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photos of inside the cabinet
« on: October 19, 2013, 04:09:43 am »
Hi there, I'm on my way to building my own cabinet but one thing I have been curious about is, if i build my arcade cabinet running off of a pc, then how do i play out and set up the pc inside the cabinet?
So I was wondering if anyone has or could put up some photos of how they have their pc set up inside their arcade cabinet?
I'm just building a pc inside mine to run hyperspin and a few emulators

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Re: photos of inside the cabinet
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2013, 09:48:34 am »
Many times, people just mount the MOBO to the inside of the cabinet or to a draw that can be removed or pulled out.

Probably just as often though, people just stick the whole PC in there, case and all. You might lash it down with zip ties or something but it's really no big deal either way.

The question is how much do you think you'll be working on it, replacing elements, upgrading etc. Go for whats easiest to maintain.

Now, if youre cabinet is cramped for space, say a cocktail or similar, you may have to get creative, but for a full size cab, you have lots of room to play with.

For pics, I'd probably start with the hall of fame worthy projects

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,103103.0.html

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Re: photos of inside the cabinet
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2013, 01:35:13 am »
ok awesome looking at them will give me a few ideas of set up as well what I want to do.
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Re: photos of inside the cabinet
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2013, 12:12:30 am »
Here's what I did for my Galaxbox stand-up (before wire clean-up):


Here's my Canucks cocktail, definitely a tight fit for the older PC I was using at the time: