Reverse mounted ATX board

[Benetics]

Good morning,

 

I'm currently designing a billet aluminium PC case and have been trying to get a mechanical look. Currently I've design a webbed bracket that mounts the ATX board from the non component side, but I've got myself wondering can I mount the motherboard from component side with standoffs? As It is billet I can machine the webbing to avoid all the components on the board. So is it safe to reverse mount the motherboard on the component side? 

 

Board is a B450 AC carbon,

 

Many thanks,

Ben

[jaslion]

9 minutes ago, Benetics said:

Good morning,

 

I'm currently designing a billet aluminium PC case and have been trying to get a mechanical look. Currently I've design a webbed bracket that mounts the ATX board from the non component side, but I've got myself wondering can I mount the motherboard from component side with standoffs? As It is billet I can machine the webbing to avoid all the components on the board. So is it safe to reverse mount the motherboard on the component side? 

 

Board is a B450 AC carbon,

 

Many thanks,

Ben

I'd say no standofs should still be used but other than that you can do anything you want really.

[Benetics]

Just now, jaslion said:

I'd say no standofs should still be used but other than that you can do anything you want really.

Okay, good to know, are the standoffs a worry due the weight of the populated motherboard over stressing the standoffs?

[jaslion]

7 minutes ago, Benetics said:

Okay, good to know, are the standoffs a worry due the weight of the populated motherboard over stressing the standoffs?

It's more of a case of somehow the motherboard shorting on the frame even if all is avoided than anything else.

[Benetics]

3 hours ago, jaslion said:

It's more of a case of somehow the motherboard shorting on the frame even if all is avoided than anything else.

Ahh okay, here's a better idea of what I'm doing, I'm designing some black Delrin mounts to bridge to the board and isolate from the frame. 

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, Benetics said:

Ahh okay, here's a better idea of what I'm doing, I'm designing some black Delrin mounts to bridge to the board and isolate from the frame. 

Oh this is what you meant. Yeah doesn't look like an issue just gotta make sure that whatever long thing you use to mount it to the board fits in the motherboard standoffs that go on the cases backweb. That and isn't your 8 pin blocked? Also check for cooler compatibility so you don't end up with an unusable frame that blocks any and all cooler. No clue what you are going for here with cooling tho

[Benetics]

3 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Oh this is what you meant. Yeah doesn't look like an issue just gotta make sure that whatever long thing you use to mount it to the board fits in the motherboard standoffs that go on the cases backweb. That and isn't your 8 pin blocked? Also check for cooler compatibility so you don't end up with an unusable frame that blocks any and all cooler. No clue what you are going for here with cooling tho

Sweet, the connectors should all be relatively easy to get in, I will 3D print a prototype chassis before I CNC, it just in case I learn something isn't good. I'll most likely revise the design to accommodate air cooling on the CPU, has for GPU cooling, I'll be going water cooling, as I want to design my on manifolds as I'm a microfluidics engineer. 

[TVwazhere]

3 hours ago, Benetics said:

Ahh okay, here's a better idea of what I'm doing, I'm designing some black Delrin mounts to bridge to the board and isolate from the frame. 

This is so impractical but I love it. Safety wise I see no issue if you're using standoffs. They dont even have to be plastic ones, metal ones would be okay as the screw holes should be isolated from the rest of the PCB on both sides. 

[Benetics]

48 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

This is so impractical but I love it. Safety wise I see no issue if you're using standoffs. They dont even have to be plastic ones, metal ones would be okay as the screw holes should be isolated from the rest of the PCB on both sides. 

Why thank you, I'll leave the practicalities to the Germans. lol