Building a Wooden case, Disadvantages?

UnworthyBean · 30 Jan 2010 at 15:33

Are there any major disadvantages in having a wooden case? Apart from weight?

Really fancy designing a wooden case as it would look flush with everything else wooden in my house.

UnworthyBean · 30 Jan 2010 at 16:05

Not too bothered about the weight, It will be sat alongside my TV unit and will stay there.

Wood will be the main outsides, However the HDD's will be in a cage pulled from an antec along with the fan. Cpu is watercooled and the rad will be mounted internally but with a fan. Psu will be getting air directly from the outside.

Will I notice that much of a temperature difference?

UnworthyBean · 30 Jan 2010 at 16:57

Josh Pencheon said:
This might be an interesting read:

http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/case-mod/2009/12/14/cygnus-x1-by-attila-lukacs-oldnewby/1

Wow, Absolutely stunning.

Changed my mind, Gonna get a few sheets of aluminium and just put a veneer on it the same colour as my tv stand.

Will be able to use my College's equipment so it should be relatively easy, Only want a 2 level box.

UnworthyBean · 30 Jan 2010 at 20:29

Superewza said:
Perfectly doable, just make sure you have decent airflow. Advantages... cheap, and i don't know about you but i find woodwork a lot easier than metalwork.

Yeah, The plan was a 2 level cube sort of thing. The mobo would lie flat on the top level, With i window in the roof looking into it along with some cathodes hidden, Possibly 2 x 120mm fans on this level.

The bottom level would house everything else basically, Including the radiator for the Watercooled CPU and (if i built the case) GPU. Psu would be directly taking in air from outside. HDD's would be mounted in an Antec HDD cage with a fan. And the radiator taking in cool air. Would also have quite a few holes drilled for exhausting all this air.

Means I could also hide all the wires.