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Newbie Question - PC Case or no Case?
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on February 19, 2007, 10:59:42 am ---I'll play devil's advocate here.
You can get away with not using a case in the cabinet like most people. I've run many PC's for years exposed to the elements in some fashion, even once hanging a PC on my wall to prevent my cats from playing with the colorful cabling (didn't work). On the flip side, you might encounter problems like what we're talking about in the Faraday Cage thread.
I'm opting for a PC case in my first cabinet. Space is going to be tight and it's going to be hard enough for me snaking all those wires everywhere without worrying about PC itself.
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I've built 6 cabinets now. 5 of the cabinets have the PC's in their cases because I wasn't going to decase a PC to remount it in a huge cabinet with plenty of space.
For my bartop I had no choice but to decase. I say if you got the room and it's already in a case - just drop it in the cabinet. But, I wouldn't buy a case. I'd mount the whole thing to some wood and mount that in the cabinet.
Teebor:
hmm I can't find any pictures but I built my machine into the inside of the control panel box (the box was intended to be a separate piece all along so this worked well)
It doesn't really matter tbh which way you do it so long as you make sure you have no wayward wires and everything grounds out correctly.
The only technical reason for a case is for electronic emissions control (faraday cage thread potential problem) but if its a newish machine it should be ok
Bobbler:
I went without a case, but my cab has a sliding tray (made of the same as the cabinet carcas) on runners so you can just slide it out and work on it. I just mounted the powersupply and everthing directly to this bit of board.
Does the job for me
Moose13:
Well I don't have a PC yet, that's why I'm asking about it.
Is this Faraday cage thing a specific problem. I sounds like NO ONE else has had this problem. I don't have a garage door opener, meybe I don't have to worry :)
I do like the option that I can take the entire PC out to work on it if I need to. I haven't thought about that.
I guess the step are:
Try it without the case, if I have probelms I'll get one (sounds cheaper and less headaches than some of the other solutions.
Maybe I'll run into a free case of very cheap one.....
Teebor:
Yep thats a good method to work to. I can't see it being a problem though it seems like the other thread is kind of unique as I have not heard about anything like that happening before and I have been working with PC's for years
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