Posted by Just Michael on 5, 2000 at 12:57 PM:
In Reply to: Why a case? posted by TheGuru on 5, 2000 at 10:25 AM:
: I can see how it would be easier to just stick a PC in a cab, case and all. But, if building it from scratch, why not just buy a power supply, a handfull of standoffs, and mount the motherboard inside the cab like a PCB? I'm new to this and haven't messed with a cabinet since college, but it seems like you'd have a lot more space in there doing it this way. The only addition would be building a small bracket to secure the video, sound, and any other cards onto.
Well where I am, small cases are cheap. They are about $5-10 more than the power supply alone. And for us lazy folk, this works out nice. It is also much quicker to pull the computer out of the cabinet if it is in a case.