Log The "this setup needs a case" mystery build

[hrh_ginsterbusch]

Am currently pursuing a MB standoff mod, to be able to slide the power extension cord connector of the Flex-ATX psu underneath the front of the GPU. Additional benefit: More breathing room for the m2s on the back of the MB.

What does not work (without further modifications, eg. taking off the MB io plate):

- 10 mm standoffs - MB doesn't sit flush anymore, won't connect with the standoffs

- 8 mm - done - still works, but too many downsides (esp. with the GPU mounting points / properly securing it)
- 9 mm - too tall

What works:

- 5 mm standoffs - very tight fit, so I'm trying out 8 - 9 mm using longer screws and nuts washers
- 7.5 mm standoffs - using longer screws and nuts washers underneath - done

Goal / Work-in-Progress:
- 6 mm standoffs - might be the best choice, even if one may only achieve it with washers (dont have a 1 mm nut)
- actual 7 mm standoffs


Edit: BOTH nuts AND washers work - nuts have the disadvantage of possible pulling out the standoffs if you're overtighten them, which washers obv. aint got, but then, THOSE can fall off quicker than you can count to three .. so yeah, better be off with nuts for now.


cu, w0lf.

 

[hrh_ginsterbusch]

Realigned everything, sits now solid with 1 - 2 mm wiggle room at 6 mm height, using washers on the standoffs, not the mainboard mounting screws. Airflow for bottom drives should improve, too, and might even allow for better cooling options, as in theory, this should sit now at 11 mm of height.

Still gonna have to add a bottom cut-out, cause changing things underneath the board is gonna be a true PITA - for disassembling this whole configuration, just to add other SSDs to it, that is.

Now going off to rewire and replug in everything.

cu, w0lf.

ps: pictures to follow, too.