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Title: Gaughing interest in a simple open-air case for Chili boards
Post by: Spotswood on November 09, 2013, 09:41:19 PM
I'm starting this thread in order to gauge interest in a simple open-air case for Chili boards.

http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww153/Spotswood_/Chili%20tray/Chilitrayv1b_zpsd13e18e9.jpg (http://s715.photobucket.com/user/Spotswood_/media/Chili%20tray/Chilitrayv1b_zpsd13e18e9.jpg.html)

http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww153/Spotswood_/Chili%20tray/Chilitrayv1b_zpsd075e6f7-1.jpg (http://s715.photobucket.com/user/Spotswood_/media/Chili%20tray/Chilitrayv1b_zpsd075e6f7-1.jpg.html)

Naturally, the same basic design will work for any number of Chilis.

Comments/suggestions?



Title: Re: Gaughing interest in a simple open-air case for Chili boards
Post by: hephaist0s on November 21, 2013, 05:39:29 PM
Interested! But, I've opted for the VGA cooler setup, so they have a narrow profile and could be slotted vertically alongside each other -- do you have any options/ideas for that?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186063&Tpk=arctic%20accelero%20mono


Title: Re: Gaughing interest in a simple open-air case for Chili boards
Post by: Spotswood on November 22, 2013, 12:50:47 AM
Interested! But, I've opted for the VGA cooler setup, so they have a narrow profile and could be slotted vertically alongside each other -- do you have any options/ideas for that?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186063&Tpk=arctic%20accelero%20mono

No problem. 

A slight variation of the open-air case I designed for Drillbit Systems would work (note the custom mounting brackets that are used to attach the corners of the card to the support beams).

http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww153/Spotswood_/DRILLBIT%20Tray/DRILLBITTrayv2_zpse6bc316a.jpg (http://s715.photobucket.com/user/Spotswood_/media/DRILLBIT%20Tray/DRILLBITTrayv2_zpse6bc316a.jpg.html)

http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww153/Spotswood_/DRILLBIT%20Tray/DRILLBITTrayv2wscribemockup_zps7955b7d4.jpg (http://s715.photobucket.com/user/Spotswood_/media/DRILLBIT%20Tray/DRILLBITTrayv2wscribemockup_zps7955b7d4.jpg.html)

http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww153/Spotswood_/DRILLBIT%20Tray/Prototypetray-640_zps60843456.jpg (http://s715.photobucket.com/user/Spotswood_/media/DRILLBIT%20Tray/Prototypetray-640_zps60843456.jpg.html)


Title: Re: Gaughing interest in a simple open-air case for Chili boards
Post by: hephaist0s on November 22, 2013, 12:51:09 PM
Ok! I would like one that holds 7 Chilis; I just measured the width with the Accelero Mono cooler attached and it is ~5cm each. How much would that cost / what's the next step?


Title: Re: Gaughing interest in a simple open-air case for Chili boards
Post by: Zillions on November 22, 2013, 06:23:25 PM
Aren't you forgetting the heatsinks on the revised verticle version? and to reduce the foot print can't you put the PS under the chassis?

Wait I thought the Chillis were PCI based hence need to be plugged into a MOBO?


Title: Re: Gaughing interest in a simple open-air case for Chili boards
Post by: hephaist0s on November 22, 2013, 09:01:58 PM
Aren't you forgetting the heatsinks on the revised verticle version? and to reduce the foot print can't you put the PS under the chassis?

Wait I thought the Chillis were PCI based hence need to be plugged into a MOBO?
No, and no. I mentioned a minimum ~5cm width/ea which includes the heatsink, and Chilis are not PCI based and do not require a motherboard; the form factor was designed so that they could be fitted into a PCI slot if one wished, just as possible a way of mounting them, but they don't actually connect through the slot. And spotswood hasn't posted pictures of the revised vertical version yet, it was just a picture of a similar design.