![[H]ard|Forum](/styles/hardforum/xenforo/logo_dark.png){kind=logo}
FinalSight
n00b
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2006
- Messages
- 20
I'll share pics of the beast I'm planning later, but for now I'm in the planning stages and am attempting to find the parts I need to make the crazy ideas in my head work.
The current situation: my planned build includes 2 motherboards in one case, a full size ATX board mounted normally (in a Lian Li V2000) and a second board mounted in the lower portion above the power supply on a custom cut bracket. For those who know the Lian Li's layout, it will go from the dual 80mm fan ports to the hard drive cages. A FlexATX board (such as those found in some well performing shuttles) will barely fit in that area with a little mod work.
The current dilemma: The easiest way to get the ports I need from the internal motherboard is NOT to cut up the back of my case for the motherboard bracket. This is plan B and I'm hoping to avoid it at all costs. The easiest way is using the spare PCI slots from the top of the case. I intend to face the motherboard ports inside the case, instead of towards the back. I can then easily run USB PCI brackets with motherboard headers down below in order to get mouse and keyboard, and then I'm going to take the PCI bracket off of an old AGP card and use a VGA extension cable to run to the graphics card on the lower board. My problem then is that I also want audio.
The solution to this, which I think should definitely exist, is a pci bracket that includes all of the general front ports on cases: Headphone, Mic, and USB ports. Firewire is not necessary. I need these ports to run to motherboard headers that I will neatly run to the FlexATX board in the bottom of my case.
So, please, Hardforum members.
Combine this: http://www.silverpcs.com/images/pci_coverplate_a.jpg
With this: http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/articles/2007/2440/AntecP190_Jacks.jpg
I have searched the internet for long enough and can't find what I'm looking for. I do believe that front panel boards exist with these ports but I really need these ports in the back of the case.
If there are any other suggestions for getting the lower board's ports to the outside of the case, my ears are open. My only two ideas have been cut my case and the PCI bracket idea.
The current situation: my planned build includes 2 motherboards in one case, a full size ATX board mounted normally (in a Lian Li V2000) and a second board mounted in the lower portion above the power supply on a custom cut bracket. For those who know the Lian Li's layout, it will go from the dual 80mm fan ports to the hard drive cages. A FlexATX board (such as those found in some well performing shuttles) will barely fit in that area with a little mod work.
The current dilemma: The easiest way to get the ports I need from the internal motherboard is NOT to cut up the back of my case for the motherboard bracket. This is plan B and I'm hoping to avoid it at all costs. The easiest way is using the spare PCI slots from the top of the case. I intend to face the motherboard ports inside the case, instead of towards the back. I can then easily run USB PCI brackets with motherboard headers down below in order to get mouse and keyboard, and then I'm going to take the PCI bracket off of an old AGP card and use a VGA extension cable to run to the graphics card on the lower board. My problem then is that I also want audio.
The solution to this, which I think should definitely exist, is a pci bracket that includes all of the general front ports on cases: Headphone, Mic, and USB ports. Firewire is not necessary. I need these ports to run to motherboard headers that I will neatly run to the FlexATX board in the bottom of my case.
So, please, Hardforum members.
Combine this: http://www.silverpcs.com/images/pci_coverplate_a.jpg
With this: http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data/articles/2007/2440/AntecP190_Jacks.jpg
I have searched the internet for long enough and can't find what I'm looking for. I do believe that front panel boards exist with these ports but I really need these ports in the back of the case.
If there are any other suggestions for getting the lower board's ports to the outside of the case, my ears are open. My only two ideas have been cut my case and the PCI bracket idea.
