radodrill

Ahoy Mehearties; Don't ye dare forget that September 19th be the international talk like a pirate day.

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TnB= Gir

That SFF case has a lot of features from the Tech Station.

Me like

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Syrillian

Well, the Summer Heat is not abating. 35-37C in my house when I got home yesterday

Generally this means me sitting around in my litle hot-box-hovel tyring not to sweat my hiney off.

I do have a portable air-conditioner, but the poor thing can only keep up with 1 system running (maybe 2). Another problem is that if my sig rig is running, and the A/C is battling the heat then there that is all that I can run. If I switch on this project the breaker invariably flips after a few minutes.

When I move there are 2 things I need (okay...okay... "would like"):

Air-conditioning
Garage (read: workshop)

whining ends.



Tonight I plan to continue work on the motherboard tray, and do the small amount of painting that is needed on the I/O block and expansion slot frame.

I also need to do some re-thinking on the PSU tray assembly as the carbon fiber pieces that I cut down are too large. Perhaps simply cutting smaller ones will do...?

I hope it is cooler today when I get home

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Mootsfox

You get up early Syrillian! 5:30AM!?

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Syrillian

Good Morning, Mootsy!

Yah, I'm up at 0430 - 0500 daily (weekends I sleep in until 0600)

allz I can say is "Hooray for high-octane coffee!" .... "Hooray!"

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Mootsfox

Coffee sounds kinda good actually.

I think I should be on my way to bed though, it's nearing 9:15 here.

Oh, and glad to see the updates

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repo_man

I am dead to the world at 0400,lol. I get up at 0530 weekdays, around 0800 on the weekends

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zlojack

The siesta lifestyle rocks, Syr, and is also supposed to be very healthy.

I worked in resorts in Mexico for several years and near the end of that time, when I was in a less active role, we worked the siesta. It was awesome. Work day was 9-2 then 4-7. You got two hours to go home, eat lunch and have a nice nap, then back to work.

*Sigh* Sometimes I miss my apartment by the beach...

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Manyak

Oh god I know what you mean :/ I've got 3 computers in one room, and if they are all on the AC can't keep up with them.

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Syrillian

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.

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Silentium, Halcyon, Indigo, Gemini, Prometheus, Anvil
Case Mods:
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