I designed 3D printed components to mount my ITX + 3080 + SFX to an IKEA Skadis pegboard, so it can be wall-mounted behind my TV.
3D printing details here: https://www.printables.com/model/571343-pc-mounting-kit-for-ikea-skadis-with-t-nuts
That’s cool, but I can already imagine all the dust it’s going to accumulate.
I was thinking just put a roof over it like a bus stop but I remembered that dust works differently than rain.
my tarp-wrapped tower has never once gotten water damage, strangely enough i keep having the replace the cpu tho
You’re right on the line between this being a joke and someone actually being serious.
Good job, I’m confused and scared.
Depends in how clean your room is. I have a case without dust filters and it’s been running for over a year without any visible dust accumulating.
Also it’s mounted up high, the further you can get from your floor the cleaner it’ll be.
We sweep our floors every day and vacuum twice a week and I need to clean my tower dust covers every two months.
Wow, we only vacuum once a week, that’s it. Maybe its because my tower is on my desk? Or our air is just really clean for some reason…
Why do you want to hide this piece of art?
Because it looks good now but will look like a mess with all the cables necessary to actually use it
Looks nice. I would look into getting custom length cables to clean up the look a bit.
Is there enough airflow on the backside of the GPU?
You don’t really need any airflow there. The only thing that gets hot there is memory, but that is already cooled through the PCB (good heat conductor because of the copper), which is cooled by the regular heat sink.
While that’s true for the card in the image, flow-through GPUs absolutely do exist - Nvidia FE cards, particularly.
This is art
