hello here a small mod i made.
i made a very beefy htpc/lan mini itx rig
using a elite 130 case
a z87e itx motherboard from azrock
a watercooled 4770K in push pull
with 2 3.5"sshdd and a gtx 970 strix.
as you expect it was a very tight fit and i had to use the disk drive bay to put the 2nd sshdd.
last year i broke the very flimsy shrink wrap of the wifi antenna connector during a lan party
since then,i was living a real nightmare to make the wifi bluetooth work.
it had only 1 or 2 bar in the wifi detection ,most usb wifi dongle i was throwing at it was not compatible or had weird bugs with my motherboard.
and in france replacement antennas are still hard to find.
so to avoid any more problems i chose to go with a internal wifi mod for my elite 130 .
i read tons of forum subjects about laptop antennas and how some pc maker like hp,alienware or apple put antennas inside their case.
i read too about the faraday cage problem.
and founded some basic rules about using a internal antenna inside a desktop.
i am not sure if they are true but here my bet:
1 you need to put the antenna on a thin plastic part of the cage to avoid problems.
2 you need to put the antennas on the upper part of the case.
and 3 : you need place the antennas on the most external and the upper part of the case for best result.
if you use more than 1 antenna the spacing between each antenna should be around 1 hand .
so i purchased this style of antennas to replace mine. http://www.ebay.fr/itm/251597877097?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
and i glued them to my cd cover of my case .
i was kinda scared because the front of the computer was plastic honeycomb with metal mesh.
but after hooking the antennas to my motherboard i had really good result .
with all wifi bars full most of the time and bt working again with a good range of 30m
so i am happy with this mod and i recommend it for most new itx builds.
hope you enjoyed my mod,sorry for my bad english im french.
