Building a wooden computer case, good idea or crazy?

Dutch Guy

Dutch Guy

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I am thinking about building a computer case myself from wood, but is this idea crazy and shouldn’t I do it or will it be fun and work well?

Reasons why to do it:
- Fun
- Allows me to put stuff where I want it (inverted mobo, PSU/HDD’s separate)
- Wood is good for stopping noise?

Reasons not to:
- Might be too difficult (for me)
- Wood resonates?
- Will wood be bad for the components re: earthing?

This is what I thought about so far:
woodcaseva2.jpg


The PSU will be resting on foam, the harddisk will be suspended by rubberbands and the rack will be on foam also.
What is the best way to mount the fans to stop resonance?
The northbridge fan will be changed to a Zalman ZM-NB47J and will be modded to fit.
Any tips on things I can change like less fans or different positions?
 
Sorry for the lack of replies (work sucks)

My woodworking skills are not that good, my experience is mostly wwith laying laminate flooring so that is the only thing I am a little worried about.
I know excactly how I want it to look, but getting it to look that way will be the difficult part and that has stopped me doing it in the past.

@bitslice, that is a very good idea, I think I will do that, I will change it in the plan tomorrow.

As for the possible lower cooling properties I thought about that as well and after reading some articles there is little to no difference between a steel case and aluminium case so I doubt a wooden one will matter, it is all about ambient temp and airflow.
 
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