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Hi,
This is gonna be a ridiculous project. What I plan to do is take one of those late 90s Dell Optiplex towers and transform it into ATX layout. I'm not terribly worried about the front panel and can deal with that later. I have found the dimensions here
http://facweb.northseattle.edu/tfiegenb/eet/D … cs.htm#physical
and it seems to be bigger than some ATX towers, slightly. This link has some good pictures of the tower mentioned.
https://www.lakemichigancomputers.com/product … =12772673781802
I ordered one of these for cheap https://www.ebay.com/itm/222982248612
This will be used as a sacrifice. Planning to cut out the motherboard tray and rear end in one piece so I can have ATX compliant motherboard tray, power supply fitment, and PCIe slots. Was thinking of using a combination of grinder to start cutting and then using a dremel for more delicate cuts. Anyone have experience doing this?
This would also require likely cutting out a significant (or all) of the rear portion of the Optiplex. Then how to attach the motherboard tray to the back... hm. Anyone who has good ideas or suggestions to help make this project a reality would be great! Thanks. I did whip this up in Photoshop as a rough measure, using the power plug, USB ports, and PS/2 port as measuring devices. https://i.imgur.com/3ht8cOR.png
HP Z420 Workstation Intel Xeon E5-1620, 32GB, RADEON HD7850 2GB, SSD + HD, XP/7