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Hi guys, i'm looking for a good, easy to work with material to build a shoebox sized case for my pc... Any recommendations would be appreciated..

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Wood 

Anyone who say's it will catch on fire is a mental retard. 

Just ground it, you'll be fine. 

muh specs 

Gaming and HTPC (reparations)- ASUS 1080, MSI X99A SLI Plus, 5820k- 4.5GHz @ 1.25v, asetek based 360mm AIO, RM 1000x, 16GB memory, 750D with front USB 2.0 replaced with 3.0  ports, 2 250GB 850 EVOs in Raid 0 (why not, only has games on it), some hard drives

Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

All parts black

Workstation(desk)- 3770k, 970 reference, 16GB of some crucial memory, a motherboard of some kind I don't remember, Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, CM Storm Trooper (It's got a handle, can you handle that?), 240mm Asetek based AIO, Crucial M550 256GB (upgrade soon), some hard drives, disc drives, and hot swap bays

Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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Hi guys, i'm looking for a good, easy to work with material to build a shoebox sized case for my pc... Any recommendations would be appreciated..

 

It mainly depends on the tools you have available and access to, but aluminum is pretty easy to work with in general to shape, bend and cut, if you want a non metallic material acrylic is also not a bad choice, another is wood which is perfectly safe for a computer if you want to do a wooden computer case.

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It mainly depends on the tools you have available and access to, but aluminum is pretty easy to work with in general to shape, bend and cut, if you want a non metallic material acrylic is also not a bad choice, another is wood which is perfectly safe for a computer if you want to do a wooden computer case.

The thing about acrylic is that i dont know how to make the edges of the case look nice... I will need some kind of L shaped stick to glue into the edges.. 

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The thing about acrylic is that i dont know how to make the edges of the case look nice... I will need some kind of L shaped stick to glue into the edges.. 

 

You can make it clear as glass by flame polishing it a bit tricky at first but once you get the speed and heat right it looks really nice, which can also be done with a propane torch.

Note they glue it afterwards for gluing acrylic you don't' want to flame polish it before hand.

 

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