On the floor keeping your pc on the floor is widely considered the worst place due to the amount of dust and pet hair that can get inside your tower especially on any type of solid flooring.
Computer on floor bad.
My pergo covered kitchen floor which has withstood every form of punishment two children can exact showed a small divot where the laptop landed.
If you don t have a choice you ll want to buy some compressed air and regularly blow out inside your computer.
That s when keeping on the floor can be a bad idea.
It s bad even if air doesn t flow into or out of the case here however if your pc sinks into the carpet a bit heat can build up underneath due to the lack of airflow.
If you have bottom intakes then you need to ensure you have enough clearance for air to get to those intakes.
Of course if you have short carpet on your floor the pc may be able to sit on that carpet with plenty of airflow underneath.
I slid a piece of cardboard under there and it was fine.
For example cigarette smoke and pet fur will exacerbate those problems and putting your desktop pc on the floor will ensure more of that dust hair and debris will get sucked into the intake.
You ll collect more dust on the floor requiring cleaning more frequently.