Yeah, I get that. It's my lack of actual woodworking skills.

Of course not, you can tell he still enjoys life and his hobbies.

So when I built the case/frame, I did it over about 2 months off an on. I didn't have any real woodworking tools. I wish I had a router, table saw, and drill press. So having the right tools would have made it much easier.

The cooling components aren't cheap, the GPU block was a pretty penny, but for the 4090 is probably the best one you can get.

I don't know if I can give a definite number but probably around $1k for the cooling, lighting, raw materials for the case.

In terms of a v3, this was a second version, I probably would use a different wood, maybe not plywood. There are a few decisions on how the GPU was mounted and how I have the PSU.

I seriously weighed just getting a O-11 XL, but for me, there were too many little things I didn't like. So I kept this case.

Attached is the v2,

So I have been planning this upgrade for a while, I licked out and purchased CPU, NVME last year when they were a lot less expensive.

I went in on a new egg bundle on the RAM so I got a pretty good deal there.

And the 4090 I've had for a couple of years now.

This! 👆

It's pretty easy to keep clean, just blow it out once a month or so.

Thank you!

it happens to everyone

Here is the back side:

It is an oak veneer plywood.
I used plywood because natural wood, unless handled correctly can quickly warp and or shrink. This could cause a lot of problems with trying to get thinks properly aligned.

Plywood is very stable in that way.

I would probably do a different stain, dark wood.

I tried a gray satin on the V1. I'll see if I can find a picture.

I had an old ATX motherboard and I traced the holes.

Yeah, so far everything seems ok, I keep an eye on them and I am looking at ways to actively cool it.

LoL, I get that and an espresso machine.

None I was just being snarky cause I was mostly interested in your answers when I first scrolled this and there were none lol

My pc is just a boring air cooled black box but I got all noctua fans so it’s very quiet.

So what was the reason for rad 3?

The original steam machine.

That's fucking cool. I've always thought the open designs were pretty sweet, this is giving me ideas. If I end up building one I might do something like this with walnut and more brass.

For those curious on my the VRM Temps.

Here is the summary of my VRM temps:
CPU VDD (Main Core Power) VRM: Averaged 58.1°C with a peak of 61.3°C.
CPU SOC (System on Chip Power) VRM: Averaged 57.7°C with a peak of 60.7°C.
CPU MISC (Miscellaneous Power) VRM: Averaged 64.9°C with a peak of 66.0°C.
GPU VRM: Averaged 34.6°C with a peak of 35.0°C.

or dust

Gotcha. Unfortunately, I don't have a spare, but maybe I can figure something else out

I am playing with the idea of changing the clear tubes to copper pipes. I still might.

The ATX specification will have the exact measurements. You'll be able to get the dimensions from that.

You can also find a junk mobo to use as well from eBay.

I have cats and children and dust and I love my hobbies

That's cool, but I would have used wheels instead.

Bro, what?

Your must either not be allowed in the room ever, or is significantly more well-behaved than most! Mine would absolutely wreck this without some kind of barrier in the way.

Not sure if anyone uses builds.gg anymore. But I posted a bunch of pictures there.

I also have my other builds.liated as well.

https://builds.gg/builds/open-air-case-refresh-plywood-custom-build-39716

There are some pretty nice systems there. Put mine to shame.

Well it does look amazing even with the plywood, so I'm sure you're competent.

Thanks! I appreciate it. It was a labor of love. Someday I'd like to try it again. Still have some ideas. 😊

Dont clean it for another 2 and you got yourself a dust blanket