A PC case is most of the time made of metal and it has special designed places for components, keeping them tight and out of reach (for example a moth could be attracted by the lights and be very easily squished between your VGA's fans and the sink). You don't have that in caseless builds. There is no airflow control.

Mar 2, 2012 · Has anyone or does anyone run a caseless PC mod? I'm interested in doing it as I want to make use of some old parts I have to make a media player hub for my living room. I don't fancy using the ugly case most of the parts are in and I like the look of it. I understand airflow is the main concern. The CPU I will be using is an Intel Dual Core 2.2.

Nov 22, 2018 · Welcome to the official subreddit of the PC Master Race / PCMR! All PC-related content is welcome, including build help, tech support, and any doubt one might have about PC ownership. You don't necessarily need a PC to be a member of the PCMR. You just have to love PCs. It's not about the hardware in your rig, but the software in your heart!

Jan 22, 2014 · However, the RF energy coming off modern mobos is quite small (as it would interfere with other sensitive components within a PC case). While it is desirable to house a PC in a decent case for long term use, going caseless for a few days won't hurt anything.

May 18, 2020 · but yeah you can build the pc without a case, had a buddy who built his PC on the wall years ago Thats not a bad idea at all. Because walls are made to insulate the interiors. As for the dust: My laptops at times got full of dust inside. And i had to open them. And could barely clean them properly.

Mar 4, 2011 · For many years, years ago, all the computers I used were just bare motherboards and loose cabling connecting drives and monitors and keyboards piled up haphazardly on a table or desk or floor.

Aug 29, 2013 · It gathered much less dust then a PC in a case and was easy to dust with canned air. I suspect that not having a case (and mounting it vertically) allowed most dust to just fall off. However, it did eventually succumb to a short circuit due to me fiddling with it while it was running.

Jun 14, 2018 · I'm thinking of building a PC into my desk. Not like the fancy desk-pcs that you see on r/Battlestations, but essentially a shelf that slides out of my desk with the mobo sitting on top, sorta like this. I enjoy tinkering with random parts I find on the second hand market so not only do I get the wank factor ( :P ) of sliding a shelf out of ...

Jun 6, 2021 · Welcome to the official subreddit of the PC Master Race / PCMR! All PC-related content is welcome, including build help, tech support, and any doubt one might have about PC ownership. You don't necessarily need a PC to be a member of the PCMR. You just have to love PCs. It's not about the hardware in your rig, but the software in your heart!

Feb 26, 2023 · Current caseless build running perfecty fine since August 2022: (well, had to update mobo bios to support the shift from 12600K to 13700K) (Motherboard laying flat on top of closed mobo box with the mobo anti-static wrapper laying in between.)