Quote Originally Posted by dinos22 View Post
that's actually been closed and moved to TW
they have some monster factories there now
Interesting, I know the CTO of my company doesn't allow anyone except auditors into our production areas.


Quote Originally Posted by Xion X2 View Post
Nice project, Zads. I like what I'm seeing from you. Really like the render.

And, dadgummit, looks like there's now someone on XS who has their hands on more SSDs than I do.
Yeah.. but unfortunately, I actually have too many SSD projects on my hands!

Quote Originally Posted by kgtiger View Post
Thanks for the work info, much appreciated.
Your idea about, "drilling some blind holes in the bottom and then bonding round threaded rods into the bottom of the case"
Is not a bad idea at all, the only challange I see with that is, all the screws will need to be screwed in from inside the case.
By design theres not a heck of alot of room to move your hand arond inside the case, let along one with a screw driver in it.
Please don't take this the wrong way, but the biggest challenges I normaly faced when working with engineer's was, over engineering things.
Like the 3/8" square section or flat stiffening ribs you where going to add to be bottom of the case.
Its simply just more work than it needs.
The best way is simplicity, the "KIS" approach has just work the best for me.
I will admit that I to have the tendncy to over work thing and I find that I need to remember to just look for the simplest way to get the job done.
That doesn't mean doing a crap or half hearted job, but only doing what really needs to be done and still have high quality at the end.
As you only have/had 30 day to build, just keep it simple.
As you do need standoffs on the motherboard I feel it would be easier to screw the standoffs onto the MB when its outside the case
and then just screw in counter sunk screws from underneath.
The more you can do from outside the case the easier it will be to build and work on this small case.

Looking forward to your next update there champ, keep it up.
Well to be honest this is the trade off you have to make in all design, right?
Convenience of access vs. portability and bulk of the components packaging.
I will have to take out the PSU to access/replace the motherboard no matter if I use the screw-type or bonded standoff method..
I'll let you know how it works out :P