Building my own case

martindemon · Jun 10, 2005

That's it. There is no case that fits my needs (ok, not my needs, my taste

) now so I'll make it myself. Well, a good one was the CubedPC http://www.cubedpc.com/ but they are not there right now so I'll buy my own plexy and tailor it for my next system, which will be dual core X2 with ATI Crossfire

Now, I'm seeking a document that details all measures necessary to position the screws for the motherboard and the holes for the PCI/PCI express cards, and the CD racks, power supply... I could measure it but I would prefer to have an official document giving the exact measures. Else, I'll get the measures from my antec...

NvIdIaAtHloN · Jun 10, 2005

yeah lol i am going t make one out of wood or plexi glass lol

anon1 · Jun 10, 2005

Why not just take a thin wood, and inforce both sides with plexiglass or sheet metal? That's what I would do.

TheGreySpectre · Jun 10, 2005

put your compenets on a copy machine that should give you a scale model of the distance between the holes on your compnenets, also take measures on your cureent case

Electron Chaser · Jun 11, 2005

I will probably being laying out the holes this weekend for my MB for my new case as well. I will see if I can't draw something up in AutoCAD for you.

TheGreySpectre · Jun 11, 2005

If you draw something up in AutoCAD would you mind sending it to me to
Thanks

warlock110 · Jun 11, 2005

TheGreySpectre said:
If you draw something up in AutoCAD would you mind sending it to me to
Thanks

me too, just sent it to my email or something, i've always wanted to built my own case, but the problem with making HDD rail and CD rail just sux, if i can get that then it'll be no problem

Ryan25 · Jun 11, 2005

[/I][/B] im building/trying to build my own computer now. lol

martindemon · Jun 11, 2005

Good idea the the photocopy, but watch out because some machines have a 100:99 scale or something like that. I would suggest photocopying a cross or a box which you know the exact measures and then you measure the photocopied result.

I found that so perhaps it is enough

http://www.formfactors.org/developer/specs/atx2_2.pdf

Silver · Jun 11, 2005

Thread has potential so think I'll just tag along.

flamerail · Jun 11, 2005

martindemon said:
Good idea the the photocopy, but watch out because some machines have a 100:99 scale or something like that. I would suggest photocopying a cross or a box which you know the exact measures and then you measure the photocopied result.

I found that so perhaps it is enough
http://www.formfactors.org/developer/specs/atx2_2.pdf

I reinstalled acrobat 7 just for you :santa:

That pdf was worthy of looking over. Ansered a few questions ive never had.

honhon · Jun 11, 2005

thats a pretty good idea, but to me its alittle pricey, i remember seeing a stickie about someone that made their own UFO case, and personally i cannot really tell the difference between the custom made UFO and the real UFO case. i think the stickie im refering to is located in the project log section...

hainer36 · Jun 11, 2005

that would be my case that honhon is refering too...yay i made it so it looks good!

the link is in my sig, but i didnt make the templates for the motherboad...i cheated, i used my crappy non-removable (but with a dremel it was) tray

honhon · Jun 11, 2005

hainer36 said:
that would be my case that honhon is refering too...yay i made it so it looks good! the link is in my sig, but i didnt make the templates for the motherboad...i cheated, i used my crappy non-removable (but with a dremel it was) tray

i knew you would be around here somewheres.

martindemon · Jun 11, 2005

honhon said:
thats a pretty good idea, but to me its alittle pricey, i remember seeing a stickie about someone that made their own UFO case, and personally i cannot really tell the difference between the custom made UFO and the real UFO case. i think the stickie im refering to is located in the project log section...

Price of UFO case: 300$USD
Price of material to make a case exactly to my taste: somthing like 100$ to 150$

anon1 · Jun 11, 2005

This thread is getting interesting. I think I'm going to go build my own case now.

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