mini itx case build (worklog)

[Jen]

the mesh looks real sweet!

isn't the case a tad bit large for what it is though? I thought the whole point of mini-itx is being small

little bigger than a lian li pcq7 . about 1.5 inch i think taller and 1.5 inchs deeper . to fit a 5850 video card in this case i had to go taller . if i was only going to fit a 5770 i could have went alot shorter .

yes it may be considered bigger than normal but we are now seeing sg07 and lian li pcq8 now that is little bigger than this in size

Jen

 

[Jen]

cutting motherboard case door to add mesh to it next for the side fan

 

[konakona]

ahhh you are going to put in a real video card in it, didn't notice that part. In fact I wasn't even aware they make itx boards with PCI-e slot on it (clueless)! Put a handle on it, and it would be like a perfect machine to carry to lanparties and such...

 

[faxon]

dude that design is awesome. are you sure you didnt sell it to lian-li for the PC-Q08? http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=480&cl_index=1&sc_index=25&ss_index=63 looks like a homebrew version of it but with a different airflow design and less HDD bays

 

[Jen]

dude that design is awesome. are you sure you didnt sell it to lian-li for the PC-Q08? http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=480&cl_index=1&sc_index=25&ss_index=63 looks like a homebrew version of it but with a different airflow design and less HDD bays

i think i seen the lian li pcq8 before i started building this case . i really liked the pcq7 case because it wasnt so deep and have tried to do same with this case


Jen

 

[Jen]

my ocz vertex drive died on me a day ago need to rma it to finish this case , sigh is there a ocz rep on anandtech anymore?

 

[daw123]

Nice case :thumbsup:

 

[zagood]

Looking goooood. Stealth bezel for the optical drive?

 

[Jen]

Nice case :thumbsup:

thank you

Looking goooood. Stealth bezel for the optical drive?

maybe in the future need to do some research on what is best idea for this.


Jen

 

[WoodButcher]

maybe in the future need to do some research on what is best idea for this.
Jen

Real easy to do Jen, plate the same size as the opening stuck to the drive tray w/ double sided foam tape. Two more pieces of foam weatherstrip (small dots) on the bottom side to keep the plate on the same plane as the front bezel so you tap the bottom right to open, the plate hits the button. Slide the drive back to flush the plate w/ the bezel.

again, nice job.

 

[nerp]

very nice, sir.