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A wooden computer case idea. What are your thoughts?
I was thinking that after I get a job I would make a wooden computer case.
I am pretty good at wood working. I would make the side panel a wood door like you see on a cabinet. I was thinking of having 2 120mm front intake fans, 2 120mm side intake fan on the door, a 120mm rear exhaust fan, and a top 140mm exhaust fan. I have a similar combination on my HAF 922 and the ventilation is perfect for dust and cooling. I would use metal fan grills for the fans and mesh dust filters for the intake fans.
Since the motherboard holes need to be precise and because tiny standoff holes wouldn't allow for sturdiness with the motherboard because it would have too much give in it, I was thinking of gutting an HAF 912 and screwing the inside motherboard plate (whatever it's called) to the inside of the wood case. Then I would create some holes in the plate and screw that into the wood with some glue on the screws to keep it in place and then screw the motherboard into that. I would do the same for the hard drive bays. I probably won't do any 5.25" bays though because I haven't used them in a long time and I don't plan on putting in a DVD drive.
Some problems I would run into are how to create a power button and how to create the LEDs for the power and HDD activity. I know it can be done but I've never done it before. Since wood is an insulator, it might insulate the case but good ventilation can fix that, and I believe that I have good ventilation. I might use a closed loop for my CPU and use the rad fan as the rear exhaust fan. I honestly don't think my hard drives, SSDs, RAM, and graphics card are going to create too much heat. I don't overclock so I think it should be fine. I would use the same parts I have now and I taped some thermometers to the inside and outside of my HAF 922 case. I have been running furmark and prime95 for 20 minutes now and I will check the temps in a minute. If they aren't too hot then I think these parts will work in a wood case.