Hi guys,
I've recently acquired a VIA mini-ITX motherboard and since I've been looking into buying a network-based HD enclosure or two recently and have been unable to find sensibly priced gigabit ones, I thought I might as well use the VIA board and make my own.
Basically I need a case or some sort of box that can hold a small PSU (maybe a Shuttle PSU or something) mini-ITX board and 3 or 4 hard drives. I'm not bothered about an optical drive of any sort. I'm also not too worried if I have to do any modding although I'm not exactly an expert
I realise that cases ideally suited to this purpose will be very few and far between but I'm open to even imaginative suggestions although I don't want it to be too ghetto. Obviously the smaller, the better. So far the best thing I can think of is getting an old Shuttle case off an auction site and botching everything into that.
So, anyone got any better ideas?
I've recently acquired a VIA mini-ITX motherboard and since I've been looking into buying a network-based HD enclosure or two recently and have been unable to find sensibly priced gigabit ones, I thought I might as well use the VIA board and make my own.
Basically I need a case or some sort of box that can hold a small PSU (maybe a Shuttle PSU or something) mini-ITX board and 3 or 4 hard drives. I'm not bothered about an optical drive of any sort. I'm also not too worried if I have to do any modding although I'm not exactly an expert
I realise that cases ideally suited to this purpose will be very few and far between but I'm open to even imaginative suggestions although I don't want it to be too ghetto. Obviously the smaller, the better. So far the best thing I can think of is getting an old Shuttle case off an auction site and botching everything into that.
So, anyone got any better ideas?