How Did I Make It

When I had all the necessary components of my future PC I started working. I decided to mount all the internal parts of the PC on one chassis. It made the construction process much easier. First I made a foundation — rectangular metal plate of the same size as the biggest side of the case from the inside. I used the old computer case cover to cut the basement:

Old case cover after cutting

New case with basement

First I mark out a place for the motherboard and then — for power supply. I removed the cover of the power supply to decrease the space occupied, and then cut off everything unnecessary from the rest of power supply case to install its card vertically.

Power supply card

Basement with power supply fastening

The next things I made were drive bays. I also used parts of old cases to make them.

I installed small 2inch (50mm) ball bearing fan in the bottom to cool the hard drive. Additional cooling is necessary because of the cramped (small) case.

CD-ROM drive and hard drive in the drive bays on the basement

All the internal parts on the basement. Top view

All the internal parts on the basement. Rear view

As you see, I removed the front panel of the CD-ROM drive. It has been done because the drive had to be inside the case and I was going to use external controls for it.

CD-ROM drive. Front panel removed

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