Cramming things end to end without active cooling involved is just asking for them to take thermal damage. If each individual item you put in has directional cooling (ingress/egress), identify where they are, and make space. Just getting a cheap slot cooler to put at the top of bottom of one of the open racks would probably be fairly okay as long as there is airflow to each device.