Two... hundred... and ninety... holes... Don't have proper tools so drilled by hand with 6mm drill bit, then rounded the edges with 8mm bit.
Longer cables finally came - bluetack and original antennae above the monitor, 50cm pigtail cables behind the monitor, slack to attach to the network card - I can fold antennae for transport, unfold them for perfect WiFi and bluetooth - finally no interference!
Pigtail cables fit ideally through cutouts in network card housing - no more sticking out antennae on the back!
Rubber feet were leaving nasty black rings on furniture when everything heated up, replaced them with simple plastic screw caps - much better, also more stable with a cap in the middle (there's a hex standoff roughly in the centre to support the top lid, but screwed only from the bottom).
4 screws in the top lid and everything assembled - 5.4 litres final-final-final build finally built!
Now only waiting for a Ryzen 5700X at a good price and an RTX 4070 or Radeon 7800XT release. It never ends
Longer cables finally came - bluetack and original antennae above the monitor, 50cm pigtail cables behind the monitor, slack to attach to the network card - I can fold antennae for transport, unfold them for perfect WiFi and bluetooth - finally no interference!
Pigtail cables fit ideally through cutouts in network card housing - no more sticking out antennae on the back!
Rubber feet were leaving nasty black rings on furniture when everything heated up, replaced them with simple plastic screw caps - much better, also more stable with a cap in the middle (there's a hex standoff roughly in the centre to support the top lid, but screwed only from the bottom).
4 screws in the top lid and everything assembled - 5.4 litres final-final-final build finally built!
Now only waiting for a Ryzen 5700X at a good price and an RTX 4070 or Radeon 7800XT release. It never ends
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