removing PC parts from desktop tower

[deadmoney5]

I will be putting together a Haruman bartop soon and already have the pc in mind for MAME.  However I would need to remove the motherboard and harddrives from the tower and attach to the bartop for everything to fit.

Is this hard to do...is this recommended?  Do i have to worry about overheating?

I suppose I could just get a Jamma board, but would rather use MAME.

any suggestions?

[Generic Eric]

Its not hard.
Make sure that you have enough room between bottom of motherboard and wooden box for air flow.

Search forum with keywords decase PC

[deadmoney5]

cool..  thanks for the suggestion.  There is a lot of info on decasing in these forums.

[JDFan]

It's a fairly easy thing -- just make note of which PSU wires go where and be sure you do not miss any when reassembling (they are all easy since they are keyed so that they only plug into the proper place and only fit one direction) -- also remember that you will need room for the PSU and if the MOBO doesn't have built in video you need room for the PCI-e card to stand up - so things can get pretty tight ( I had to make a couple adjustments to my build to fit the PSU since I forgot to leave room for it when I downsized the original plans - Had to cut a piece of the back panel out to gain an extra 1\2 inch as you can see in this pic ) But it all worked out after a bit of tweaking.

For the heat build up just be sure there is some air flow ( a few air holes cut toward the top of the back panel and a case fan pulling air in toward the bottom works well - I had to add some holes on mine as the airflow wasn't very good with just the case fan as shown in the pic - so added 6 1\2 inch holes on the back panel (3 on each side of the serial plate) and it stays much cooler. )

[Slippyblade]

When decasing, I actually kept the metal tray that the mobo was installed on.  Had to cut it in a couple places to separate it from the rest of the case.  The reason I did that was so that I could just mount the tray to the wood, then mount the mobo to the tray.  That way I had good airflow under the board.

[Generic Eric]

When decasing, I actually kept the metal tray that the mobo was installed on.  Had to cut it in a couple places to separate it from the rest of the case.  The reason I did that was so that I could just mount the tray to the wood, then mount the mobo to the tray.  That way I had good airflow under the board.

I was going add that to, but got distracted.  Certainly the easiest way.

[Slippyblade]

I was going add that to, but got distracted.  Certainly the easiest way.

I was able to cheat quite a bit.  I've got a nice bandsaw that I ran the case through after removing the electronics.  Like butter. 

[JDFan]

I was going add that to, but got distracted.  Certainly the easiest way.

I was able to cheat quite a bit.  I've got a nice bandsaw that I ran the case through after removing the electronics.  Like butter. 

I did the same but mine was only riveted to the case so about 6 rivets to drill out and the tray popped out ready to use !

[ark_ader]

Get an ITX board off ebay or buy a decent combo.  They are better for bartops than full size ATX.

You could look at getting an old Xbox and put CoinOPS in it.