Hey all -
I am building an HTPC to go with my new LCD TV, and I am having a custom cabinet built for it. I want to leave the HTPC parts out of a case and mount them directly to the cabinet to save space and to hide them, as well as hopefully help with cooling. What I'm not sure of is how do you mount the motherboard and other parts to the wood? My first thought was to take an old case I have and cut it apart so the motherboard mounting side could be screwed to the cabinet, then mount the motherboard to that, but I was wondering if there was a better way. I figure I could just make a couple of small shelves to put the hard drives on, and I'm going to mount the CD/DVD drives so they show through the front of the cabinet (perhaps with a little door to hide them.
I would appreciate suggestions or comments (nice ones)
Matt
I am building an HTPC to go with my new LCD TV, and I am having a custom cabinet built for it. I want to leave the HTPC parts out of a case and mount them directly to the cabinet to save space and to hide them, as well as hopefully help with cooling. What I'm not sure of is how do you mount the motherboard and other parts to the wood? My first thought was to take an old case I have and cut it apart so the motherboard mounting side could be screwed to the cabinet, then mount the motherboard to that, but I was wondering if there was a better way. I figure I could just make a couple of small shelves to put the hard drives on, and I'm going to mount the CD/DVD drives so they show through the front of the cabinet (perhaps with a little door to hide them.
I would appreciate suggestions or comments (nice ones)
Matt