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Efficiency Is Where It's At
10:37 AM - September 13, 2007 by
Bert Töpelt
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: hardware, components
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Efficiency Is Where It's At
This PC power supply does not come package in an enclosure, so great care is advised during installation and use - it can easily short out and get damaged. That's why we built our own enclosure for the supply, which also gave us a good way to mount a fan for this 12-volt device. We used Plexiglas for its construction, cut into carefully measured pieces and glued together.

Preparing...

...and working on the pieces

Cardboard model

Drilling out the cover

Cutting out the Plexiglas pieces

Assembling the pieces

Circuit board on top of the bottom piece

Mounting the board onto the bottom piece

Cables, cooler and board in the box from below

Cables, cooler and board in the box from above
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