Have you ever wondered if you could pair your PC with traditional home furniture? This custom-built rig does just that, featuring a full-sized Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti inside a specially designed wooden case. It can function both as a desk lamp and a full-powered gaming PC.
Powered by an AMD Ryzen CPU, this DIY PC is definitely a stylish build, even compared to the best gaming PCs like the Corsair One i500, which features a wooden case design. Thanks to the Nvidia GPU, this PC has enough power to handle games at 1440p, especially if you use Nvidia DLSS to boost frame rates.
This PC is the brainchild of Matthew Chew (mxc_builds on YouTube), who posted about the build in a YouTube video and on Reddit. We chatted with Matthew in the past to discuss another awesome custom walnut gaming PC he built himself earlier this year.
In his latest YouTube video, Chu explains that the initial inspiration for the creation came from an Instagram post where a designer used wood to create a tall lamp. Chew’s final design is an homage to these lamps.
Although Chew’s final piece is impressive, he says in the video that it cost more than $3,000 to make. So even if this PC were on sale to the public, it probably wouldn’t be on your shortlist for the best budget gaming PC for the foreseeable future. His videos feature the entire design and creation process, with each piece painstakingly designed and created by himself. Chew also admitted in the comments of a Reddit post about the PC that the entire build took about two months to complete.
The design itself is great, but the built-in PC is also very good. Chew used a mini-ITX Asus ROG Strix B650E-I motherboard with an AMD Ryzen 7 7700 CPU, Asus ProArt RTX 4070 Ti graphics card, 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM, and 2TB Corsair P5 NVMe M.2 SSD. There’s also an 850W Cooler Master SFX Gold power supply and ID-Cooling IS55 ARGB CPU cooler.
There is space on the top for the Arctic P14 ARGB cooling fan, and the top has a wooden cover to ensure airflow. The PC itself is surrounded by a removable metal and fabric mesh that acts as a dust cover, and the lamp’s light source is provided by a single LED light strip at the bottom of the case. The components and dust cover are covered by an outer wooden shell over a walnut colored base. The power button, like the lamp switch, is located in its own wooden block and connects to the PC via a barrel plug.
Chew has provided some benchmark and cooling tests for us to mull over, and the results are interesting. According to Chu, at maximum load during testing, both the CPU and GPU generated up to 183.2°F (84°C) and 186.8°F (86°C), and the fans were running “unbearably, to be honest. “The noise levels can even get louder than normal.” Both are quite hot, suggesting that the case’s cooling capacity isn’t all that great.
However, at more “realistic” gaming levels, CPU temperatures will drop to 158°F (70°C), GPU temperatures will drop to 140°F (60°C), and fans will be much quieter, Chew says. says. Still, this isn’t a top-spec build, and Chew themselves recommend that it’s not worth using a case with better components, as the thermal properties are quite poor.
I’m a huge fan of wooden PC cases, and looking back at some of Matthew’s recent builds, it’s clear that this is where he really excels. This custom design is something I can use for my own custom builds. However, it doesn’t look like this $3,000 case will be hitting retail shelves anytime soon.
But you don’t have to spend two months building your own case to have a great-looking PC. So if you’re planning on building your next PC, check out our guide to the best PC cases. Options like the Fractal Design Torrent can give you great looks and cooling for a lot less than this build, but if you’re into wood, consider the wooden Fractal Design Era 2 case instead. You may like it.
