He 3D Printed a case instead of buying one? - AMD $5000 Ultimate Tech Upgrade

TL;DR

LMG product designer Nate gets a $5,000 AMD-sponsored upgrade including a Ryzen 9800X3D build inside a fully 3D-printed PC case he designed himself.

Key Points

• 1.Nate built a fully 3D-printed PC case that cost only $12 for the printables models plus filament. The case includes 3D-printed drive sleds, a perforated airflow path for NAS drives, and magnetic side panel attachments.
• 2.The gaming PC centers on an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D paired with an ASUS B850A Gaming Wi-Fi motherboard. Nate chose it for its gaming performance, noting only the 9950X3D ranks above it.
• 3.Nate built a dedicated NAS using his retired Ryzen 3900X, its original motherboard, and four 8TB HDDs in a RAID Z1 configuration. He bought two different drive brands to avoid binning issues and is running HexOS as the OS.
• 4.The system uses 48GB of mixed RAM (two 8GB + two 16GB DDR5 sticks) to support future virtual machine workloads. Nate also added 4TB of NVMe storage described as a near-future luxury given rising flash prices.
• 5.Nate is building a homemade CNC router table using a 3.2kW, 24,000 RPM industrial spindle capable of acting as a jointer. The build cost roughly the same as buying one commercially after parts and servo drives from Tynen.
• 6.A Prusa Core 1 3D printer was also part of the upgrade, which Nate has already been using for months. Recent prints include functional household items like a paper towel holder and baby-proofing tools.
• 7.AMD and Ekko are running a giveaway of 10 Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs tied to the Race to World First event. The series has been renewed for at least another dozen episodes, with Luke confirmed as a future recipient.