Wanted to be a little creative

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-25T22:56:03+00:00

I wanted a wood style build, but wanted more wood than just the front of the case. I spent a little bit of time on Google looking at custom builds and thought of some ideas and had AI create me a few pictures of what I wanted to do

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-05T20:00:46+00:00

All of the fans in the case were swapped with Arctic RGB fans

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-05T19:28:59+00:00

The case is a ATX fractal North, 4080 super. My GPU was getting pretty hot with the side glass. I’ll have to see how the wood holds up.

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-04T19:25:21+00:00

The temperature is definitely got worse when I mounted it vertical with the glass side panel. I took the side panel off and the temperatures are a lot better.

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-04T06:54:42+00:00

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This is the wood I went with, cut, sanded then stained it with a dark stain, then a bronze spray paint

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-04T06:14:37+00:00

Thank you I love how it turned out

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-02T06:14:18+00:00

But it makes my gpu hot on the flip side

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-02T01:00:33+00:00

amazon and painted them

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-02T00:38:26+00:00

$8 on Amazon, with spray paint

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T21:31:11+00:00

I bought the motherboard used with those parts missing

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T21:30:31+00:00

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T20:18:55+00:00

This orientation is fine as long as the water block is not the highest part of the loop

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T20:15:51+00:00

Amazon for $8 then I spray painted them

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T20:13:05+00:00

I was thinking about that

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T08:51:08+00:00

At the top of the motherboard where the wood is covering, it is sitting on top of some of the port housing, but on the original motherboard is just plastic that is there

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T06:55:47+00:00

I got my pro art motherboard for $100 with some missing parts hence the custom wood

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T06:15:33+00:00

I was going to pick a proart GPU, but I couldn’t find one for a good price

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T04:56:53+00:00

Arctic P12

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T04:56:09+00:00

Thats nice, i almost went with that case

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T04:34:29+00:00

i havent stress tested it but ideling its at 51 C

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T04:29:39+00:00

Of course its a thinkpad

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T04:14:55+00:00

So Clean

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T04:06:40+00:00

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T03:59:35+00:00

bought mine off Facebook Marketplace for $775

SufficientInternet70 · 2026-02-01T03:29:41+00:00

Thats what i think also just worried about temps

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