
Originally Posted by
scaryjim
What exactly are you worried about interfering with what? I've seen plenty of people temporarily run computers just lying around on a shelf, and this would be much better than that. A lot of tech review sites (although not hexus, I believe) and most serious benchmarkers run their PCs in open chassis / test beds without any ill effect. There's also quite a lot of people using non-metallic cases (I've seen wooden and acrylic examples online), and then there's the trend for huge windows in side panels.