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Production SFFtime presents: P-ATX V3 - 10.4L evolution of ATX console case

archagon

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Excellent, thank you! Which length is the correct one? The ones you sell appear to be 20cm, but the closest Aliexpress has is 19.5cm.
 
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barral39

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May 28, 2024
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Hello there ! Any news about an option for buying Transparent Vented Side Panels for the P-ATX (so we can see our hardware inside parts) ?

Maybe you should contact "jakefacecustoms" for a kind of partnership ?

They do great work and they have a great community !

Their panels are made of acrylic so very lightweight, and they have a perforated pattern that is the same as SFF Cases : Rounded Vertical Lines !

They already did most well known SFF Cases, they should do P-ATX ! Here's a link to their side panels :

Transparent Vented Side Panels

What do you think ?
 

riba2233

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I would do this myself long time ago but it would look good at all since side panels have flanges on top and bottom that hide some screws and holes on top and bottom panels, and have contours that make up the case design.
 
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barral39

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May 28, 2024
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Thanks for your answer. Yes I know but I'm suprised that tere's no solution around this.

I'm talking about having Transparent Vented Side Panels for the P-ATX as an option, the main design would still be the default one.

Can't you print Transparent Vented Side Panels with painted black frame (as they usually do) with integrated black flanges on top and bottom ? Same design but basically using acrylic instead of aluminum ?

Of course acrylic might be thicker on one side but for symmetry purposes you could sell a kit with both acrylic side panels ? It should still be lightweight and should not cause any issue if they have the same vented holes pattern like the original ones.

I'm guessing that the other way around, would be to have an hybrid solution mixing the orignal panel design (for top, bottom, and frame) and have a Transparent Vented Side Panel incorporated in the center (covering the full side panel except the frame) ?

Anyway it would be nice to have this as an option as an additional purchase on your store for P-ATX, N-ATX, and the upcoming U-ITX !

All major SFF case companies (Ncase, Ssupd, Lian Li, FormD, Jonsbo, etc.) tend to offer more and more this option, and custom solutions have a real commercial success.

I think a lot of SFF time users would love to have the possibility as an additional paid option to be able to see their build hardware inside parts ? What do you think ?
 
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riba2233

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Issue is that you can either use acrylic and bend it to make two flanges, but that is basically impossible to do in this scale, and the other option is to have a sheet metal frame with acrylic in the middle, that is doable but also not the easiest thing to make and it wouldn't look to great also. Unfortunately the design is just not optimal for acrylic side panel, you can make it with just a flat sheet if you don't mind uncovered top panel and that is imho the only reasonable way to do it. If you are interested I can send you a dxf file and you can have it laser cut locally, I have already done that for some customers.
 

barral39

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May 28, 2024
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Thanks Riba for your answer !

I understand your point.

If like you said, you can send me the dfx file,

I'll be happy to guive it a try thx : )