AT Case Mod/Conversion

[DogberryOfMessina]

I expect that this is where all the case "chop-shop" professionals would be reading and posting. Have any of you converted an AT Case to fit a MATX, Mini-ITX, or FATX, motherboard & PSU? If so, please tell me of your experience. How difficult was it? How much did it cost (the conversion that is, not including the new mobo/psu)? What did it involve?

Or should I just breakdown and trash my AT case or by an Epox 3VWB+?

Yes, I acknowledge that there are much easier solutions than modding the case, but I want to do something creative with it, without turning into a terrarium or an ashtray. I have even found myself going to industrial PC vendors and considering PC/104 or SBC solutions...but I digress.

 

[Confused]

Yeah, i modded a SuperMicro AT tower case to take an ATX board.

All I did was cut out a rectangle for the ATX connectors on the backplate, and swap the clunk-click power button for a momentary switch, and everything else fitted in in the same holes/slots 🙂

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Confused

 

[HiTek21]

Originally posted by: Confused
Yeah, i modded a SuperMicro AT tower case to take an ATX board.

All I did was cut out a rectangle for the ATX connectors on the backplate, and swap the clunk-click power button for a momentary switch, and everything else fitted in in the same holes/slots 🙂

Oh, and Welcome! to Anandtech forums 😀 Hope you enjoy your stay here 🙂 Feel free to pop into the Distributed Computing and pick a projetc that interests you to use your unused CPU cycles and help out a project and Team Anandtech 🙂


Confused

I Modded my friends PC from AT to ATX, all you need is to replace the power supply and get an Momentary ATX Switch. You might have a little trouble mounting the switch but with a little creativity you can get it to fit. One question though, are you satisfied with your current case? Good Air Flow, Drive Capacity?

 

[0roo0roo]

yes, considering the high price of separate power supplies, your pratically buying a new case already😛 is the at worth saving? must be gold plated or something😉

 

[DogberryOfMessina]

What I like about this case (and miss with my newer one) is how light it is. I could almost play volleyball with it (chalk that one under the terrarium/ashtray list 🙂 ). Is it worth it to spend the time, effort and money to update it? If I can succeed in making it unique and giving it a new lease on life, then yes. Since I have never actually done a case mod yet, I wanted a place to start before I started buying tools and taking metal shop classes at the community college 🙂.

Thank you, Confused, for the welcome. I have been meaning to dive in to the forums for a while now, as Anandtech is the first site I check in the morning, on break, at lunch, afternoon break, after work, and before bed 🙂. Best all-around H/W site on the net, bar none.

Thanks everyone for the input...Dogberry now has a mission.

 

[0roo0roo]

if you like lightness, new aluminum cases are very light.