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    Two full builds in one case?

    Someone has just asked me if there is anything on the market to do this at the moment and honestly I have no Idea

    It needs to be fairly compact (look like a normal tower I take that to mean), obviously have space for 2 PSU's and mobo's, Doesn't matter what size the mobo's are though uATX, ATX ..BTX if you must.

    I don't really need to know the alternative's and bodge jobs (mods) won't be appriciated by them

    Any Idea's on a case?

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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    Never heard of anything that would hold 2 full builds in one case, especially in a normal tower. It would surely have to be a one off custom job.

    You'd be better off having 2 uATx cases on top of each other - that wouldn't be far off the size of a full tower.

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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    Quote Originally Posted by s_kinton View Post

    You'd be better off having 2 uATx cases on top of each other - that wouldn't be far off the size of a full tower.
    I told them that, you don't know these hard headed ********, they always think there is a way lol

    They actually build their own cases usually so they will probably end up doing that, just wanted to save themselves some time.

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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    Won't that cause it to get reallly hot inside, if both computers are running at once...

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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    Hmmmm, you could probably try and mod this case to fit them;

    http://www.thermaltake.com/product/C...1000_index.asp

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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    with a big case and on board video, and low profile cpu coolers... with some customisation you should be able to attach a mobo to the door of a case too...

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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    Quote Originally Posted by SiM View Post
    with a big case and on board video, and low profile cpu coolers... with some customisation you should be able to attach a mobo to the door of a case too...
    actually yeh, that sounds like a good idea, get one of those large silverstone cases that can fit 2 psu... sorted

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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    I'd already considered that but there is the problem of mounting the second motherboard and giving full access to the i/o ports AND it will need an i/o sheild as there can't be too much electrical noise leaking out lol

    They are a pain in the back side

    I'll tell them I'd build a couple of uATX's and bolt them together if need be or they can do it themselve's, although I do have time to sort something like that out at the momentI don't think they will go for it and I can't bet bothered anyway

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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    Weld two matx cases together... job done

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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    Quote Originally Posted by SiM View Post
    Weld two matx cases together... job done
    I wasn't going to go as far as welding but yeah thats an idea

    I'd quite like to get my hands on a couple of those NSK 2480's, but cube's might be interesting too.

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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    I'm sure you could fit a mini-itx (one of the new Intel Atoms?) inside a nice Lian-Li V2xxx series or a PC-A97. Two PSU locations.

    I remember some people putting a mini-itx inside a 5.25" bay. Just get one of those Y-cables which sends the poweron signal to two PSUs.

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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    Something to think about, but mini-itx might be lacking in the flexability they need and can get a bit pricey.. Thanks though.

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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    Maybe it would help if we knew what this is for a why it has to be in one case??
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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    I did manage to fit two full systems inside an old server case once, it was about the same size as a normal ATX case but about 2" wider. I installed a second motherboard tray and flipped it around so both motherboards faced each other with both motherboards running off one PSU. Here is a pretty good guide on using one PSU with two motherboards.

    It was a good idea at first to have a firewall and server in the same box, but the whole system was a real PITA to upgrade and maintain with both sides of the case blocked.

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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    Quote Originally Posted by staffsMike View Post
    I wasn't going to go as far as welding but yeah thats an idea

    I'd quite like to get my hands on a couple of those NSK 2480's, but cube's might be interesting too.
    Using 2 NSK 2480's on top of ech other may be a problem as the bottom of the cases are have grills for airflow into the HDD enclosure so the top one might get a bit hot if this was sealed

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    Re: Two full builds in one case?

    search for a mountain mods duality.

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