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Title: Help Installing ATX PSU in Bartop Cabinet
Post by: letstalkaboutdune on August 31, 2017, 04:13:40 pm
I'm building a bartop arcade cabinet and am ready to install my electronics. What I'm struggling with is a way to install the computer PSU, as it will be sitting on the bottom of the cabinet and needs to be secured down.
Is there some kind of standard bracket for an ATX PSU that can clamp down from the tension of screws driving into the surface below? I've attached a mockup of what I envision this looking like.

Any other suggestions are also welcome. Thanks!
Title: Re: Help Installing ATX PSU in Bartop Cabinet
Post by: big10p on August 31, 2017, 05:44:25 pm
Why not ditch the bulky ATX and use a picoPSU + standard 12v brick instead?
Title: Re: Help Installing ATX PSU in Bartop Cabinet
Post by: 05SRT4 on August 31, 2017, 05:56:18 pm
Send me some dimensions and I can 3d Print some for you. Something like that that would be 3 bucks plus shipping.
Title: Re: Help Installing ATX PSU in Bartop Cabinet
Post by: letstalkaboutdune on August 31, 2017, 06:13:35 pm
Why not ditch the bulky ATX and use a picoPSU + standard 12v brick instead?

I've already got all the hardware from an older computer build, and I have plenty of room in the bartop for the PSU + Mobo as it's a fairly large widescreen kit.
Title: Re: Help Installing ATX PSU in Bartop Cabinet
Post by: letstalkaboutdune on August 31, 2017, 06:16:23 pm
Send me some dimensions and I can 3d Print some for you. Something like that that would be 3 bucks plus shipping.

Thank you for the very kind offer! I believe I've found a simple solution thanks to a suggestion from reddit - steel hanger strap (https://smile.amazon.com/Sioux-Chief-524-1022PK2-10-Feet-22-Gauge/dp/B00745VXN2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1504217660&sr=8-3&keywords=sioux+chief+hanger+strap). That should hold nicely and can unscrew if needed.
Title: Re: Help Installing ATX PSU in Bartop Cabinet
Post by: Schnookums on August 31, 2017, 06:55:24 pm
I ended up 3d printing a bracket myself, it worked out alright