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| ssjenkins:
Hi All, I haven't got a great deal of space to mount a PC inside my arcade cabinet . I was thinking of basically removing the motherboard , PSU and hard drive and fitting them as "seperate" units within my cabinet . Before I go ahead and do it I was wondering if they'll be any electrical issues that I'll need to watch . I mean I won't have the PC chasis or any metal frame installed and I'm wondering if that will affect the motherboard or PSU in any way . Sammy |
| mahuti:
It hasn't affected me. I've been doing it this way for about 2 years. You can check out the link in my sig. I personally like it better... after all, the arcade machine is basically a giant PC case. |
| ssjenkins:
Thanks mahuti . I presume lots of people do it that way . It's funny , it just occurred to me yesterday while I was busily drilling holes in the PC casing . Anyway , this sounds like fun so I'll give it a go and see what happens . Thanks again for the quick reply Sammy |
| markb:
Just ensure that when you put the motherboard in there is no potential for it to be grounded on anything and also depending on the layout that you put in some sort of cooling like a couple of case fans to get some airflow over the top of the processor as I have found that they can over heat very quickly especially in a confined space. |
| ssjenkins:
Thanks for that markb . I'll makre sure the fans are where they're supposed to be . Sammy |
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