Caseless PC Help

[caalleb1]

My current case is very small and a new one would bust my budget. If you have any idea of how to make a caseless PC or if it's possible please tell me how.

Here are my specs in case you need them.

Specs:
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) 5150 APU with Radeon(tm) R3
Video Card AMD Radeon HD 8400 / R3 Series
Memory 4 GB
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit
Case MITX Mini-Tower Case Black 200W PSU Chassis

Thanks in advance

 

[James Mason]

just don't put it in a case.

And keep water away from it.

You can put the motherboard on a flat piece of cardboard if you want.

 

[Maarsch]

James Mason's reply is servicable. Just put it somewhere elevated and out of the way so you're not tempted to put mail on it or something.

I'd prefer to suspend a motherboard due to lower area for dust and inadvetently spilled drinks to land on but I'm not sure about your graphics card. Google image doesn't provide me with a clear picture of how bulky it is.

Take a bit of plate and fix it perpendicular to another piece of plate (or mount it on the wall). You can just fix everything to that if you keep common sense handy.
Spacing the motherboard from the plate requires some thought.
Treat the wood if your plate is wooden.
Get tie-rips for your cables, because it will be a mess.
Support your graphics card. You don't want that hanging from just that PCI-e connection unless it's tiny.

That having been said. Save up for a case. It'll keep dust away, protect from spillage and spiders/mice/whathaveyou are less likely to walk over your electronics.

 

[James Mason]

James Mason's reply is servicable. Just put it somewhere elevated and out of the way so you're not tempted to put mail on it or something.

I'd prefer to suspend a motherboard due to lower area for dust and inadvetently spilled drinks to land on but I'm not sure about your graphics card. Google image doesn't provide me with a clear picture of how bulky it is.

Take a bit of plate and fix it perpendicular to another piece of plate (or mount it on the wall). You can just fix everything to that if you keep common sense handy.
Spacing the motherboard from the plate requires some thought.
Treat the wood if your plate is wooden.
Get tie-rips for your cables, because it will be a mess.
Support your graphics card. You don't want that hanging from just that PCI-e connection unless it's tiny.

That having been said. Save up for a case. It'll keep dust away, protect from spillage and spiders/mice/whathaveyou are less likely to walk over your electronics.

Yeah, this is a more accurate answer. I was just going off my experience of building a PC in a cardboard box about 12 years back. The GPU would need support most likely.

 

[Maarsch]

Your suggestion to just lay it on a piece of cardboard (or whatever) would mean the GPU is connected in such a way that it wouldn't need support though. That supported GPU makes a suspended caseless PC quite tricky.