wood Building a pc out of wood

[Sir_damian]

Hey I'm building my computer in my desk which would be out of wood. My plan is making everything out of 1/2 inch wood. So I came over few questions about how to install some of the components. I was wondering if anyone know how to make a gpu slot or whatever you wanna called it on the wood so the gpu wouldn't bend? The motherboard is gonna be vertical but I don't wanna make the gpu vertically too in case I wanna expand on the other slots later on. Any advice? And any advice on power supply in 1/2 inch wood too? Would I need a longer screw for power supply than or just thinner wood? Thanks in advance 

[Jurrunio]

The rear IO piece of the card is screwed into the PCIe bracket of the case, for shorter cards this would be enough. You could just add the holding piece after installing the GPU to get a perfect measurement on where to install it.

[Boomwebsearch]

14 minutes ago, Sir_damian said:

Hey I'm building my computer in my desk which would be out of wood. My plan is making everything out of 1/2 inch wood. So I came over few questions about how to install some of the components. I was wondering if anyone know how to make a gpu slot or whatever you wanna called it on the wood so the gpu wouldn't bend? The motherboard is gonna be vertical but I don't wanna make the gpu vertically too in case I wanna expand on the other slots later on. Any advice? And any advice on power supply in 1/2 inch wood too? Would I need a longer screw for power supply than or just thinner wood? Thanks in advance 

 

I would recommend making a CAD model of your design before actually starting to get materials and build, if this is similar to LinusTechTips' desk PC project, I would recommend using PCIe cable extensions for your GPU and other PCIe components, I will link the videos to maybe get some more ideas from. - Have fun!

 

 

 

[Enderman]

https://www.protocase.com/resources/how-to-design-for-motherboards/

[Sir_damian]

21 hours ago, Boomwebsearch said:

 

I would recommend making a CAD model of your design before actually starting to get materials and build, if this is similar to LinusTechTips' desk PC project, I would recommend using PCIe cable extensions for your GPU and other PCIe components, I will link the videos to maybe get some more ideas from. - Have fun!

 

 

 

Yes it in the desk but it wont be like that it be like a normal case and gonna be mounted vertical instead. So I won't need extra cables and I had a plan to keep it small. I just need ideas for the slots of gpu like do i just make a rectangle or should i put like a lip so i can screw the gpu bracket down so it wont sag. And any idea how to do this?