Running a PC outside of a Case

[SLCentral]

How safe is it to run a PC without a case for a few days? Will this effect the quality of the parts or anything?
Thanks 🙂.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

You'll have to be extra careful of the following:

- Electrical shorts
- Static dischage
- Dust
- Falling objects
- Inquisitive animals

Other than that, no, it won't hurt it.

- M4H

 

[SLCentral]

Hmmm, how could I avoid the electrical shorts and static discharge? It's a pet-free house, and it's pretty clean too, in a secluded room, so dust shouldn't be a big problem (it is just for a weekend), and it will be on a desk with nothing but the ceiling over it, so nothing should fall (unless the ceiling collapses, hehe), but I am concerned about the first two, how could I possibly avoid that?

 

[panhead49]

go ahead and run it on the desk.......just make sure you set it on some thing that wont conduct electricty....(wood/plastic/cardboard/ desktop) you get my point..other than that .......go for it.....

 

[mobobuff]

Might overheat. Just sitting in a small room with little to no air movement can heat things up. If you have a fan (a big fan not a PC fan) laying around you could turn it on and have it blowing a large steady stream of air over it and overheating would be the last thing to worry about.

 

[SLCentral]

Alright sounds good 🙂. Hope it won't fry my AMD64!!! I'll let you guys know how it goes tomorrow once the parts come in.

 

[bob4432]

man, i would just wait till you get a case, what happens if you accidentally drop something on the m/b? like something metal? accidents happen to even the most careful people...

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: SLCentral
How safe is it to run a PC without a case for a few days? Will this effect the quality of the parts or anything?
Thanks 🙂.

It will be fine,I actualy run a small server using a Senfu tech station and it's working fine,actualy runs a lot cooler than inside a case.

 

[MikePanic]

ive seen people hand the componants of a peecee on the wall and use no case at all... but cooling and dust do become an issue

i have cats... running w/out a case is not an option

 

[SLCentral]

Damn, maybe I should wait until my case does arrive, not worth the possible risk. I like my Apple G5 anyways, I can use it for a few more days 🙂. Thanks for the help guys, but I'll just hang around a few more days for my case.

 

[0roo0roo]

people make pc cases outa tupperware and toddler potties 🙂 u can use anything really

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: SLCentral
Damn, maybe I should wait until my case does arrive, not worth the possible risk. I like my Apple G5 anyways, I can use it for a few more days 🙂. Thanks for the help guys, but I'll just hang around a few more days for my case.

Negative, you should tape paper targets on your G5 and take it to the range tomorrow morning.

 

[The Green Bean]

make a stand out of wood...and sont touch it while its runnung 😛 ...and u should be fine

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: SLCentral
Damn, maybe I should wait until my case does arrive, not worth the possible risk. I like my Apple G5 anyways, I can use it for a few more days 🙂. Thanks for the help guys, but I'll just hang around a few more days for my case.

Negative, you should tape paper targets on your G5 and take it to the range tomorrow morning.

Heh, sounds like a good idea, oh wait, I paid for this thing! LOL, despite what you guys may say, the G5 is pretty damn fast, and works great with programs I use (such as Photoshop, Shake, Flash, Bryce). It may not be the fastest thing in the world, but I can't really complain considering I paid $1400 for a G5 1.6 with 1.25GB of RAM, two 80GB SATA's in a RAID, a combo drive, and a 5200 Ultra, can I? :-D.

 

[Confused]

You paid $1400 for a FX5200?


😉


And to put this back "on topic", no, it will not hurt to run a PC outside the case, even for just a couple of days, hell, even indefinitely 🙂


Confused

 

[SLCentral]

Alright, it will depend on if my video card comes today/tomorrow 😉. I know my CPU and motherboard are arriving today, and I already have RAM, HDD, and Optical Drives, so all I need is the video card and case, but I am not sure when the video card is arriving. Hmm...