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First post, by zzzxtreme

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hi guys. do u think it is possible to mount baby AT case on open matx case? since these cases dont have front part, the length does not matter. i see the screws can be adjusted, an acrylic sheet used as barrier to prevent shorts

i assume that not all the screw mounting can be aligned, so do i have to screw something on the holes? or a plastic spacer is fine?
thanks in advance

Reply 1 of 1, by CharlieFoxtrot

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Those screw stands don’t seem to be adjustable, so mounting many boards wil most likely be a problem. Especially when many late 80s - early 90s boards had mounting holes all over the place. Otherwise, as you basically can pretty much mount baby AT mobo on ATX case, it probably works. Only thing is that only four card support brackets is little shy IMO. For your run of the mill baby AT board with no integrated peripherals, you need three cards just for the basic functionality: multi-IO, video card and sound card. If you want something like couple of sound cards and NIC, you will already have one card without support.

I have similar aluminium profile cheapo ATX test bench where you can adjust mount points much more freely and it has seven card supports. I only use it with ATX mobos, but if I’d want a vertical stand for your use case, I’d look for full size ATX one with those more customizable mounting points.