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Can I put together a PC without a case

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Newegg is pissing me off...

First I orderd all my parts for my PC last saturday, card was declinded because of some glitch in there system, nothing wrong with my card, finally tuesday I was able to order, parts shipped out wednesday via over night, I receive 2 of the 3 packages, I have everything but the case which is now scheduled to be here on monday..4 days later than they origanally said. Anyway..I was wondering if I can lay everything out and just hook it up just to get everything configured so when the case does come i just have to install everything into it.
 
I would wait for the Case, but lot's of ppl that do benchmark's, or testing don't use cases. Just make sure the surface is alright for it. You got a PSU laying around?

/IoWnZa
 
Well, you could but you might fry it or break it by no mounting support of the case. It worked for me on my old 400 mhz. Also, you will need power supply for it to work.
 
you run a higher risk of shorting something out. be patient and wait for the case. you never know what might happen.
 
u can do it without a case

a case is just a mounting object used to support parts together and then protect it

but if u decide to build it without the case, make sure its on a good surface and it doesnt get zapped by static..put the motherboards antistatic bag and mat under the motherboard when u do that

and be careful that drives dont fall on any delicate parts... i ve had that experience one too many times
 
no the case does more than hold it together. The metal lining of the case protects the parts from radio waves (ie magnetism). I tried running my comp in my den with no case. someone turned on my bigscreen and it fried the comp
 
Fuck cases. I ran my comp without a case until very recently, when my dad insisted I put it in something as he thinks the damn cats going to jump into the HSF :rolleyes:
 
You can hookup a computer without a case, I did that with my current system but only for TESTING purposes, just to make sure your components work, it saves time rather than having to unscrew and swap out everything in case of component failure.

I left my motherboard in the mothboard box and on top of the anti static bag and installed memory cpu and video card and booted up, then once i confirmed everything was working, i put it in the case.

A computer case is not only designed to protect, but also to help cool off the components.
 
just wait man, you are feeling that eagerness that all computer enthusiasts feel...you know you are [H]ard when you learn to ignore that feeling...because whenever you act upon it, components get broken.

Wait until you have time, room and parts to work on your PC properly.

Anything else is asking for trouble.
 
aww, you guys are no fun!

I ran my linux box (PIII 450 w/ 640MB ram and a couple of HDD's 60GB total) on top of my motherboard box for about 6 months. Oh and you want to put exposed circuit boards on something NON-conductive. ;)
 
I got into the habit of assembling everything outside the case for new builds. I hook everything up, verify it works, usually do the OS install then put everything in the case. As long as you are not an idiot and lay the mobo on aluminum foil, you will be allright.
 
I had a pile of parts based on an athon 500 classic as linux firewall. No case, but it was a bunch of quality parts. That sucker ran until I replaced it with a used gateway box, that was about 2 years. People who saw it asked so frequently why it didnt have a case (because I have a pile of old empty cases, gutted computers etc next to it) it became a topic of conversation. Its still in its dismantled state, in "hot standby" :D
 
no the case does more than hold it together. The metal lining of the case protects the parts from radio waves (ie magnetism). I tried running my comp in my den with no case. someone turned on my bigscreen and it fried the comp
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are u serious about that? how can a computer die from radio waves? can anyone get documentation explaining how that happened?

how exaclty does a case protect computer parts from radio waves?

any opinions would be nice
 
not sure how the bigscreen fried the comp. :confused:

When you have a case, it forms a faraday cage around the components, protecting external electronics from the rf interference generated inside your case. ;)
*edit* and also the other way around, but it's not as much of an issue, since the components inside the case are built to handle quite a bit of rf interference, most of it generated by the other components in your case.
 
2 words: plastic crate

I ran my Unreal Tourney server (A PII 266, 192mb ram) in one with all the drives and PSU duct taped to the crate for months and ran great.

The great $5 computer case itself
 
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