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| Minwah:
I have mine mounted on a removable board which just slides out of the cabs front door. If I had any drives (other than hard drive) then I would have considered using a case, but with just HDD I don't see the point in using a case. I would agree that permanently mounting a motherboard to the cab could be a bad idea, if you ever have to do any maintenance. Other than that I can't see any real disadvantages of not using a case. Not a biggie but having the PC de-cased makes the internals of the cab look more authentic in a way too :) |
| patrickl:
What about the nois of the fans when you mount the board and powersupply to the cab? I was thinking that you might be able to hear the noise more if they were directly mounted to the cab as opposed to in a case inside the cab. |
| Brad Lee:
My original placement for the motherboard was here: This was perfect, EASY access from the coin door. *BUT* it was a much smaller space and even with a 120cm fan blowing out it would overheat and lockup. This was a p3-750mhz So I moved it to the back: It looks precariously balanced but this was a pretty early test run. The drives are now mounted in a drive cage(salvaged from an old PC), the powersupply is secured, and the cat is gone. Ive since upgraded to a p4-1.6ghz, and even with only the stock fan it hasnt overheated once, much larger area and what not One of my other old cases at work had a removable momo tray that was L-shaped with the pci slots(not JUST the flat piece for a mobo) so I'll be attaching the board to that like it's supposed to be, and that should be much easier to mount and be removable. I think if I were to build from scratch I would prbably make sure to leave enough room for a case, with a door or something that could easily slide it out. Ive got my sub located in the bottom of the back of the cabinet(the black box under the drive in pic 2) so the only case that would fit would be like a mini Shuttle. |
| rchadd:
--- Quote from: Tilzs on April 21, 2004, 10:47:01 am ---On my cocktail I mounted mine on a drawer that I can slide in or out. Or I could take the entire drawer out if I wanted. --- End quote --- hey thats a really cool idea...to be added to my list of features! |
| patrickl:
--- Quote from: Brad Lee on April 23, 2004, 02:23:09 pm ---... the powersupply is secured, and the cat is gone ... --- End quote --- It's amazing how many cabs have a cat in them ;D |
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