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Anyone Else Leave their Case Open?

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Since going with a dual chamber case nearly 12 years ago, I've always left the window panals off and just had the PC open.

Curious how many others do this as well?
 
I don't do that. Its ghetto to me. How hard is it to put your PC back together and not having it look like dumpster salvage? People who do this are the same kind of people who install their motherboards with two screws, hard drives with two screws and 2.5" SSD's with one.
 
I do but not by choice. My 4090 is 4 slots and the vertical mounts are only 3, so in order to have any airflow, the door has to be open.

(I have 5 AICs, traditional on motherboard mounting of the GPU is not possible)
 
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My friend used to keep his PC case open. He is the kind of guy who owns a farm with 50 goats and 10 dogs. About six months ago, one of the puppies, still not fully trained, peed on the computer. Normally, the PC would have been fine, but since the case was open, the motherboard got fried. To this day, he has not put it back together. He is too busy with the farm and has been using a much slower laptop instead. I guess he learned his lesson not to leave the case open again! 🤣
 
I kinda do. The Hydra PC case is pretty open. No sides to it
 
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Wade88 said:
Test benches are alright for custom loops but after that doesn't leak for a few days into the case it goes.
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Unless you've got a bunch of QDCs, moving anything but the most basic loop in or out of a case is a PITA. Last time I built the loop in the case, then installed the PSU, mobo, etc after the leak test.
 
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DanNeely said:
Unless you've got a bunch of QDCs, moving anything but the most basic loop in or out of a case is a PITA. Last time I built the loop in the case, then installed the PSU, mobo, etc after the leak test.
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This is why I had a chieftec case from 2009 for a long time.
 
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I always keep all panels and dust filters on and clean them regularly. I'm running a HAF 700 case with 24 case fans with super low speed directional air flow no sound and no dust clean and quiet ✅
 
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xDiVolatilX said:
I always keep all panels and dust filters on and clean them regularly. I'm running a HAF 700 case with 24 case fans with super low speed directional air flow no sound and no dust clean and quiet ✅
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I run 7 140mm fans in my 7000d at 700 rpm and it stays cool 6 in one out to violently reject cat and dog fur away from the computer.
 
I tried running a bench once. I hated it. Between pets, dust, and temps I found it was just better to use a case. I leave my panel on because I get better temps with it in place.
 
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