CircuitBear

Do you mean how high the screen is to a person looking at it? It is around 9 inch high but that is my personal preference. The legs hold just fine. It does wobble abit, but that is kinda difficult to fight. If I do find some nicer legs I might put them in. Currently I am rocking a i3 10105 and a 3060, hopefully as I go on I will be able to fit a i9 10900 in there 16gb of ram. The board next to the Mb is actually the controller board for the monitor.

I present The Lantop prototype. This is a custom built fully modular and fully upgradable AIO that can be carried around far better then other AIO out there, eblaztr comes to mind here. It will perform on par if not better then most very high end gaming laptops while providing a full 22 inch monitor. A little History on the project. A while back, in fact a couple years back, I started a project to make a large version of a laptop that would be around the same size as this project is now. However over time, I came to the conclusion that integrated keyboards just suck and would rather have a separate keyboard. It was then decided, I would go the AIO route. It was a DIY AIO. Couple years go by and the shutdown of everything had me realize that parts would take forever to arrive and gave me the idea to completely start from scratch. So after figuring out what size monitor was best suited for portability I went with a 22 inch monitor, the GFV22CB from VIOTEK . This gave me the size that I would then built the chassis around. The Build. The concept of an AIO is not new however, the ultra compact nature of SFF systems and full modularity and upgradability is something that is still to this day lacking in the AIO department particularly when it comes to how thin they are compared to todays very high gaming laptop market. So I set out to figure the bare minimum how thin could I actually go and after coming across a very specific type of server motherboard the Asrock Imb 1222, I found out that you could practically reach the sub 1 inch or 25.4 mm height and still have everything installed, with one little caveat, you need to be comfortable making 90 degree mods to atx pin connectors. This is not something that is impossible nor I would say dangerous either. Soldering is quite a simple process, just make sure you have the right tools and you should prevail. The next thing in mind was how to power such a device. It turns out that within the Small Form Factors forums exist a bunch of low to high end Psu units in both AC to DC and DC to DC. The Dynamo 360 and Hd plex 400w DC-ATX come to mind. Amongst these however exist the current pinnacle of small form factor psu from HD PLEX, the GaN 250w psu. This psu can provide most mid range system with plenty of power for everyday use and so I chose this to power my system and is only 25mm thick. I realized that anything gpu related is just a matter of removing the massive heatsink and fans and place a custom cooling solution which I did for my cpu as well. I picked the D series of coolers from Streamcom with 6 heat pipes each. From there I made a simple MOD on my motherboard and Psu atx pins to a 90 degree to allow for ease of connections as well as a quick custom mount for the D series cpu cooler which allowed for an extra 1mm of clearance. Once I got the majority of my components ready, I began building the chassis itself. The chassis contains the monitor and the computer in one small form factor size being a total of 36mm thicccc slim and is 520mm long by 320mm wide. It is built all in aluminum and since I have access to welding equipment, I was able to weld together 1/2inch square tubing together to make the outside frame and then weld and formed sheet inside to house and mount the components and bridge the wiring for the monitor from the other side through some cutouts. I then proceeded to acquire some carbon fiber tubing mostly for both looks but to keep weight down. They have slots that allow spring pins to hold the legs in place in both upright and collapsed mode and the rear leg stores in a slot of the 1/2 square tubing. The final two pieces the front and rear covers are simply aluminum sheets of 1.6mm thinness and provides the securing of the monitor along with some screws and double sided foam for tension and retention for the monitor, whilst the rear cover is a perforated sheet that allows for cooling and connection of the DB series cooling solution from streamcom to radiates the heat into the perforated sheet which is then cooled by blower fans mounted at lower portion of the chassis. The top portion of the chassis has perforation for added ventilation and cutouts for access to the motherboard IO. The future. The build is completed and I am currently running test and also enjoying the computer for gaming and other everyday computers things including cad work. I for one am currently looking for some new blower fans that are better suited for my build, getting some nice heatsink for the VRM and also improving the build in terms of things like the push pins that are a bit janky to actuate and maybe the legs could be even sturdier. In theory I could also make a new chassis that is smaller by replacing one side of the square tubing for a channel shape or formed piece of aluminum. Perhaps in the future. Also improving the cooling system to also cool the Psu would benefit this system as well. All in all I believe that this is an excellent proof of concept and called it "The Lantop" as it suits that role quite well for what is has been built for. I hope I will have more to add to this build and hope you are all inspired, take care out there.

This project has changed and is now completed. I will post on a new post. Stay tuned.

I guess yes, I might need a better name though because laptop might not be appropriate.

Better Light on these pictures.

Some more photos.

So I am back... been busy but. I finished the lower half of the build just took forever to get the time to get some pictures all setup. I Installed the IMB 1215 mother board inside along with a 2tb 660p intel m.2 ssd and got a really nice 16x pcie extension cable that wraps around the motherboard and connect the gtx 1660 ti. In the pictures below you will see the adapter I built for the graphics card. It is crude I know...and it sits on thermal paste to ensure good contact. So for now everything works, I have a issue with the motherboard not recognizing the graphics card, it detects it but does not seem to like it, so I will be working on that next, as well as the upper chassis for the screen and all. Also this is still just very prototypish so to be honest there might be some changes to certain components like the cables and possibly even the Hd Plex DCATX 400w psu since I might not be utilizing all of the capabilities of this psu. AANNYWAYYS I will try to keep this going, been busy.. and things are a bit slow for now. Cheers.

Action is Coming.. IMB 1215 from asrock

Sneak peak... that is all for nowzz..

Hello again, It has been a couple minutes and I have a small update to add about the project so far. So I have acquired a fair bit more components for my build, and that has led me to change some aspects of my chassis. The dimensions are the same for the over all specs but the internal volume has changed as well as the thinkness of the aluminium sheet from 2.3 mm to 1.5 mm. The internal housing for the main components such has the motherboard and the recently acquired graphics card, has changed from 17.3 cm wide to 18 cm, allowing me to fit the majority of the pieces a lot better. The newly acquired gtx 1660 ti from gigabyte, and the HD Plex 400 will make a great addition to my future proofing of this setup. I disassembled the 1660 ti, removing the radiator, Fan, and bracket in preparation for mounting. I have yet to decide on what setup I will use for the cooling of the Gpu, although I have plans to have a slimmed down radiator and a 120 mm fan mounted, to cool it off. The position of the gpu is not final has i am awaiting a shipment from the China with my special M.2 to Pcie 16x slot adapter, and yes the motherboard has a M.2 slot with a Pcie 3.0 4x connection which for now until more thin mini itx motherboards surface for purchase, will suffice. The SSD will retain a place under the keyboard supporting section. As for the Hd Plex 400, the unit itself requires no modification, it is 26 mm thick. However the cables that fit into the Psu needs some modifications, I intend to slimmed them down and/or have them be tilted to a 90 degree angle. Larry from HD PLEX ( great person btw) hooked me up with a elusive cable as well, that I needed for the Mod, which is a 4 pin to 2 pin atx power cable, to allow me to power the motherboard internally. Furthermore, I have acquired my keyboard, which is a Anidees slim keyboard which is only 19mm thick at its highest point, and it features some very nice blue switches and Rgb back lighting, whilst being connected either via a wireless or wired setup. That's it for now, I have work to do for sure, and i will be posting an updated once things are mounted with a further update on my screen setup and how I intend on mounting the hinges to the whole system. Thanks for tuning in.

Gud day, This is my first time posting on this forum soo hello there, and this is my second ever Small form factor build, with the Node 202 by fractal design being my first ever project. I leave you with some pictures for now, of the components that i have gathered so far and the chassis build, that I hand crafted for this project that will house the motherboard and other internal components, with some small notes. I do apologies for the bad lighting, i do not have a very good setup for such things. I have begun this DIY laptop hybrid, so that i could use it as a future proof portable system with fully up gradable components, including the screen, which I will be working on in the near future as the project progresses. For a quick Overview, the built chassis is made of aluminium that is 49 cm long X 29.5 cm wide and 2,7 cm thiCC (the pictures don't do the build any favors.) The layout is currently presented with the Motherboard, a thin mini itx board from Asus, facing down and I intend on completing the build that way. I am sporting some corsair vengeance ram at 2400 MHz and a I5 8500 coupled with Intel's thin thermal solution for cooling and finally, a 500 gb WD SSD as a boot drive. For the moment I am going to power the build via a HD PLEX 160 and a 230 watt power brick. In the future I intend on filling that empty space with a small form factor graphics card that i haven't picked out yet. Furthermore, the screen I intend on placing will be a 21.5 inch monitor that I will mod (now you know why i chose such a long build length ) to be powered via the Psu. I will update the post as I go but for now, enjoy some bad pictures of my current build. Cheers. CircuitBear