great--thanks a lot for all the feedback. i think i'm feeling emboldened enough now to just bolt the stuff in...
if i start a fire, i'll let you know for future reference!
thanks for the responses & the link.
i went through that whole thread; some of those naked pc's are really impressive.
it'd help me to back up a second, though. what is "the right way"? without getting stoopid, i just need to know a few things. like, can i just screw the mboard into my...
i recently got pieces to upgrade my old computer (yay!) and would like to build a second one out of the scraps in my living room. i'd like to install the mboard, hd, powersupply etc directly into a bookcase.
does the mboard need to be grounded? is this an incredibly bad idea because of fire...