Any reason you went with wood rather than a metal/alloy? Are you worried about overheating/catching fire? Looks awesome, just wondering what the decision making behind building a wooden rig was.
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Any reason you went with wood rather than a metal/alloy? Are you worried about overheating/catching fire? Looks awesome, just wondering what the decision making behind building a wooden rig was.
I keep getting that question, based on that I guess I should be more worried lol. I didnt think it was anything to worry about. To be honest it was what seemed easiest to me, Im pretty decent at making things outta wood and never really tried using metal. I was also concerned about ESD, I dont like the idea of uncoated metal being so close to my mother board and the gpus sitting on it. Idk I'm questioning now if metal is an upgrade I want to make
You're right - Wood is much nicer to work with than metal.
Have you considered watercooling? That should take away any potential heat related combustion problems and is a cool expansion project that you could blog. ESD shouldn't be an issue, you should be able to shield it. I would just monitor it and track temps/anomalies before you start leaving it on when you're not home.