Is it okay for my system to not have a case?

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2JJ1

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I was thinking that if I take the hardware from the case, I can get maximum airflow. Fresh air 24/7.

Could I perhaps place the motherboard onto the wall with the other components(GPU, RAM, CPU, etc)? Would it be better to keep the hardware inside or outside the case?
 
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It(the motherboard) will still be properly grounded via the main power cable harness to the power supply. Motherboard screws are mostly to prevent movement and provide stability to add-in cards, as well as more paths to ground. The main power harness is good enough for this though. Just make sure your power supply has proper earth grounds(the round plug below the hot and neutral terminals).
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A case provides the space to create pressure allowing positive airflow across your components. You can run your gear outside of a case but it will likely run cooler inside of a properly cooled case because the little fans wont provide near as much pressure or flow outside of the case. If your using water-cooling, go for it.

Outside you also have the added dangers of spills, bumps and possibly electrical arching if conductive materials enter the hardware. There are plenty of exposed component pads on a motherboard.
 
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cant see whats bad ? there open air beds or test benches my buddy hangs his on his wall just cuts and drills out a sheet of metal / aluminum that fits the board [with all needed standoffs and hardware used hangs them like pictures ?? wish I had some pics of them to show off , he does a nice job .. he used a old board and made a template for the layout of things
 
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the only thing's you'd be missing would be a ground for the mobo I think, which typically grounds to the screws that hold it in place. You might have minor trouble mounting Hard Drives and the like somewhere, also the power buttons are on the cases typically(not a worry on some mobo's which have a power button, or you can just remember the pins and brush your finger on them to jump the pins(like I do :)
 
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works fine his been hanging for years as far back as 939 days -0- issues then anything could happen weather in a case or not everything right there in the open to look at see and fix ..

why I said he uses a sheet af aluminum plate and its drill just like the inside of a case with standooffs and all just be sure the gpu side hangs just off the edge so it sits all the way down [tabs at the bottom of the card bracket] you will see what I mean on that if you do it

psu is mounted [hanging up ] top left corner - optical on top right corner hard drives along the right side

he uses a tower cpu cooler but you could use a low pro downdraft that blows down on to and across the board

I guess a project like this depends on your skill set and tools and time and patience is all it takes

you know I was looking at google images at the ones there and got to say my buddies is way smaller and nothing is mounted all flat his is almost just like as it is in a case and his gpu's are in the boards slots not hanging off to the side

his is like you hung a case on the wall and then case was invisible . all of them I see on google images are pretty silly looking and way overwhelming in size -0- thought

 
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It(the motherboard) will still be properly grounded via the main power cable harness to the power supply. Motherboard screws are mostly to prevent movement and provide stability to add-in cards, as well as more paths to ground. The main power harness is good enough for this though. Just make sure your power supply has proper earth grounds(the round plug below the hot and neutral terminals).
 
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There is no technical reason to stop you from doing so. El Fresco? Modern Art? Go for it Dude!

But as already mentioned, your assumption that open air runs cooler than in a box with fans, while making superficial common sense, is not engineering correct.
 
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