I have to agree with the others who point out that ducting is your friend.
The most beautiful interior design of a machine I have seen was in a Mac G5 (the big aluminium case). The ducting in that is all see-through acrylic, aerodynamically formed to drive air straight through across the dual Power processors and logic board in the bottom, with expansion slots (incl graphics card) having their own dedicated duct at the top (below the DVD drive and power).
Now if anyone can come up with a beautiful set of acrylic/polycarbonate ducts that have the same style of design, they'd probably sell like hot cakes.
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At the risk of sounding like a Mac fanboi...
I have to agree with the others who point out that ducting is your friend.
The most beautiful interior design of a machine I have seen was in a Mac G5 (the big aluminium case). The ducting in that is all see-through acrylic, aerodynamically formed to drive air straight through across the dual Power processors and logic board in the bottom, with expansion slots (incl graphics card) having their own dedicated duct at the top (below the DVD drive and power).
Now if anyone can come up with a beautiful set of acrylic/polycarbonate ducts that have the same style of design, they'd probably sell like hot cakes.