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@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ The main parts I had to worry about were as folow in the table:
After opening the case I saw a few things that had to go.
![](/media/img/atx/before.jpg)
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1. Hard Drive bays
![](/media/img/atx/hdd.jpg)
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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.
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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.
![](/media/img/atx/rack.jpg)
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## 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.
![](/media/img/atx/mbtest.jpg)
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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.
![](/media/img/atx/psutest.jpg)
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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:
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* 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.
![](/media/img/atx/hddfinal.jpg)
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Hard drives have a little shroud which I made out of some heavy duty duck tape and cardboard.
Kinda sketchy but not really since it holds things in a clean position and doesnt rattle at all.