Every Monday, Build of the week highlights a unique rig from the web’s most dedicated PC building communities.
This custom open-air PC from Reddit GodZ-ilA is as gorgeous as it is vulnerable to dust. To keep a rig like this spotless, we'd have a can of compressed air on our desk within arm's reach. But the resulting purity? So worth it.
The open design makes this a prime build for swapping out parts for testing purposes. The small box base was built from U-Channel and 2mm aluminum sheets, with a few pieces, such as the backside’s perforated metal, salvaged from an old side . Hard drives and the PSU live inside the box, while the motherboard and everything else sits on top.
As an added bonus, GodZ-ilA also built a USB volume knob with a matching black and white aesthetic. A full guide of that build is available on Instructables. Congrats on the prettiest test bench we've seen, GodZ-ilA!
Components:
- U: i7-4770k
- Cooler: Phanteks Cooler
- RAM: 16GB Hyper-X Black DDR3
- Motherboard: Asrock Z87M Extreme4
- Graphics card: EVGA GTX 750Ti SC
- Storage: Samsung 950 Pro 256GB, Intel 520 126GB, WD Caviar Green 1.5TB, WD Scorpio Blue 1TB, Seagate Constellation 2 1TB
- Wi-fi card: Gigabyte GC-WB867D-I
- Power supply: SilverStone Modular 600W
