ok, first major step was to model the case in 3D to see what it looked like. a couple of design criteria
1. had to have four 5 1/4 drive bays (my computer only has 3 which has forced me to think creatively)
2. i wanted it to be as compact and as close to a true cube as possible. i got darn close as 12.5"x12.5"x14.5" overall
3. slight variation from the YY cube as there is no seperate motherboard chamber. (i wasn't sure my lexan skills were up to that as i'd never worked with the stuff before.
and this is the original solidworks rendering, as you'll see it got changed a bit in the building process as i'll explain.
front side view
Last edited by Zogthetroll; 10-09-2003 at 11:10 AM.
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