Ah... this talk of heat and the siesta is making me miss Spain already...
Sadly, it will be a couple of years before I can return.
Motherboard tray and rear IO block / expansion slot frame.
I did things a little differently for this build. Most cases have a full panel, but some elements that will become clear later on do not allow for this; so I just used the frame.
In the majority of the builds that I make I use 1" SST standoffs; the added clearance leaves ample room for routing cables and wires under the motherboard. In this project few (if any) cables and wires will be hidden thusly, and I needed all the space on the top-side of the mobo so I went with 1/2" SST standoffs. Here are three sizes; standard, 1/2" and 1".
Since there is a 1/4" height increase, I needed to raise the frame the same amount. This was done using a 1/4" thick piece of black acrylic.
Here are examples of the hardware that I used to mount the frame and the standoffs.
I used the Lian Li tray as my hole-drilling template.
After drilling all the holes, I checked for proper fitment.
Here is a closeup of the low-profile hardware used to mount the frame and the riser to the carbon fiber tray.
My trusty old MSI mobo is what I use to test-fit this segment of projects.
And then I slid the motherboard assembly into the chassis to make certain that there were no ugly suprises....
...YaY! No fugly surprises.
Now I need to paint the frame, and make the mother board handle. I will be making that tomorrow.
Thanks for hangin' out.
