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| To the right you will see our basic Mid Tower ATX style chassis.
(click on the picture for a larger view). The manufacturer of this
case is Elite. Typical retail price of this case will be between $80 and
$90 Cdn. |
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| This is the rear view of our case |
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| Here you see the removal of the front panel of the case. It is a
friction fitting, so with a gentle yank the cover comes loose.
(yes that is my thumb you see). (again you may click on the picture for
a larger view) |
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In this view of the case we see the insides. Note that after the front
cover was removed then the metal case cover simply slides off.
1. This is the actual ATX power supply
2. This is the power cable that will plug into our mainboard
(motherboard).
3. These small wires (leads) will also plug into the mainboard and are
typically used for power on, hard drive led, power led, speaker etc.
4. This is the floppy/hard drive cage. This is held in place by a clip
and then can slide forward for complete removal from the chassis.
5. These are the additional drive bays and can accommodate CD ROM
drives and other 5.25" devices. If you are going to mount a
3.5" hard drive here then you will need some brackets to fit this
space. |
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| Now we are getting set to remove the backplane of the chassis. This
will help us mount our mainboard. The backplane is secured by two
screws and a plastic slide. Push the plastic slide away from the edge. |
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| Now that the screws have been removed and the slider pushed away, the
entire backplane will lift away. ( a better name for this would be the
mainboard bed) |
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| This case ships with a universal bezel for I/O (motherboard connectors
fit through the bezel). We remove it for a couple of reasons. 1.
The mainboard we use includes a better quality one, and 2. The universal
one is too thick and makes connecting keyboards and mice difficult (good
troubleshooting point here) |
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| TA DA, we finally reveal the mainboard we will use for this build and
also the processor. |
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