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[VillaiNPC]

I am planning on building another PC to experiment with and try and better my current one and i want to put together a wooden case fit for the build it will have holes/glass panel w/ holes for air and flow but still want to know if it will be safe.

[tp95112]

Yes

[Billy_Mays]

It will be completely fine

[SquintyG33Rs]

why do people even think this could be a problem?

[VillaiNPC]

Just now, SquintyG33Rs said:

why do people even think this could be a problem?

better safe than sorry pal doesn't hurt to ask.

[SquintyG33Rs]

2 minutes ago, VillaiNPC said:

better safe than sorry pal doesn't hurt to ask.

that's not what i mean. i'm wondering what people think is the danger?

[VillaiNPC]

1 minute ago, SquintyG33Rs said:

that's not what i mean. i'm wondering what people think is the danger?

 

[SquintyG33Rs]

11 minutes ago, RandomGuy13 said:

If you read my comment, I think maybe it comes from the days where older motherboards relied on the earth connection to the motherboard mounting screws, or perhaps people mistook the motherboard mounts for grounding points, and actuality the screws were just there to ground the case. I dont know but that is my bet bet at why some people may thing there could be a problem with non, conductive cases.
 

I have seen a few acrylic cases that have ground interconnects between the standoffs for what I guess is the reason that I have outlined in my previous comment.

yeah ok it's a reasonable worry. but there are actually multiple grounding point. IO shield is also one and some of the 24pin wires also work as grounding. so building out of an insulator just reduces the failback ground points. acrylic is a specific case because it builds up static charge very very easily and that's the real issue with it not the grounding. wood doesn't have that problem.

 

you can use aluminum tape to maintain the ground between IO plate and PSU and even with the standoffs if you got some brass ones. (nylon standoffs are cheaper and will also work but without grounding)

[SquintyG33Rs]

13 minutes ago, VillaiNPC said:

 

that's dumb

[NoxiousOdor]

26 minutes ago, RandomGuy13 said:

Turns out that at 300°c it only starts releasing combustible gasses, which will only burn if exposed to a flame, So in order for wood to start to ignite on its own, without a flame starting it, it would be around 500°C

Fun little known chemistry fact: Gas is the only state of matter that burns. When a solid object is burning it is the chain reaction of the heat turning the object into some kind of gas and then igniting the gas which then causes more heat

[dosmoney]

20 minutes ago, SquintyG33Rs said:

that's dumb

I feel like he was just answering a question. Dumb or not, wood = easily flammable in most people's mind, and PC=hot.

[KenjiUmino]

1 hour ago, WhisperingKnickers said:

Fun little known chemistry fact: Gas is the only state of matter that burns

so ... that means you are not burning the wood itself in a fireplace, you are turning wood into gas and that's what makes the flames - right?

[SquintyG33Rs]

33 minutes ago, KenjiUmino said:

so ... that means you are not burning the wood itself in a fireplace, you are turning wood into gas and that's what makes the flames - right?

yeah same thing with a candle the wax has to melt and then become gas to then burn

[Guest]

2 hours ago, VillaiNPC said:

 

Your IQ must not be very high. x)
 

Plastic burns too!

 

[VillaiNPC]

2 hours ago, dosmoney said:

I feel like he was just answering a question. Dumb or not, wood = easily flammable in most people's mind, and PC=hot.

at least someone gets where im coming from.

[VillaiNPC]

47 minutes ago, iVince said:

Your IQ must not be very high. x)
 

Plastic burns too!

 

no shit

[Guest]

22 hours ago, VillaiNPC said:

no shit

So why are you worried about the wooden case burning when everything is mostly plastic?