This case is going to be famous. Needs a few tweaks though.
@w.meri you think you (or anyone reading) could do a version of the full hex front cover that is thick enough to hold a 140mm fan? Also that hinges open so I can get to the front panel connectors? I’m thinking about mounting the case Mac g4 cube style – cables down. So some tall feet pieces plus the fan door. Something that clips or scres onto the existing box as I don’t want to reprint the box lolol
I’ll try making a new front panel for a fan later this week, if the fit isn’t too tight I wonder if a front panel attached with some tiny magnets would work…
Anyways, how wide is that power supply? I used the dimensions for an SFX power supply from Intel, but your’s looks wider. Luckily that one is an easy enough fix if it is wider.
@w.meri I think what I need is a new front mesh where the I/o cutout is shifted up half a Cm and there is a cut out near the middle for a slot loading cdrom. Lololololol slot loading cdroms.
You know what I’m doing. Hahahahahah
No need for a new design or case. Just a new front.
A very rough draft of a front panel with a spot for the slot load CD drive. Had to get some of the dimensions by using pixels of one of your photos. Hopefully it fits reasonably close on first try.
I plan on deleting those two standalone links once the dimensions are ironed out for the front panel and add the files to the main links so everything is in one place and easier to keep track of.
My next goal after the front panel is the rear panel and getting it tall enough sit vertically. It turns out there are at least five STX form factors and I think you have one of the 125mm wide ones. The feet/vertical mounting should be pretty easy though.
Yeah, I realized the slot was probably just a hair too narrow on my way into a meeting this morning. Then I got to go to work and spend the day thinking about a space narrower than my little finger Turns out CDs are 120mm across, just like a case fan (next project = CD fan slot cover /s ).
I’ve made it 2mm wider on one side and 8mm on the other, I didn’t want to dig too deep into the outer “frame” of the panel. Everything else is unchanged.
Now I just need a skirt of some type… it’s sitting on its back so maybe just a 3 sided skirt with more random hex cutouts to hide the cables, and done?
I might just use slot cover cutouts because that’s kind of hilarious, though
This might be another long print, it’s 113mm tall, or a smidgen shorter than a slot cover. I think with this it would bring the entire case to 150x145x266 (5.9x5.7x10.5) all put together
I also just found out that we can upload .zip files to the forum. That’s pretty neat. Here’s just the new base/skirt:
Yep, pretty much. The case needs some better option for cable routing but not sure what to suggest. Maybe a u cutout under the motherboard.
Stand works great. I modded the case to support optane pcie connections to the m.2 for the video just to show off but final form will just be psu and regular nvme