project: build file server into draw unit!

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I was a lil bored before and was fiddleing inside my file server, i keep all my tols in the bottom draw of the draw unit my file server is sat on and i thought.. what could i use the top draw for apart from chucking everything thats lieing around in it.

Thats when i came up with the idea of building my file server into the top draw :p

Draw unit and file server sat on top -
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Front of draw unit -
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inside of the draw
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Im thinking of taking the mobo tray out of the case that its in atm and securing that inside tha draw for the motherboard to go on. everything else will be fixed in there somehow :p

what ya think, anyone got any ideas
 
Thinking of putting a 120mm fan in the side for cooling.

Looking to put these into the front of it aswell -

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for hdd's -
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IKEA! :D:p

This is going to be a good build /subscribed :)

Ideas hmmm, dont have any at the moment!
Get some sketches drawn out first though.
 
Ikea for the win! :p lol

ok i made these very quickly im sure you get the general idea of the front part from it (very basic).

Mesurements of the draw.

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what i want to put in the front of the draw.

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Probably going to use the power switch that is in the case =]

The useable area on the front of the draw is because the front is obviously bigger than the inside of the draw so the useable part is were i can actually put stuff.

Going to work out how everything is going to fit inside later on and draw it out . will post back with the plan
 
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Im off into town tomorrow hoping to get some jigsaw blades "yay" so i can start chopping my draw to bits :p

Im thinking of possibly putting a fan in the top of the draw unit for the intake and one at the back to blow it all out :D

Taken the PSU out of the case so i need to fix this in, however the fan on the PSU is a bit noisy so i mite have to open it up and stick a new fan in there at some point.

Ill hopefully have something done by tomorrow and if not ill have either buggered it up or done some good design work on it.
 
Suppose i will find out when i finaly get it mostly done and turn the thing on inside :eek:

And yeah ive already ordered some soundproof foam stuff to cover the inside and got lots of rubber washers :p

Can't see it rattleing the draw rails really but if it does im sure i can find a solution to that ^_^
 
Oh God...That's the last thing I want to see...A case we do at work while im sitting at home =/ ahhhh

Well, it sounds good man, should work out quite well =]

Awaiting updates when you can!
 
Sounds pretty cool, perhaps the most easy access to the inside of a computer? :p

Just open your draw and fiddle straight away!
 
Nope not having one in it, only had one in originally to install the OS :)

I started drilling the hole for the power button to go but not finished it yet, maybe ill finish it later or tomorrow morning.. either way ill post some pics in the morning if all goes well :D
 
i reckon you could make a business out of this, for old people who are scared of technology, just hide it in a draw out the way!
looking forward to the pictures
 
I was thinking I should do something like this for my current pc :P It would be easy to hide and would give a lot space to customize and silence the pc :D
Looking forward to see some pics too..
 
Been making the hole for the power + reset button and its taking ages!! didnt think it would take this long but never mind.

Ive got this far.. managed to put the face plate for the power button on, still got to sand a bit more to get the main power button part inside though xD

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Got the power button in now, not exactly neat but its not too bad. Slow progress i know but not had much time working lots xD

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