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Hello All,

Here is a pic of the final build of my open air PC build. I built the case about 5 years ago and have been running a 10900k.

I have stepped up to a 9950X3d and the Asus Crosshair ROG 2006 X870E motherboard.

I have 3 x 360mm radiators and a pair of D5 pumps in series.

Let me know if you have any questions! J

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 12 minutes ago* (last edited 8 minutes ago)

Awesome build. Well done, love how clean it is. I’m glad it’s not full of RGB everywhere and colored coolant.

On that note, that’s a LOT of radiator you’ve got going on. I’m running an i9 and 4080 on waterblocks and have a single radiator, they don’t go over 59C and it stays plenty quiet.

Now you only have 5 years of payments before the hardware is paid off.

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 1 points 13 minutes ago

Classy as hell. Love the pipes.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 hour ago

How much did you spend on case/display/lighting/cooling components?

How many hours would you say went into this?

Knowing what you know now, what would you have done differently?

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

one radiator for the cpu, one for the gpu, what's the other one for? warm days?

[–] IDew@lemmy.zip 1 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

Where do you see the 3rd radiator? I only count two aha

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 19 minutes ago

In the post describing what's in it

[–] DeepDown@leminal.space 3 points 1 hour ago

Beautiful! I love open air builds. What kind of wood is in the case and how do you select it?

That’s badass

[–] Vengefu1Tuna@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 hour ago

Wow, that's so pretty.

[–] wylinka@szmer.info 1 points 36 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 3 points 27 minutes ago

Exactly why I always do a positive pressure build. I rather clean a handful of dust filters than an entire PC every 6 months.

[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 1 points 36 minutes ago
[–] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 2 points 1 hour ago

Wow, I didn't even know this was a thing. Very cool!

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 9 points 2 hours ago

It is good. That's a lot of radiator heat dissipation.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

It’s giving Johnny Mnemonic. Very nice.