The new PVR I built back in May didn’t have a case at the time and though I had lofty plans to make a beautiful wooden case with laser cut lid it turned out to be beyond my skills at the time. Instead I did what any self respecting maker would do and bought a bag of Lego off eBay and built a case using whatever I ended up with.
It was a little tricky as there weren’t many large or even small base plates in the bag but I made do.
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- Front of the case, showing the roof hole and the window.
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- Rear shot without the roof, showing the platform for the HD
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- In situ for scale.
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- Finished case, with the added feet.
The case has a large hole under the motherboard and in the lid, this is to create a chimney effect to help the case keep cool. To start with I forgot to add feet to allow air to actually get to the underside of the case, after I spotted a few high temperature alerts I realised my mistake.