Making wall mountable PC. Need help!

[hammad1029]

So I'm building a wall mountable PC with an atx mobo and psu. What im doing is using wood with carbon fiber on it and screwing the parts directly. However, i read somewhere that carbon fiber is a conductor so my question is that will my components be safe? If not, can i use rubber washers beneath every component to keep it from frying?

Secondly i don't have any motherboard standoffs on me either (and it's impossible to get them by themselves, where i live. Trust me ive tried :'( ) so can i just screw the motherboard directly on to the carbon fiber applied wood by drilling normal holes? Perhaps with rubber washers in between for further safety?

 

[ZeouLs]

what you could do is use that weird thing they use LN2 overclocking. It's a fluid like paint and gets solid and isnt conductive and normally you would easily rip it off once done but in your case I think that would work too. Now I gotta find what that thing is again.

 

EDIT: Btw can you provide a link to the source that said Carbon is a conductor, because I remember carbon beeing not conductive (If you think about it all high end racing cars like F1 and LMP1 running hybrid engines are made from carbon and cars like the McLaren P1)

[hammad1029]

2 minutes ago, ZeouLs said:

what you could do is use that weird thing they use LN2 overclocking. It's a fluid like paint and gets solid and isnt conductive and normally you would easily rip it off once done but in your case I think that would work too. Now I gotta find what that thing is again.

I wasn't able to find motherboards standoffs and you're recommending special overclocking fluids man...

[hammad1029]

9 minutes ago, ZeouLs said:

what you could do is use that weird thing they use LN2 overclocking. It's a fluid like paint and gets solid and isnt conductive and normally you would easily rip it off once done but in your case I think that would work too. Now I gotta find what that thing is again.

 

EDIT: Btw can you provide a link to the source that said Carbon is a conductor, because I remember carbon beeing not conductive (If you think about it all high end racing cars like F1 and LMP1 running hybrid engines are made from carbon and cars like the McLaren P1)

https://www.quora.com/Does-carbon-fibre-conduct-electricity-Why-or-why-not

[ZeouLs]

You could coat the carbon with a thin clear film, pre drill the holes and coat those too o.ô

[Boxing Kitten]

Why dont you consider the following? You can:

Sacrifice the back of an existing atx size case dremel it out carefully sand the sharp edges and spray paint the metal black use that to mount the Mobo to avoid creating your own holes which can cause contact/conductivity issues.

 

Use rubber washers above and below the screw mounting point holding the sacrificial metal backing to the carbon fiber and wood.

[hammad1029]

2 minutes ago, Boxing Kitten said:

Why dont you consider the following? You can:

Sacrifice the back of an existing atx size case dremel it out carefully sand the sharp edges and spray paint the metal black use that to mount the Mobo to avoid creating your own holes which can cause contact/conductivity issues.

 

Use rubber washers above and below the screw mounting point holding the sacrificial metal backing to the carbon fiber and wood.

What about all the other components such as my r9 270x which has a bare PCB at the back?

[Boxing Kitten]

9 minutes ago, hammad1029 said:

What about all the other components such as my r9 270x which has a bare PCB at the back?

Use an acrylic sheet under the PCB as they would for styling a modded build they are non conductive and easy to score and snap off to size and you can paint them as well.

[hammad1029]

12 minutes ago, Boxing Kitten said:

Use an acrylic sheet under the PCB as they would for styling a modded build they are non conductive and easy to score and snap off to size and you can paint them as well.

Why wouldn't just rubber be enough? It's nonconductive and can be used in abundance with every component since how cheap it is.

[Boxing Kitten]

2 minutes ago, hammad1029 said:

Why wouldn't just rubber be enough? It's nonconductive and can be used in abundance with every component since how cheap it is.

Hey I dont see why not, just triple check everything I guess. ?? I tend to lean on the side of over-engineered paths more often than not.