@kanavyreCh
Me, using an open benchtable for last 3 years. Not even a budget reason, I just like the look of a caseless PC, and if I change hardware (which I do on the regular, since PCIe lanes are scarce these days), it's easy to access. Dust is an issue, but it hasn't harmed anything. Just use a can of air to push air, and a vacuum on other side to catch the dust.
@Slackerson
I actually really like cases that are open. it's so unique
@raptor29aaa
Back in the 90s we had heavy painted steal cases for assistance in heat transfer. I recently updated an old steal case to fit a radiator. So the case somewhat acts as a heat sink cooled by fans.
@chromamods
I still remember my device for turning on scrap builds. I ripped the boot button from a junk PC case, slapped it on a stick of DDR2 RAM, secured with electrical tape, and such the Booty Stick (TM) was made
@SparkliOfficial
The air flow on this one is just crazy
@mathewsmith2990
You don't necessarily NEED a case. The case only provides forced airflow and external ports/power button. But you can get the button and you can get USP/Audio port risers. I've seen plenty of PC's mounted on the wall built on a backplate of plywood. I've even seen one with a custom hardline water cooling setup.
@CarBitGTSaxen
THE JUSTIN ALLGAIER GIF LOL
@extendoduck
I screwed mine to a board with wood screws and a chunk of 2x2 to support the graphics card. Works fine.
@RussianKitty
The airflow is unmatched
@ironboy3245
It's fine honestly, just head over to a local school or junkyard or online and look around for old PCs, you'd be surprised at how cheap cases are. I got mine for free when a school was changing their PCs, they wanted the parts back but let me keep the case. Took me 1 hour to tear it down and return it to them
@weaboodriftsanime
It is good for a test bench depending on the motherboard
@Greyy66
Here is a better idea , just don't have pets or kids in the house , I lived alone in my apartment during college, and have a benchmark station looking bulid with gtx 1070 and ryzen 5 1600, I had it under a cardboard box that I cut a few holes into to provide ventilation, alongside a regular desktop fan that blew air into it , it worked perfectly for a 2 years and a half before I moved to a new apartment and gave it away to my younger brother
@pamus6242
This is exactly how we did it in the 90s.
@silviasteeve
I can just imagine coming home and being excited to play your favorite game a little before dinner. You walk into your room, and the cat is laying on top of your uncased pc....with your brand new 4090 at a 90 degree angle, turned into the cats new roost.
@Mazupicua1
Yes, I had a shoebox pc for a while. Turned it on with a butter knife
@meatpopsicle_45
At some point I was seriously considering just counting all the components to a wall.
@corgidogguy
You could use one of those awesome switches that they use on industrial control panels with the red covers on them
@Arcticfawksie
I own a wall mounted pc and it’s great, ikea shelf a usb and power bars from nzxt. It’s nice looking.
@R451Ns
you would have wonderful airflow
@philritter9042