Enthusiast Creates Perfect Wooden PC Case in Seven Years

On the computer desk, only the walnut case and the graphics card are visible—without a single wire or hose. Inside the Heartwood are a GeForce RTX 5090 and a Ryzen 7 9800X3D with liquid cooling, but the tubes, power cables, and even the I/O ports run through the leg of the custom-made desk straight into the basement. There, the entire system's 'kitchen' is hidden, including an external Watercool MO-RA 400 radiator.

The enthusiast began the project back in 2019, when wood in PC cases was an exotic choice, not a trend. The base is an aluminum frame from InWin 909, but almost everything else is custom-made from walnut, right down to the wooden cable ties. Of the four glowing memory sticks, only two are real; the others are there for lighting, and the 64 GB themselves, purchased in February 2025 for about $285, now cost around $1300.

The idyll ends in the latest photos: under the desk and in the basement, a significant tangle of cables and hoses was found. The creator explains the setup with practical reasons: the office is perfectly tidy, with no noise or heat from the radiator. When asked why all this was necessary, he responds in the same vein: "Because why not? This whole build is one big 'why not'."

The practical side is more challenging: the desk and computer cannot be moved, a hole appeared in the wooden floor, and an installation specialist called such beauty with hidden wiring a maintenance nightmare that won't survive the first service call. Someone suggested a more flexible alternative in the spirit of a docking station: the case is inserted into guides on the desk, and the liquid is connected via quick-release fittings.

Upgrading is limited by the wood: a standard-format motherboard will fit without problems, the graphics card essentially 'floats' and is easily replaceable, but the CPU water block with tubes literally holds the board inside the case. The plan is to first get a new processor on the same platform, then an RTX 7090, if gaming graphics cards still exist by then, and only then a new case.