Thank you kimosabi.
Well, I got my rad chassis mounted up. I'm assembling photographs of it installed now, but I'll seguay with some shots of miscellaneous stuff I had to do to facilitate the job.
First, I had to remove the system to keep it away from errant metal shavings.
Back on the desk:
While I had the tray out, I corrected the only (factory) problem I've experienced with this case. For some reason, the standoff height seems a hair too short. Cards are tough to get over their mount rail, and the rear I/O panel is just a hair off. I added some 1/16 black nylon spacers to help out (its tough to see, I'm talking about the one between the standoff and the tray):
Figured while I had it apart, I'd show you how I mounted the top cover panel. I used installed four M3 captive nuts into the removable factory cross bar; and then just screwed Lian Li standoffs in place with the same spacers I used for the mobo:
The alignment with the top frame came out perfect, and there is
just enough room for the side panel hooks that tie into the case's top to slide by without rubbing:
Another minor tweak I needed to do for clearance issues with the new rad rack assembly. I swapped out the cheesy plastic A70 feet for the screw in ones off of the A16:
more pics incoming.