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Exploded case?

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Hey all,

I've been searching around today for a "exploded" case where all the components are just laid out on some backing, rather than being integrated together into a tight case.

1. Has anyone done this "for real" rather than just for prototyping? Has to be...
2. Are there pictures/stories/protips around doing so?

Thanks!
Eric
 
Closer to the Thermaltake Level 10 than to the Skeleton.

The Level 10 has its components laid out vertically. I'm thinking of a design where they are laid flat.

Think of hooking up all your components outside of the case. Then imagine they are attached someway to a backing board, and the cables run behind the backing board.

Using something like these Logic Supply riser cards, the graphics card is also laid flat.

SSDs are hooked up flat, too.

The way the system looks like in the end is that the components are strewn around the mainboard, pinned onto some backing. IO ports are at the very edge.

Think "high-class ghetto mod" (maybe.)
 
no one makes anything like what youre talking about because it is a phenominal waste of space. it would have a footprint of like 3ft by 3ft. the closest you will find will be a test bench, where the mobo is on top and the hard drives and psu etc are tucked underneath it.
 
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You could custom fab it or have it made for you. I might know a guy ;) But ekuest is correct, it would have quite the large footprint.
 
I like the idea. Kind of like a PC on the wall, as flat as possible. Part fail or upgrade? Just walk up to it and pop it off the wall. You could Tron-ify it too, run EL cable to and from the components.
 
In college we ran our fileserver out in the open in a corner of our apartment, a PentiumII if I remember right. It sat on a middle shelf of a cheapo shelving unit, sitting on an upside down box. It was pretty reliable, but when we had to start/restart we crossed the jumper on the motherboard with a screwdriver. Thinking back, it wouldn't have been much to hook it up to a button, but it's college...

Anyway, the thing ran for the majority of a year, until I slipped with crossing the jumper one day and touch some other pins at the same time. Never started again after that.

edit: I like your idea. The microcool link has some nice stuff though.
 
Thanks for the microcool link, guys!

Yeah, the large footprint would be a feature, not a bug.
 
I've seen framed motherboards. Has anyone ever framed a functioning PC? I want to. I so want to... :)
 
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