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

It is good. That's a lot of radiator heat dissipation.

Wow, that's so pretty.

How much did you spend on case/display/lighting/cooling components?

How many hours would you say went into this?

Knowing what you know now, what would you have done differently?

That’s badass

one radiator for the cpu, one for the gpu, what's the other one for? warm days?

It’s giving Johnny Mnemonic. Very nice.

Wow, I didn't even know this was a thing. Very cool!

Where do you see the 3rd radiator? I only count two aha

How do you dust it?

Exactly why I always do a positive pressure build. I rather clean a handful of dust filters than an entire PC every 6 months.

In the post describing what's in it

Classy as hell. Love the pipes.

Awesome build. Well done, love how clean it is. I’m glad it’s not full of RGB everywhere and colored coolant.

On that note, that’s a LOT of radiator you’ve got going on. I’m running an i9 and 4080 on waterblocks and have a single radiator, they don’t go over 59C and it stays plenty quiet.

Now you only have 5 years of payments before the hardware is paid off.

I have 3 x 360mm radiators and a pair of D5 pumps in series.

in the description

Honestly, dusting the entire build is something everyone should be doing, regardless of if they have positive case pressure or not. Dust has a way of getting in no matter what.

Having everything open means you need to do it more frequently, sure, but everything is also very easy to access. Probably a wash when you compare levels of relative convenience.

How did you find the right spacing for the motherboard holes?

This is easily achieved with a ruler and technical schematics.

Thanks, but I was hoping for a more detailed response. I'm not disassembling my PC to measure the hole spacing, and I've been unsuccessful in finding what the standard spacing is.

This is the first result I got for "ATX Specification": https://scidyne.com/ftp/ref_info/atx_201.pdf

There is a diagram with dimensions on page 11

I don't think you should wash your computer even if it's convenient!

Beautiful

You're not the boss of me! Now where's the hose?

Cool being able to see the internet connect right to the computer.

He for real said lmk bout questions, and ghosted everyone

Nice build tho

Not OP, but own a similarly open-air PC (Thermaltake Core P3).

I bought a Wolfbox MF200 duster on sale off their AliExpress store for ~$50USD; just need to just give it a quick blast every once in a while and it all remains dust free.

Honestly dust management in open frames is significantly less hassle than in closed cases - regardless of positive/negative internal pressure.

What did you do about the radiation leakage? How did you shield it?

Wow that's a beauty.

Damn I really gotta step up my reading game whoops

Pwetty :3

Risky?

Have the same processor, very happy with it.

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!

I love it except for the plywood.

Pretty. But what do you pump the water around for, if the heat sink isn't larger than the one on the GPU?

Never seen a 6 fan radiator before, goddang

At first I thought it was a tool rack

Wow. That looks very nice. Great job!

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?

That's cool but all I can think of is how dusty it will get.

Threaded inserts most likely.

This person definitely doesn't have a cat.

Make sure you keep an eye on your VRM temps. I don’t see any airflow for that in your picture.

Needs more brass.

Or children.

Same

Mine would sit on it immediately

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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I didn't have my notifications on, what Qs do you have?