Well, a fan doesn't know where you put it. If the fans you have seen are sized appropriately and you are comfortable with the noise/airlow properties there is no reason you can't use them. You will have to come up with (AC) house current wiring connections for them, as they will have nothing to do with the DC output of your PC's power supply.
This will have the fortunate side effect of unloading the PC's power supply. Fans normally consume a small to moderate amount of 12V DC output from the supply, cut to zero, of course, by the use of the AC fans. It's not a huge factor in most cases but really large or powerful 12VDC fans can impact the power supply in some cases.