yep haha
How it will bolt on. Might do two fans here, I got two orange cougars... If they fit. Lots of sata ports on the other side of that fan.
Full mock up:
bread loaf for comparison. its a big itx case thats for sure. Basically imagine a elite 120 then increase its overall size by 1 cubic inch. 3/4" wood with a 1'4" gap basically. I could go smaller but I'd have to cut into this ITX a lot and I like how modular this is. The goal is to have it blend in with some stereo speakers as a 1080p TV gaming computer for games like GTA 5. I got a xbox wired controller that works great with steam.
Might improve my carpentry/joinery technique in the future and just build a new wood exoskeleton with 1/2" or even 1/4" oak plywood, that would get me nominally .25" (closer to .15") cubed with the 1/2" plywood. This is just butt joints, slather some glue on, and clamp it, no screws ... I was really careful to pick grained wood that matched the joins. It is however, very strong. Titebond2 is a pretty strong join. I made a 4 cubic foot 18" vented subwoofer with 3/4" oak plywood and the thing was such a tank. Everyone underestimates the strength of wood, especially oak plywood. It weighed almost 100 lbs. Carrying it around was such a nuisance each move and I never could really crank it so I gave it away.
I've been sanding, can't really see improvement in the pictures but thats the biggest change in the past few weeks. I didn't see any bennite conditioner so I'll be using some minwax. I have grits 85 150 220 and 320 so I'm at 150 now. All the corners are way more rounded off. I also have the top bolted to the bottom now so its functionally done. I just need to finish the wood prep for staining.
