Project: ATX to Inverted ATX

I've been meaning to try something out. I have this old case that I want to convert from ATX to Inverted ATX. All I'll have to do is flip the back plate of the case so that the motherboard will sit on the left.



I pulled the rivets out



Then detached the back



I also removed the removable motherboard support beam



I flipped the back over and re-attached it with new rivets.



And here you go.




Then I put the motherboard tray with a dead mobo still attached (For the look)



And reinstalled the support beam.




I put the future Power Supply in so you can tell where I'm going with this.



For this project I will be using some old mesh I've had laying around.



I'm still working on the case theme, but I do a have a pretty good idea.

 

Looks like a great start.
Just wondering is the motherboard tray held at the top, i couldnt see any holes/rivets holding it there, is it just held by the support beam?
Looking forward to seeing more.

Cheers
-Belial

 

looks like it's slid into something... but I can be wrong.
Good luck with this mod. Looking at your previous mods I see this one will be very nice... I'm waiting anxiously to see what the theme will be.

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I like your walls Isn't that project so far just a USD(upsidedown) ATX, not a btx?

 

yes, i have a CM Stacker STC-TO1 and Btx contversion requires more than just flipping the mobo and back upside down, the back plate actually has to be rearanged to fit a Btx mobo in properly. maybe you just mean you want to install an ATX mobo upside down? (sometimes referred to as WTX)

 

Thats the same internals as one of my cases (now in componenet pieces), i was also thinkning of flipping the mobo tray, except mine would be for WTX not BTX.

looks good so far

 

Actually I never heard of WTX, but I guess that's more accurate. The motherboard is held in by rivets in the case too. There's about 6 total in place

 

love inverted cases... i wonder if i can do that with my transformer

 

Today I worked on the heat shield. This will ensure that air sucked in through the blowhole will make it to the PSU and back out the case.



It took about a half hour to get it ready

 

I marked some hole for rivets. They will hold the heat shield in place.



And set them.



As of right now I'm thinking of a blue case. Maybe some white or silver later on.

 

That case looks suspiciously like one I have disassembled on my bench, waiting for inspiration. Maybe I just got it... Same removable mobo tray, same bulged too-small fan opening, same riveted construction.

 

that looks like a nice fumed up room.

 

I changed it again, but I swear this is final.

 

its gonna be specled like that ??

i dont think that looks atall good, like you were painting your house and it went all over your PC

 

It looks like he tied it to the front of a jeep and went offroading for a few hours I think...

 

In what snow?

 

Looks good I think, no other computer is speckled. Depends what else is going to happen to it I guess.

 

that would be a browner colour i recon

 

Maybe if you did metal flakes. That would be alot better.

 

Speckled, Well its certainly, ahh, interesting.
Personally i think the blue looked better, i'm assuming you're not going to be leaving the paintwork in that state, or continuing it as a theme.
So i'll reserve judgement for now.
As spyder09 said i think might look better with a metal flaked finish.

Cheers,
-Belial