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3D Printed mini-ITX case by matt3o
by Thingiverse
Last crawled date: 4 years, 1 month ago
2017-08-01 UPDATE
I made some update to the corners and the frames so they now fit regular M2.5 nuts (I was using very low profile nuts before). If you downloaded and/or printed the previous version you probably have to use M2 screws/nuts.
Project Goal
Consumer grade 3d printers have a working area of about 200x200x200mm. Usually a little more, but they rarely reach 300mm on any side. The first goal is to create a series of modules that can be printed on any consumer grade 3d printer, ie: each piece should be max 200-230mm on any given side.
Secondly, printing a whole case in one shot would take hours (possibly 15+) and if something goes wrong you'd have to throw away the whole piece and start over. With my system you can print each piece separately and if printing fails you'd have to redo only that piece.
Thirdly, modularity. Once you have printed 8 corners you can reuse them for all your future projects. Say you want taller CPU cooler, just print the z-frames compared to having to reprint everything.
Lastly, ease of prototyping. A system like this is faster to prototype, I only have to print one piece at the time to check if it works (20mins to 3hours per each piece).
My rig
The project started because I wanted to build a very specific case. One with great cooling performance and that could host an SFX PSU, a decent GPU and a good CPU cooler. The result I believe is the smallest case you can do fitting those parameters.
ComponentsMotherboard: asus rog strix z270i gamingCPU: i7-7700kGPU: MSI Aero GTX 1060 6GPSU: SFX Corsair 450WCPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14SSSD: 512gb Samsung 960 Pro
Find the Onshape project here https://cad.onshape.com/documents/375687fa6e35a5d8010306d8/w/e4c18ec0ef899232da68c1de/e/d34046ffc9cd18aaa07e00be
You also need 2.5M screws and nuts, 3M threaded inserts and 3M screws if you wish to add the side panels. Of course you need a PSU extension power cable too.
I made some update to the corners and the frames so they now fit regular M2.5 nuts (I was using very low profile nuts before). If you downloaded and/or printed the previous version you probably have to use M2 screws/nuts.
Project Goal
Consumer grade 3d printers have a working area of about 200x200x200mm. Usually a little more, but they rarely reach 300mm on any side. The first goal is to create a series of modules that can be printed on any consumer grade 3d printer, ie: each piece should be max 200-230mm on any given side.
Secondly, printing a whole case in one shot would take hours (possibly 15+) and if something goes wrong you'd have to throw away the whole piece and start over. With my system you can print each piece separately and if printing fails you'd have to redo only that piece.
Thirdly, modularity. Once you have printed 8 corners you can reuse them for all your future projects. Say you want taller CPU cooler, just print the z-frames compared to having to reprint everything.
Lastly, ease of prototyping. A system like this is faster to prototype, I only have to print one piece at the time to check if it works (20mins to 3hours per each piece).
My rig
The project started because I wanted to build a very specific case. One with great cooling performance and that could host an SFX PSU, a decent GPU and a good CPU cooler. The result I believe is the smallest case you can do fitting those parameters.
ComponentsMotherboard: asus rog strix z270i gamingCPU: i7-7700kGPU: MSI Aero GTX 1060 6GPSU: SFX Corsair 450WCPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14SSSD: 512gb Samsung 960 Pro
Find the Onshape project here https://cad.onshape.com/documents/375687fa6e35a5d8010306d8/w/e4c18ec0ef899232da68c1de/e/d34046ffc9cd18aaa07e00be
You also need 2.5M screws and nuts, 3M threaded inserts and 3M screws if you wish to add the side panels. Of course you need a PSU extension power cable too.