WhiteFireDragon
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build #1: WHS box
first, is a small WHS box used for daily backups of several computers, and also for a central file storage and printer. this build was finished several months ago right when the new AMD zacate APU hit the etailer shelf, but just posting pics right now. here are the hardware:
- ASRock E350M1
- 1x2gb ddr3
- WD 1tb green
- Habey EMC-800S case
- 80w DC-DC board with 60w power brick
this is what it looks like finished. kinda looks like the the old mac mini. i had to do a few mods to get everything to fit.
bought a 60mm fan as the only intake. there's no room for this fan, so i had to shave some of the bottom off so it can sit on top of the pci-e 16x slot. took a while because i only shaved off tiny bits at a time, tested the fit, and shaved more off, until it's an exact fit.
i also had to shave some of the top off because the hard drive brackets couldn't fit with the fan installed.
i also used a dremel to cut away a significant amount off of this hard drive bracket so it doesn't interfere with the 60mm fan. there was also a bracket for the slim optical drive, but i had to completely removed it since i used a 3.5" HD instead of the smaller 2.5" laptop ones.
this bracket with the hard drive just hoovers on top of everything. you can see the perfect if of the bracket with the extra fan.
this is what it looks like without the hard drive and bracket on top. space is extremely tight, only enough room for the motherboard and a tiny space for the DC-DC power board. everything had to either hoover on top or taped on the sides. you can see the fan, and i barely had enough room to also fit a kingston SSD in there.
hard to tell from the pic, but this shows that there's about 3mm clearance of breathing room for the CPU fan before it hits the hard drive. that 60mm blows directly in this space and the chipset, so it greatly reduces the temps and helps the APU fan breath. both the APU fan and the extra 60mm fan are controlled to run at low rpm, so they're not audible over ambient noise.
overall, this case is very nice. it's really thick aluminum. it's a little bit warm to the touch, which i think is a good thing because it acts as a huge heatsink to helps absorbs and dissipate the heat inside. only bad thing i can think of is the extremely tight space, but afterall, this is the SFF section . additional pics if you want to see more:
first, is a small WHS box used for daily backups of several computers, and also for a central file storage and printer. this build was finished several months ago right when the new AMD zacate APU hit the etailer shelf, but just posting pics right now. here are the hardware:
- ASRock E350M1
- 1x2gb ddr3
- WD 1tb green
- Habey EMC-800S case
- 80w DC-DC board with 60w power brick
this is what it looks like finished. kinda looks like the the old mac mini. i had to do a few mods to get everything to fit.
bought a 60mm fan as the only intake. there's no room for this fan, so i had to shave some of the bottom off so it can sit on top of the pci-e 16x slot. took a while because i only shaved off tiny bits at a time, tested the fit, and shaved more off, until it's an exact fit.
i also had to shave some of the top off because the hard drive brackets couldn't fit with the fan installed.
i also used a dremel to cut away a significant amount off of this hard drive bracket so it doesn't interfere with the 60mm fan. there was also a bracket for the slim optical drive, but i had to completely removed it since i used a 3.5" HD instead of the smaller 2.5" laptop ones.
this bracket with the hard drive just hoovers on top of everything. you can see the perfect if of the bracket with the extra fan.
this is what it looks like without the hard drive and bracket on top. space is extremely tight, only enough room for the motherboard and a tiny space for the DC-DC power board. everything had to either hoover on top or taped on the sides. you can see the fan, and i barely had enough room to also fit a kingston SSD in there.
hard to tell from the pic, but this shows that there's about 3mm clearance of breathing room for the CPU fan before it hits the hard drive. that 60mm blows directly in this space and the chipset, so it greatly reduces the temps and helps the APU fan breath. both the APU fan and the extra 60mm fan are controlled to run at low rpm, so they're not audible over ambient noise.
overall, this case is very nice. it's really thick aluminum. it's a little bit warm to the touch, which i think is a good thing because it acts as a huge heatsink to helps absorbs and dissipate the heat inside. only bad thing i can think of is the extremely tight space, but afterall, this is the SFF section . additional pics if you want to see more:
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