Hey Hak5 forum,
I'm foraying into the world of case modding. I'm a grad student so I decided to build my own home media server instead of buying one that will wind up costing me a fortune for all the functionality I want. I decided to add some pzazz to it and make it even more fun by case modding it.
My goal is to fit it all into the body of a toy truck pictured in the attachment and not spend more than $250.
I've decided to go with an AMD FUSION board with a fan-less design, On sale at my local Big Box store for $130. I decided to cannibalize a case on sale for $25 that included a 300 watt PSU.
(Here's where my post title comes to play) the casing around the actual pcb for the PSU is huge (overly large). I was wandering, if I were to rehouse the PSU in a smaller isolated case, that will fit in my modded case. What should be my primary concerns for rehousing? air flow? electrical grounding? PSU Temp?
I look forward to reading your responses