open air atx cluster pod

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Simple ATX support structure which can be used to create a small open air storage cluster, or even just a single nas. It can fit any miniATX/mATX/microATX motherboard (and probably bigger since it's put upside down) and 4 standard 3,5" disk drives (bonus: I've also added a model which can fit 2 more 2,5" drives on top). I've created this because I had a bunch of old motherboards/disks/psus not in use anymore, and I wanted to use them to build a storage cluster, but I couldn't find any case which was cheap and compact enough. It is comprised of a front part and a back part, the PSU is screwed to the front part, the disks and the motherboard are screwed to both the front and the back part. There is an optional clip which can be used to stack them, I've made a long and a short one, because sometimes the components in the back of the motherboard would not allow the clip to fit. I've put the holes in such a way that it is possible to unscrew and substitute any component without having to unscrew any of the others (but for the 2,5" disks, which are optional anyway). I advice to print it in PETG because I feel a little bit safer since it is not flammable and computer parts could get a bit hot. Front and back parts together should weight just 144g once printed, which allows to print 6 of them with 1kg spool of PETG, way cheaper than any compact nas case on the market. I've found it fits better if printed at 101% (YMMV)