Recent content by BadDecisionDino

Finally returning to this after a very busy couple of weeks and way too much Zelda. Put a few 1/8th holes in the case tonight with my dremel and some drillbits; went a lot smoother than I was anticipating, probably didn't even need to progress up through bit sizes as meticulously as I did...

Project update: Ended up cutting down the CPU cooler backplate to get it to fit, made sure to sand any sharp edges and clean up burrs/particulate before mounting. Both of the drives on the bottom tray are in, although they're sort of hanging on the mounting screws in a way that I don't like...

All parts now in, but I'm waiting on enough free time to get assembly done.

Aye, much appreciated. Not what I was hoping for, but there's still the fallback of hooking drives 3/4 up via USB3.0. Out of curiosity, were you able to see the COM port and mobo speaker in BIOS? Those are optional extras we know have been accounted for by an up-specced model and should be...

Alright, bit of a setback. It turns out that at least on my unit the topside SATA port (sata_3) is a blank with no actual header to plug anything into. I'm assuming it's there so ASRock could up-spec to a three-sata SKU if needed with minimal fabrication changes. I could potentially get...

Is that really going to buy you enough space for 15mm drives? Could be pretty tight against the mobo battery.

Also - since this image https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71fsCbbLk-L.jpg confirms the top panel is basically unobstructed, there's theoretically room for 15mm drives on the top side with no modifications. view from front with two 7mm drives on left, one 15mm on right view...

Yep. What's the source for those images, btw? Also - anyone know if the InWin version of the Deskmini I've been seeing on Newegg/amazon includes the wireless card and antenna? If so, $129 on amazon... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L1HCHWY/?tag=theminutiae-20 otherwise I'm probably doing...

Yo, that's awesome! I will definitely be following your findings closely. Since I believe the mobo slots into rails inside the case, you may have trouble raising/lowering it, but I haven't gone hands-on yet either to confirm. I think the alternative would be removing the bottom panel and...

Early breadboard in sketchup. Unsure about upper level HDD pair orientation, but either way I probably want to keep the top corner nearest to camera clear for the panel cable and potentially USB2.0 expander cable. Three cooler heights pictured for comparison - from right/low to left/high...

Cheers. Just had a look through your thread and good lord, that takes me back. Nearly verbatim my sheet metal design techniques unit from college.

I think my z-height restriction is 37mm broadly, obviously much less in some spots. RAM and the ethernet/USB I/O stack both hit around 37 from what I can tell based on images of the NoctuaLH9i installed. Anything I can get under 37mm would probably aid case-wide circulation. Does anyone have...

Yeah, hoping to purchase drives sooner than later. Trouble with 15mm drives is they won't fit on the underside tray and I'd want four of the same model for shared volume use. Can't write parity without wasted space since the bottom drive bay is limited to 9.5mm. What kind of isolation will...

My bad, misread. I had been planning to use an M.2 drive in the slot for OS - if there's not much benefit to that then I suppose it's worth exploring getting a SATA drive hooked up there. Is the M.2>PCIe required for power? I'm honestly a little lost in all the M.2 standards.

Don't think there's any need for a GPU since it'll just be a fileserver.