Not your average computer build...

[Trent Gillespie]

So I just finished up building a custom PC for the lady. She loves barns... loves photography, and we've been looking into getting her a machine that would allow her to do her own post processing. Check out the rest of the photos and build details here: Barnwood Computer.

 

[gen6]

Well Sir, that's simply epic, have my like!

How it goes with the heating when the wooden case is closed?

 

[Trent Gillespie]

It really does fine. It doesn't get any more hot than your average PC chassis. The bottom of the case is well vented, and I have a 120mm fan sucking in cool air... which then gets shelled out through the Power Supply Unit. I also cut a slit on the lid, near the back, so hot air didnt build up. I ran Prime 95 on it for 30 minutes and it sat in the 40s for chassis and 60s for CPU.

 

[Ingenious]

Stunning!! Especially what you've done with the monitor too!

 

[jmurrayhead]

That is quite freaking cool. I take it she has no need for removable media?

 

[Lycaon]

That is bloody amazing.

I'm loving the monitor the most.

 

[Trent Gillespie]

That is quite freaking cool. I take it she has no need for removable media?

The keyboard has 2 USB ports, which makes it nice for card readers, but most everything she does is accessed over the network. I have a storage/backup box that we both use.

 

[Ernest L. Defoe]

That is freaking awesome......I have built a couple of computers in the past but would have never thought of something like that.

 

[Kim]

Wow!!! I'd be impressed if I was that gal!

Well done sir!

Beautiful photography too

 

[Slavik]

Its... different

 

[Sean James]

That looks awesome

 

[Trent Gillespie]

Thanks for the compliments everyone. The misses is mighty proud of it too.

And Slavik, it most definitely is different... but can I confess something... I am overly jealous of your server rack. I saw your photo and my jaw dropped with jealousy

 

[James]

Heh... I'd make another and see how much profit I can make off of it for its custom enclosures.

Excellent work.

 

[Brandon Sheley]

Cooling was the first thing I thought of, very cool build. Nice job on the monitor, I shared it with some friends.

 

[speedway]

Very cool! I would love to build a case, keyboard and monitor like they use in Warehouse 13 one day.

 

[Shelley]

Amazing looking build. Very nicely done Trent.

 

[0ptima]

The keyboard has 2 USB ports, which makes it nice for card readers, but most everything she does is accessed over the network. I have a storage/backup box that we both use.

She should get something like this
http://www.customusbdisk.com/products/wooden-usb-flash-drives

 

[Kim]

She should get something like this
http://www.customusbdisk.com/products/wooden-usb-flash-drives

Wow some of those are gorgeous!

 

[Forsaken]

Cooling was the first thing I thought of, very cool build. Nice job on the monitor, I shared it with some friends.

Yeah, cooling is a big issue with wood cases.

I have my wooden case (I posted about it here somewhere) but haven't finished it as I need to figure out how I'm going to cool it as it would basically bake all the parts I put inside of it.

 

[CTXMedia]

I bet the lid on the scanner is a bit heavy though ...