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| Dazz:
I see all of these beautiful cabs from the outside, but what about the insides? In particular, how do you guys go about mounting your PC hardware inside the cabinet? I currently have my mobo mounted to an old mobo slide-out tray that I rummaged from an old tower. The drive bays and everything were rummaged from old cases and then simply mounted to a wooden shelf inside my cabinet that sits horizontally just above the top of the coin door. If you open the coin door you can't see the shelf or PC. This works fine, but if something is accidentally spilled on the control panel it will more then likely end up right on top of the mobo. I would like to use the shelf for other items such as consoles (spare 360, PS2, Dreamcast). At one time I had a stripped chassis sitting on the bottom of the cabinet with the mobo and components and this worked fine, but the chassis was crushed on accident when re-building the PC. Currently debating on finding another chassis or other suggestions on hardware mounting. How do you guys have your computer hardware (including video cards) mounted inside your cabinets? Show 'em if you got 'em. |
| javeryh:
If it's an upright, just keep everything in a computer case. There's really no compelling reason to take everything out. For what it's worth though I used the little plastic feet when mounting the motherboard in my cocktail cab since space was a concern and I just used velcro for everything else in there. |
| Dazz:
Yeah, I figured keeping the computer in a chassis is probably the normal way since it's probably the easiest way as well. I just want to see what other ideas are flying around regarding this. |
| pmc:
This was discussed a couple of years ago and lots of people posted pictures of the inside of their cabinets. One guy used plywood stops to keep PCI cards in place. I can't find the thread now, but I found this other related one from December. I put mine in a case because I'm a clod and I'll likely break something while fiddling / upgrading. -pmc |
| Jdurg:
The benefits of putting it inside a case are: 1): If something metallic inside your cabinet falls down, it won't potentially short out your computer and thus ruin your cabinet. 2): Computer fans and whatnot were designed to be in place inside of a computer case. By taking out of the case, you basically nullify the cooling that was designed into the parts themselves. 3): Cases don't cost a ton of money, and a cheap $20 case will work just fine. Plus, it will tidy everything up inside of your cabinet and tidyness is always a positive. |
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