Custom Rackmount Case

If you have been following my Xeon Phi experiments, you know that I've been having some fun playing around with these old compute cards. Recently thanks to a post on the homelab subreddit, I have managed to get my hands on an incredibly rare Xeon Phi x200 series coprocessor. Due to this being a different revision of Phi from my previous experiments though, I can't install it into my existing system. As such I have come to a need for a new server (again).

My previous case was an old Antec 3U unit I found used nearby and has been working perfectly. The best part of it being that it supports full height PCIe cards! Sadly however, this was a fluke of a find, and anything similar new here is just far too expensive to justify buying. Not to mention that there aren't many options supporting full height cards in a 3U case. Normally you could use a 4U case and call it a day, but unfortunately for me, I am out of rack space. With only 3U left, I had to find a solution

Luckily for me, I built an MPCNC a while back, and this was a perfect use for it! I began designing my own 3U case to be made out of cheaply available 1/4" (6mm) MDF, spare parts, and have it be completely customizable!

B.O.M

• 3x 24"x24"x1/4" MDF Panel
• 1x 24"x24"x3/4" MDF Panel
• ~90x 0.57x0.46cm M3 Inserts
• ~90x M3x6mm Machine Screws
• 4x 6-32x3/8" Machine Screws
• 1x Momentary Switch (with LED optional)
• 1x 3P IEC C14 Plug
• 1x Right Angle C14 Cable
• 4-12x M3x6mm Standoff
• Wire
• Dupont Connectors
• Spade Connectors

More details can be found on my website (https://aidancrowther.com/project/customcase)