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[Furious P]

Hey all

I'm looking for an ATX rear panel, but just the panel, not attached to a motherboard tray. I remember someone posting a link to one quite a while before the forum outage, but at the time i didnt need one. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

- p.

 

[KoZLop]

Buy a cheap case or cut one out of cardboard.

 

[racercarl]

Found one in the parts drawer, 2 ps/2 at top, 2 usb cut outs one cut -one not, 2 serial ports and one parallel port cut, three audio cut outs and one for the video outlet. snaps in to the case.

if that is what you are looking for let me know

 

[Qtip42]

I may be a purist but....................BUILD THE I/O PANEL YOURSELVES GUYS! I really get annoyed when I see people building cases and then using pre-made I/O's. It's the toughest part of building a case but it shows quality and craftmanship.

 

[LyL18]

What's wrong witha pre-made I/O

 

[:LJ:]

What's wrong witha pre-made I/O

Absolutely nothing. It all depends on the focal point of the mod/case you're building. If you're going for the "look, ma, i crafted this from pure sheet metal with nothing but my bare hands" effect, then you should cut your own. However, if you're just looking to build the chassis yourself and have something that looks good to the casual observer (or is purely functional), then there's no reason why you shouldn't butcher existing cases and/or pre-fab parts. I mean, every time I've had a necessity to build a case from scratch, I've re-used as much as possible (drive trays, backplates etc) to cut down on the amount of time it took purely because my cases favour function over form.

 

[Qtip42]

if you know how to build them, it functions the same as any other one would.

It just shows more dedication to the art of case building if you do the work yourself.