Came up with the idea to convert the lenovo laptop to home server so i disassembled the laptop and designed the 3d printed enclosure for it. connected m. 2 wifi adapter to 2 sata connectors.
Using it for immich and simple raidz1 smb file sharing. Accessing thru tailscale and cloudflare
I’ve finally finished the design for my budget NAS build, and I think I’ve officially used up all my brain capacity on this one. This is my first time ever 3D modeling, and it was a massive learning curve, especially trying to keep everything within a 180 x 180 x 180 mm build volume.
The case consists of three main parts: the central chassis and two side panels. I’m a little disappointed with the final length, I wanted it to be much more compact, but the integrated CPU cooler on the laptop motherboard is wide, which forced me to extend the footprint. final size is 340 x 175 x 125 mm
I’m looking to shorten the case in "Version 2."(If so 130mm SHORTER) Did some research i think I might take out the stock cooler and change it with some low profile desktop grade cooler, (nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution)
Does anyone have suggestions on what to do about the bulky stock CPU cooling?
I disassembled a laptop to build a mini home NAS server.
I’m not a designer or architect, and not very good at drawing, but I’m trying to 3D model a case for this project.
I ordered threaded inserts and an M.2 WiFi-to-SATA adapter.
What do you think about this layout? I’m planning to build it like a sandwich
Bottom layer: battery + power button I/O
Motherboard with cooler
3.5" HDD
Second 3.5" HDD
I’m not sure about the power I/O placement yet. If it fits above the motherboard, I’ll move it there.
I would appreciate any suggestions or references.
