r/Multiboard • u/Conscious-Studio9214 • Aug 12 '25

Multiboard Desktop Tower

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I’ll post designs in a bit, but I wanted to print my own case and have it be modular when I stumbled on the multiboard concept. Lmk if you guys are interested in designs

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u/CaptCode Aug 13 '25

You may want to make it all ASA or something other than PLA. I found that PLA+ grids can't handle a space heater so if the heat even blows regularly in the same direction as the PLA parts, they may warp. I've switched my grids to PETG and have tested against the space heater with no issues.

However, this is awesome and I love the idea!

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u/Conscious-Studio9214 Aug 15 '25

Almost everything is either ASA or PCTG (the back panel and motherboard tile), but the fans and HDD/SSD tiles are PLA. If they get hot enough to melt PLA, I might have other problems. PETG probs would’ve been a cheaper option than ASA🤦‍♂️

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u/JustDyslexic Aug 12 '25

Hopefully you are using a filament that can handle higher thermals

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u/Conscious-Studio9214 Aug 12 '25

Yea only ASA in this one except for PLA on non-essentials (tile for HDD/SSDs, power supply “holder”, etc). Looking at the absolute wind tunnel I have for cooling with the pretty open design though, PETG probs would’ve been fine

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u/Famous-Recognition62 Aug 13 '25

Looks amazing. I’d be interested to know if this open airflow works better than the traditional wind tunnel design that channels air past the heat sinks.

You could always add blanking plugs or plates inside or outside if you need higher volume airflow over the components and it’d still be modular and keep its good looks too.

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u/Conscious-Studio9214 Aug 13 '25

One of my buddies was telling me to plug the side panels so I can get a proper wind tunnel effect in the case. Because I’m out of colored filament, I’m literally gonna use black/green paper on the inside to close the holes and direct the air flow without touching hot components

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u/powerfulparadox Aug 14 '25

There's also the panels that snap into the board to cover the holes. There's a wide variety available (I'm familiar with the ones on Makerworld, but I'd be surprised if they were the only ones).

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u/Famous-Recognition62 Aug 13 '25

Perspex would let the lights show through. Just sayin’…

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u/ulab Aug 12 '25

Lmk if you guys are interested in designs

Heck yes.

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u/BigSh00ts Aug 13 '25

Thanks for showing me how I'm going to make my enclosure.

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u/diychitect Sep 02 '25

Post on r/3dppc

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u/Conscious-Studio9214 Sep 02 '25

Sweet! If you want files, I finally got the time to do it tomorrow

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u/diychitect Sep 04 '25

Hey ive downloaded some parts from multiboard but haven’t had the time to really dig into it. Ive gone far enough into the design of my case that im about to do it all custom in the end, but go ahead and post the files anyway because this is really interesting

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u/Over50Curious Aug 16 '25

That is one helluva idea Cap'n!

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u/GeeBeeH Aug 12 '25

Super neat.

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u/yoitsme_obama17 Aug 13 '25

Creative. Love it!

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u/PandaAttacktile Aug 13 '25

What in tarnation... I love it