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.
Front of the case, showing the roof hole and the window.
Rear shot without the roof, showing the platform for the HD
In situ for scale.
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.