McDangerous
Senior Member
Ahoy guys.
So I'm basically done with the design of my new HTPC/MainPC scratch chassis. I'm pretty happy with it currently, I just have a couple of questions in general.
1. I need recommendations on case feet. Currently the build is going to be matte black powder coat, so I want to offset that with some machined metal case feet. If I can't find ones I like I'll have some turned up at work (good thing working at a CNC Turning and Milling engineering works!), but it'll make the build take longer than I'd prefer. What have you guys used for case feet? What works well and is relatively inexpensive?
2. Power and reset buttons. So, I'm thinking of making a custom power switch and just leaving the reset button, never use it anyway. Problem is, I'm not sure which switches to buy that'll just fit into the motherboard headers. I'm a mechanical engineer, not electrical, so my knowledge is relatively limited regarding electrical supplies. Either I'm going for the custom power button integrated into my chassis' face plate, or I'd like to get my hands on a vandal switch, but importing is expensive and time-consuming.
3. Since the PC's going to be situated in the lounge I want it to be as clean and minimalist as possible. To this end I've made a face-plate for the front of the chassis, which will cover the two front 120mm intake fans. The plate will be spaced 15mm from the front face of the fans. It'll be only be 130mm high and completely open on the sides. As such, air will only be able to enter in the gap between the face plate and fan. Would this be enough to let in a decent amount of air? I've inspected chassis like the Silencio and my Elite 120 (which is going up for sale soon ) and they have very little space for the front intake fans to draw air from. I'm more concerned with noise than cooling to be honest, so keep that in mind.
I'll do some renders and upload the pics soon.
So I'm basically done with the design of my new HTPC/MainPC scratch chassis. I'm pretty happy with it currently, I just have a couple of questions in general.
1. I need recommendations on case feet. Currently the build is going to be matte black powder coat, so I want to offset that with some machined metal case feet. If I can't find ones I like I'll have some turned up at work (good thing working at a CNC Turning and Milling engineering works!), but it'll make the build take longer than I'd prefer. What have you guys used for case feet? What works well and is relatively inexpensive?
2. Power and reset buttons. So, I'm thinking of making a custom power switch and just leaving the reset button, never use it anyway. Problem is, I'm not sure which switches to buy that'll just fit into the motherboard headers. I'm a mechanical engineer, not electrical, so my knowledge is relatively limited regarding electrical supplies. Either I'm going for the custom power button integrated into my chassis' face plate, or I'd like to get my hands on a vandal switch, but importing is expensive and time-consuming.
3. Since the PC's going to be situated in the lounge I want it to be as clean and minimalist as possible. To this end I've made a face-plate for the front of the chassis, which will cover the two front 120mm intake fans. The plate will be spaced 15mm from the front face of the fans. It'll be only be 130mm high and completely open on the sides. As such, air will only be able to enter in the gap between the face plate and fan. Would this be enough to let in a decent amount of air? I've inspected chassis like the Silencio and my Elite 120 (which is going up for sale soon ) and they have very little space for the front intake fans to draw air from. I'm more concerned with noise than cooling to be honest, so keep that in mind.
I'll do some renders and upload the pics soon.