ATX motherboard in E-ATX Case

[matt91]

I have been looking for a replacement case to put my server into and i have found this. To me it looks big enough to be an E-ATX case, I cannot find any information on this case or whether ATX can fit onto E-ATX mounts. The seller doesn't seem to know much about the case and was wondering if any of you knew anything about cases like that?

Matt

[merple]

I dont know anything about that case.. But yes, you can mount ATX boards in E-ATX cases.

[Lee H]

Yes. I have an ATX motherboard mounted within an E-ATX supporting chassis. Just ensure you have the standoffs and whatnot in the right holes respectively and if the chassis has the correct holes on the motherboard mounting.

[CaptainCrash]

If it helps, that looks like a Sun Ultra 20/40 workstation case - I *think* it uses a standard ATX layout internally, but you might want to do a bit of googling and download any documentation you can find.

http://web.amd.com/en-us/partners/sun/workstation.aspx

http://docs.sun.com/source/820-0123-13/index.html

[matt91]

Thank you, that model number is very helpful. Is the server PSU as seen in this image a standard server size psu?

[CaptainCrash]

If that's the internals of the same case, I'd have to say "no," and I'm also rather doubtful it would be electrically compatible with a standard ATX motherboard.

What's more, judging from that image, it looks as though the mobo itself (and the case mountings and cutouts) are a bit different from the ATX standard - there's one PCI slot too few, and the I/O plate looks larger.

I think I'd give it a miss, unless you can get a more detailed description from the vendor.

[matt91]

Too late, I purchased it before I even found the information on it. It looks like it has a removable motherboard tray so I may be able to hack it a bit