Hello All,
Here is a pic of the final build of my open air PC build. I built the case about 5 years ago and have been running a 10900k.
I have stepped up to a 9950X3d and the Asus Crosshair ROG 2006 X870E motherboard.
I have 3 x 360mm radiators and a pair of D5 pumps in series.
Let me know if you have any questions! J
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Needs more brass.
Pretty. But what do you pump the water around for, if the heat sink isn’t larger than the one on the GPU?
I love it except for the plywood.
Yeah, I get that. It’s my lack of actual woodworking skills.
Well it does look amazing even with the plywood, so I’m sure you’re competent.
Thanks! I appreciate it. It was a labor of love. Someday I’d like to try it again. Still have some ideas. 😊
So happy other people do cool alternative builds like this. I enjoy the idea and creativity, but I will stick with my boring black box filled to the brim with computing power.
Awesome build!
Risky?
Oh wow, absolutely gorgeous and I also wanted to do something like that. How did you attach the motherboard screws to the wood? Are there any suitable wooden screws, did you work with plastic washers or did you glue the metal screws into thr wood?
Threaded inserts most likely.
That’s cool but all I can think of is how dusty it will get.
LoL, yeah I can imagine. I hadn’t cleaned it before the rebuild in about 2 years. Here is what that looked like:
🤮
At first I thought it was a tool rack
LoL, I get that and an espresso machine.
My pc is just a boring air cooled black box but I got all noctua fans so it’s very quiet.
This person definitely doesn’t have a cat.
Mine would sit on it immediately
Or children.
Of course not, you can tell he still enjoys life and his hobbies.
I have cats and children and dust and I love my hobbies
Bro, what?
or dust
Never seen a 6 fan radiator before, goddang
The original steam machine.
For those curious on my the VRM Temps.
Here is the summary of my VRM temps: CPU VDD (Main Core Power) VRM: Averaged 58.1°C with a peak of 61.3°C. CPU SOC (System on Chip Power) VRM: Averaged 57.7°C with a peak of 60.7°C. CPU MISC (Miscellaneous Power) VRM: Averaged 64.9°C with a peak of 66.0°C. GPU VRM: Averaged 34.6°C with a peak of 35.0°C.
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It is an oak veneer plywood. I used plywood because natural wood, unless handled correctly can quickly warp and or shrink. This could cause a lot of problems with trying to get thinks properly aligned.
Plywood is very stable in that way.
I would probably do a different stain, dark wood.
I tried a gray satin on the V1. I’ll see if I can find a picture.
That’s cool, but I would have used wheels instead.
Not sure if anyone uses builds.gg anymore. But I posted a bunch of pictures there.
I also have my other builds.liated as well.
https://builds.gg/builds/open-air-case-refresh-plywood-custom-build-39716
There are some pretty nice systems there. Put mine to shame.
