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# [This is definitely not a blog](./index.html)
### **[Fitting ATX boards in MATX Cases](./post/atx.html)**
> _date_ \
> Not as hard as I thought
### **[Wot in tarnation happend to the style](./post/style.html)**
> _September 21, 2018_ \
> waddu heck man it looks all different \

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# [Carry On PC - How I crammed a full ATX board into a mATX Case](../index.html)
I use my PC for... well pretty much everything.
Which means if I go somewhere for a few weeks at a time, my PC is coming with me.
For a while I used a _Corsair 300r_, which has served me well until now.
After looking around for a travel friendly ATX case I realized that there really aren't any.
For that reason I would have to find a case that my parts physically fit into, and cram them in somehow.
## Prepping the case
To start the case I bought was a [Cooler MasterN200](http://us.coolermaster.com/product/Detail/case/n-series/n200.html).
The main parts I had to worry about were as folow in the table:
| Part | Length/Size | Name |
|---|---|---|
| MotherBoard | ATX | Gigabyte Z97X-UD4H |
| CPU Cooler | 6.5in tall | Hyper 212 Evo |
| Graphics Card | 10 in long | EVGA 960 2Gb SC Edition |
After opening the case I saw a few things that had to go.
![before](../img/atx/before.jpg)
1. Hard Drive bays
![hdd bays](../img/atx/hdd.jpg)
I also took off the front IO panel since I have some plans to make this more flush later on, thus saving space to fit into a carry on bag.
2. PSU rack holding thingy
I have no idea what this thing is but it had to go since it wouldn't let my motherboard fit into the case.
Luckily there was only a few rivets holding it in to a quick chiseling and they were gone with the rack too.
![psurack](../img/atx/rack.jpg)
## Test fitting some things
First I checked how the motherboard would fit into the case on its own; I was afraid of possibly adjusted the rear I/O sheild hole.
![mb](../img/atx/mbtest.jpg)
Next I fiddled with the psu since fitting it into the case was going to be _really_ akward.
It ended up being as weird as I though but ultimately it works and seems to be stable so what you see in the picture is the setup I went with.
![psu](../img/atx/psutest.jpg)
I completely forgot about the hard drives until the end, but it worked out in a _totally not ghetto way_.
The 3.5 inc drive is the only one that I _really_ need to worry about for mounting honestly because of two reaons:
* 1 of the remaining drives is an _SSD_
* The other drive is a laptop drive \
Which I know still doesn't excuse the mounting but hey it coulnd't really move even if it wanted to.
![hdd](../img/atx/hddfinal.jpg)