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Any Cases With Front-Facing Expansion Slots?

Posted by timothy on from the facing-forward dept.

owenferguson asks: "I'm sick and bloody tired of futzing around with ports (USB, sound, video, firewire, serial) that come out of the back of my mid-tower case. Does anyone know of a case that allows you to mount the motherboard 'backwards,' that is, with the expansion slots and various ports situated beneath the drive bays, facing foreward? I'm planning to build one myself, but if there's one already on the market, I'll probably just buy it."

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  1. Another solution by tunah · · Score: 3, Funny
    Just put the stupid case backwards!

    BTW, does anyone know of a case that allows you to mount cd drives, floppy drives etc on the back of the machine?

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  2. The Dremel way... by LaserBeams · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cut the case in half right above the motherboard bay and below the drive bays. Flip the bottom half around, and weld/rivet/duct tape it back together. I'm not sure if the side panels would go back on, but it seems like it would work, otherwise.

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