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- Feb 11, 2012
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- Motherboard
- ASUS P8Z77-M Pro
- CPU
- i5-2500K OC @ 4.8 GHz
- Graphics
- HD 7750
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
I have already done a cube mod but in horsing around I fried the USB 2.0 ports so I thought that was a good a reason as any to start from scratch. Not really from scratch as I will just get a new mob. So here is my big question. I never got around to fitting the I/O shield onto the bottom of my first build - I did not cut the case correctly and would have had gaps plus you never see the bottom anyway and so on and so forth. I recently found out that a shop teacher friend if mine has access to a cnc machine, a laser cutting machine, and a 3D printer at his school. While I figure it would be easy to not screw up the cut on the base of the cube those time, I was thinking about using the 3D printer to make a custom bottom plate. The advantages I see are that it would have the holes for the individual ports and maintain the indentation to allow me to use the handle. The drawbacks are that I don't know about what that will do from a cooling perspective, would it be strong enough? Andre color. The color is the least if my worries, followed by the cooling issues. My current cube is silent with two fans and hangs out at about 36 degrees. I plan to use it as a media server so not a lot of heavy lifting. Biggest concern is the strength as it is obviously replacing a piece made of steel.
Thoughts? Comments? Thanks in advance.
Thoughts? Comments? Thanks in advance.