Building a Wooden case, Disadvantages?

UnworthyBean

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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.
 
Wood is a better insulater then metal so without decent airflow temps would be worse then if the case were made of metal.
 
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?
 
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.
 
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.
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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.
 
Thanks for the links guys,Thats an amazing case.

@OP
I look forward to your build log if you go ahead with the build.
 
The title of the last page 'eye candy' - say it all.

But there are a few good wooden cases I've seen - metal / plastic is just used for ease of manifacturing - apart for a few cases it pays no part in the thermal design apart from containment.

Wood is also more forgiving and much easier to work with (basic tools is all you need).
But it is a good idea to use the innards of a old case - as the rear of a pc is a pain to diy
Go for it - and keep us posted.
 
Ignition point of wood is 250c - a wooden case will not catch fire.
It may char - but only if a 100c object in in direct contact - which is unlikely.

As a side note - timber burns slowly - about 20mm an hour @1200c (house fire).
adding 20mm to a structural timber beam/collumn is the same as cladding it in two layers of platerboard.
If you expose a steel beam too 1200c it will fail in 15-20 minutes (depending on shape).
Numbers from BRE data.
 
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shadowscotland said:
Ignition point of wood is 250c - a wooden case will not catch fire.
It may char - but only if a 100c object in in direct contact - which is unlikely.

As a side note - timber burns slowly - about 20mm an hour @1200c (house fire).
adding 20mm to a structural timber beam/collumn is the same as cladding it in two layers of platerboard.
If you expose a steel beam too 1200c it will fail in 15-20 minutes (depending on shape).
Numbers from BRE data.
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-.- Ok point taken, next time ill research before posting.
 
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