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
Can it play Doom?
That’s cool, but I would have used wheels instead.
The ATX specification will have the exact measurements. You’ll be able to get the dimensions from that.
You can also find a junk mobo to use as well from eBay.
That’s fucking cool. I’ve always thought the open designs were pretty sweet, this is giving me ideas. If I end up building one I might do something like this with walnut and more brass.
I am playing with the idea of changing the clear tubes to copper pipes. I still might.
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.
Needs more brass.
Make sure you keep an eye on your VRM temps. I don’t see any airflow for that in your picture.
Yeah, so far everything seems ok, I keep an eye on them and I am looking at ways to actively cool it.
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:
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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.
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.
Never seen a 6 fan radiator before, goddang
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!
Pretty. But what do you pump the water around for, if the heat sink isn’t larger than the one on the GPU?
Wow. That looks very nice. Great job!
I love it except for the plywood.
Yeah, I get that. It’s my lack of actual woodworking skills.
