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Title: Arcade cabinet PC question
Post by: Petey09 on July 29, 2014, 10:16:27 pm

(Sorry in advance for my poor english)

Hey guys,

First time posting but I've been snooping around for a while now. I've contemplated the idea of building my own arcade for a while now and decided to pull the trigger recently. I have a friend helping me with woodworking stuff so I should be good on that front. But for the inside, I have too many questions to count but I guess I'll the answers I need as I go.

But still, before destroying stuff I put money into I would like to make sure that I won't break them while installing or modifying them. So here are two little questions :

1 - I decided not to not use a case for the PC components (motherboard and all) and directly mount it inside the cabinet. Should I mount the motherboard on something special (metal plate) or simply screw it directly on the case?

2 - I have a LCD screen laying around that I plan to use. Is it safe to remove the bezel to save some depth space?

Thanks in advance!

Title: Re: Arcade cabinet PC question
Post by: SpatzST on July 30, 2014, 12:11:28 am

Not sure about the LCD, but for the motherboard, I think you just need to put a spacer inbetween the motherboard and your cabinet...

Title: Re: Arcade cabinet PC question
Post by: EMDB on July 30, 2014, 03:45:56 am

For mounting the motherboard just use feet like these:

(http://www.hollandcomputers.com/store/pc/catalog/RA-PCB-MOUNTING-FEET.jpg)

Title: Re: Arcade cabinet PC question
Post by: Petey09 on July 31, 2014, 12:19:19 pm

Thanks guys. That's exactly what I needed!

Title: Re: Arcade cabinet PC question
Post by: BobA on July 31, 2014, 04:35:32 pm

If you do not want to order PCB feet just use a cut piece of BIC pen and a longer screw to hold the piece of pen between the mount and the pcb.

Title: Re: Arcade cabinet PC question
Post by: PL1 on July 31, 2014, 05:47:12 pm

You can also use 1/4" PEX pipe (http://www.lowes.com/pd_308057-61002-APPW514_0__?productId=3648382&Ntt=1%2F4+pex&pl=1&currentURL=&facetInfo=).

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=103207.0;attach=249907)


Scott

Title: Re: Arcade cabinet PC question
Post by: Slippyblade on July 31, 2014, 05:54:09 pm

I like to gut the mounting tray out of the PC case.  I just bandsaw the tray out of the case, then screw the tray to the wood and use the normal mounting for the motherboard.