Need Advice on scratch build.

[kamisis12]

Basically. I am building a wooden box with a mobo plate in the middle and with two 240/280 radiators on the side.

1.I need to be abled to wire cables from underneath the mobo plate, how much height would ı need between the wooden box and the plate?

2. Do you see anything wrong with these dimensions for an Atx case: 440(L)x320(W)x210(H) mm(pure internal volume) My explanation of size:

Length: 7cm and 6cm for the radiators, 31cm for the mobo

Width: To be abled to fit 31 cm gpu and 280mm radiator.

Height: Gap under plate 1 cm(hypothetically going to wire cables there)

5cm for mobo and 140mm fan over the I/O panel.

3. I need to ve abled to mount my psu vertically how do I do that?

4 Is there anything wrong with velcroing hdd's to the chasis wall?(static electricity etc..)

5.Would a wooden case have problems with grounding and static electricity?

[RogueCow]

I am assuming you want to have a cool looking custom build or something?

 

But, and I don't mean to offend you here, your single post count and the questions you are asking kind of makes it sound like you dont have the experience to build

one effectively, and it may be needlessly hard for you (keep in mind water cooling is already very difficult...)

 

Maybe if you explain why you are looking to build a wooden box instead of buying a case (its only like $200-300 for a very good case and all of the trial and error is done already...)

we can help you out more? If it's a money thing, just spend it... you are going to waste alot of time and money building your own case...

 

 

Another option: buy a really cheap, basic case, and make a wood cover for it (4 sides, open bottom that slips over the base case...)

This way you end up with your custom look, but you don't have to be concerned with static, or hardware placement...

 

 

ANYWAYS, because I don't believe in just being hard on the OP without at least trying to offer help...

 

1. You only NEED a very small space behind the mobo plate (so 1cm could work if you have access to it, like a door or something), but it will be difficult to fit them all in... The more room you give yourself the easier watercooling and cable management is going to be...

I'd recommend anywhere from 4-10 cm if you can do it

 

2. I'm sorry but I can't really tell what your layout and orientation is going to be in regards to radiators... In theory you could fit everything in with minimal extra room,

but again, the smaller you make it, the harder the build is going to be...

 

3. Why do you NEED to mound it vertically?? Anyways, I would mount it close to the back on top...

PSU's are usually held in by 4 corner screws, as long as they are fully threaded in and the top piece of wood is strong enough it should be perfectly fine...

 

4. Static electricity I wouldn't necessarily worry about, but HDD's need to be securely mounted... SSD's can be thrown in willy nilly since they don't have any moving parts, but the rotating disks in an HDD can be damaged by small movements and velcro will allow too much movement to keep your data safe..

 

5. Well you can't ground wood... so i don't know what else I can say here...

 

 

 

Don't know what equipment you are getting, but some of those questions (4 & 5) would make me scared of building my own case...

Consider buying a good case ($50-$500) an insurance investment...

 

Hope that helps dude,

good luck

[kamisis12]

I am assuming you want to have a cool looking custom build or something?

But, and I don't mean to offend you here, your single post count and the questions you are asking kind of makes it sound like you dont have the experience to build

one effectively, and it may be needlessly hard for you (keep in mind water cooling is already very difficult...)

Maybe if you explain why you are looking to build a wooden box instead of buying a case (its only like $200-300 for a very good case and all of the trial and error is done already...)

we can help you out more? If it's a money thing, just spend it... you are going to waste alot of time and money building your own case...

Another option: buy a really cheap, basic case, and make a wood cover for it (4 sides, open bottom that slips over the base case...)

This way you end up with your custom look, but you don't have to be concerned with static, or hardware placement...

ANYWAYS, because I don't believe in just being hard on the OP without at least trying to offer help...

1. You only NEED a very small space behind the mobo plate (so 1cm could work if you have access to it, like a door or something), but it will be difficult to fit them all in... The more room you give yourself the easier watercooling and cable management is going to be...

I'd recommend anywhere from 4-10 cm if you can do it

2. I'm sorry but I can't really tell what your layout and orientation is going to be in regards to radiators... In theory you could fit everything in with minimal extra room,

but again, the smaller you make it, the harder the build is going to be...

3. Why do you NEED to mound it vertically?? Anyways, I would mount it close to the back on top...

PSU's are usually held in by 4 corner screws, as long as they are fully threaded in and the top piece of wood is strong enough it should be perfectly fine...

4. Static electricity I wouldn't necessarily worry about, but HDD's need to be securely mounted... SSD's can be thrown in willy nilly since they don't have any moving parts, but the rotating disks in an HDD can be damaged by small movements and velcro will allow too much movement to keep your data safe..

5. Well you can't ground wood... so i don't know what else I can say here...

Don't know what equipment you are getting, but some of those questions (4 & 5) would make me scared of building my own case...

Consider buying a good case ($50-$500) an insurance investment...

Hope that helps dude,

good luck

Thanks a lot for your advice. This is my first custom case but I have been building my pc's for a long time now. I felt like ı should be taking the step of building me a custom case. Now I have to figure out a whole new set of things. hence the newbie image.

By the way the psu thing, let me explain. My goal with this build was brutal efficiency and capability with the smallest size possible. The problem is ın the case, I dont have space left for my psu.