Gaughing interest in a simple open-air case for Chili boards

[Spotswood]

I'm starting this thread in order to gauge interest in a simple open-air case for Chili boards.





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

Comments/suggestions?

[hephaist0s]

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

[Spotswood]

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).

[hephaist0s]

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?

[Zillions]

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?

[hephaist0s]

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.