THX, it's beginning to come together. Harvested a few mm for peripherals. Could lose the Zip Drive and Card Reader/USB port on the froint panel if I wanted switch to a full size optical drive. I haven't checked into adapting a laptop form factor IDE Zip, should do that. The more free cubic the better.
I've pushed the limits of cable management as far as I care to. That's the limiting factor, hacking the sheet metal of the PSU would allow it to go a bit below the level of the heat sink, but that's Ponoco process hostile. The only mod to the PSU necessary for someone who might want to do this will be replacement of the (3mm?) PCB mounting bolts with longer ones in 4-40. Couldn't thread the originals in from the opposite side, but 4-40 works in either direction, so I figure they're 3mm.
I've pushed the limits of cable management as far as I care to. That's the limiting factor, hacking the sheet metal of the PSU would allow it to go a bit below the level of the heat sink, but that's Ponoco process hostile. The only mod to the PSU necessary for someone who might want to do this will be replacement of the (3mm?) PCB mounting bolts with longer ones in 4-40. Couldn't thread the originals in from the opposite side, but 4-40 works in either direction, so I figure they're 3mm.
