Little Boy SL - An extended favorite - 3D Printed PC case
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
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Ender 3 was the most selled printers back then, and now they became cheap and easy to get anywhere. So a case designed to fit in a 220mmx220mm print bed will be a great idea.
Ender-friendly sizes would definitely hit a large number of 3D printer owners 😁👍
Would love to have it happen. These designs are so well thought out and I think most common printers are around the 220 x 220 mm mark.
Things I would appreciate:
- 1-2 x 2,5” drive support (also some way to slot one in toollessly would be cool)
- SFX / ATX psu option similar to this case (love the flexibility of it!)
- 2 slot GPU support
- 1-2 x 120 mm bottom fan intake for the GPU similar to NR-200P
- CPU cooler support height around 70 mm similar to NH-L12S styled coolers or small water cooler block with 120mm fans
You often can't actually use all 220mm, if you design something for enders etc maybe try to stay around 215
@@laurikvo thank you! I’ll probably be aiming for parts somewhere around a maximum of 200x200mm mark per panel piece. If I have to split I may even get it down to 180x180 for the Prusa Mini’s but I’ll see what I come up with. Currently unboxing my new K1 max so hopefully I’ll be able to up my Print quality a bit from that rusty old CR10 😅
Yes please!!!!! For endeeeeer!!!!
looks great! Love how your designs are evolving.
Thank you! I do my best to make every project better and better!
Such an amazing design, now when you have consistent design it feels like you are a big company
Thank you! 😊Haha perhaps I’ll be able to create a company that specializes in this some time in the future. It’s a fun journey that can only go up from here 😊
@@makerunit I think you really could do this, now when more and more case making companies trying to make sff case, more and more people will try to use sff format, plus you giving not one case, you giving endless way of modifying the case to fit all people's build, like if someone using a noctua d15 cooler, they just can make o pocket in side panel for it
@@igwarden5404 yeah. I have had a lot of requests fron people wanting to buy some of my cases pre-printed but I’ve always had to say no due to me not having enough printing capacity with my one CR10 and just a small Ender 3.
This case is really well designed. awesome work.
Thank you! 😊
every one of these cases amazes me. good work
Thank you so much! I do what I can to improve every time so the next one gets even better! 😊
Really love the design of this case, you're videos keep on getting better too! Clean and simple!
Thank you! 😊 I appreciate it!
Never a disappoint here. Another great case!
Thank you so much!
As always, this is awesome and I love your videos. Files being sent to my printer today!
Awesome! Glad to hear you want to give it a shot! Feel free to post a Make on Printables when you’re done! I love to see the different setups and color combos people choose 😊
In addition to the extension cords having different angled orientations (including up and down), the power supplies themselves sometimes have the socket mounted one way or the other. I ran into this with one of my builds. So for anyone that has to use PSU mains plug extensions, make sure that you also double and triple check which way the power supply you're about to purchase has that plug orientation at.
Awesome case!
I wasn’t aware of this as I thought they all followed a certain standard, but this is definitely good to keep in mind 😊
And thank you!
Excellent, now we need a console style type case !!!
Thank you! I’m considering it 😁
Love to see something like jonsbo n3 NAS case used n sold so well to make a mini itx motherboard with 8 x 3.5 inch hdds. Simple case at ridiculous price.
Understood! 😊 yeah that’s a pretty pricy case!
Yes the problem would probably be finding a backplane to go in but i would love this
This is incredible. Great Job!
Thank you Ricky! 😊
With the cable on ATX PSUs it is pretty easy to find a panel mount extension cable in both left and right 90 degree angle variants but you have to be super specific with the search terms
"right angle c14 to c13 extension cable" is what I used to find one for a build I'm doing
I see, yeah I found a few online, but I ended up getting something I could buy locally in my preferred store 😁 and the «majority» of those I found were the wrong angle.
Great job 👏
Thanks for sharing 🙏
Thank you! 😊
Great 3D Printed Case. Subscribed.
Thank you! ☺️ I’m glad you liked it!
loving your designs will build this alongside my little boy M
Thank you! I’ll try my best to keep the cool designs coming! You’ve already seen a sneak peak at my upcoming project. That one should be able to fit some really long GPU’s! 😊
Wow man, watching your video after some time. Your cases are really good.
Thank you! 😊 I do my best to make them a little better every time!
@@makerunit what is the material used in the cases(I didn't watch the full video). They've got to be sturdy, right?
@@srijanraghavula mostly I use PETG but in this case all the Grey is actually PLA and no it does not melt under load 😁
@@makerunit thanks for the info and happy new year 🎊
@@srijanraghavula happy new year!
Great job! 🔥
Thank you! 😁
Very interesting design. It reminds me of the LOQUE design. A sandwich layout for bigger GPU's is the thing I would print instantly!
It’s on my to-do list (which os quite long)! But the goal is to get there 😁 I’ve wanted to do a sandwich for a while.
This is super cool! I've been thinking of designing my own 3D printed PC case and this is really similar to how I'd want to do it.
FWIW you could also print the feet out of TPU. :D
Thank you! Yeah the feet could be TPU but I prefer to just use the foam pads. They actually work pretty well in my opinion
Bravo! What a great piece. I will replace my crowded Little Bpy S with this brand new version.
Awesome! Feel free to post a Make when you’re done! I’d love to see how your setup looks!
Epic work
Thank you 😊
I'd recommend using a IEC panel mount socket to plug extension which would not make it necessary to do mains voltage wiring. It could actually save lives.
That’s actually a fair point to consider for future designs. As the power switch can easily be flipped directly on the PSU from the front also by just tilting out the magnetic front panel a bit.
good stuff
Thank you! 😊
I NEED THIS CASEEE !!!!
Well go get it then !!!!😊 do you have a 3D printer?
Wake up babe! New Makerunit build just dropped!
Haha! I love the enthusiasm! Happy new year Matt! 🎆
@@makerunit thank you, you too sir!
Awesome case design, GPU cooling is a bit lacking though. It would be great to have a version with extra 30mm height so we could add fans on the bottom plate ;)
Thank you! I get your concern, however the GPU should be pulling in cool air directly from the bottom so it’s getting cooled decently. However, as you say, extra fans will alwals be better 😊
If this was able to fit 300mm GPUs, and be printed on an ender 3. I would begin printing this immediately.
I have a case coming, that can hold approx a 320mm GPU, printable on an Ender or Prusa Mini 180x180mm min size required. It’s a little different though.
@@makerunit will it be itx board?
@@PepeLewPew Yes, ITX motherboard and SFX power supply. There's a "short" on my channel showing you a sneak peak at the outcome.
A modular micro atx NAS case that you can print and expand as you need: 4/8/12/... hot swappable drives would be awesome, standard sized fans support (120/140/200mm) and it would beat most if not all commercial solutions.
Would design it myself if it wasn't so far above my skill level 😅
I have a pretty cool idea in mind for a potential stackable hot swappable HDD assembly for NAS cases. The idea in my head is a modular system that can be mounted to almost any case, and you’d just add as many units as the case could fit. Still in the idea phase though so we’ll see where it goes 😊
would love to see something with a handle
I understand this is something many people seem to want. I’ll keep it in mind if I find a suitable project 😊
Great Work, keep it up. Hope a chimney style matx case or sff atx case will be intruduced sometime.
Thank you! I have one recent ITX chimney build but it’s rather large. Check out my «Big Boy» case on my channel. It’s free to download if it’s of any interest. If not I’d love to make some more options for chimney style in the future.
What features would you have wanted included in such a design?
@@makerunit I think cases with small footprints are really nice, so a Matx/atx Case with a small footprint would be really cool. Also a Slot for a dust Filter that you could Just Slide in Like the other Panels (that are 3d printed) would be pratical. An Front IO would be nice. A versetile piece, where people could just Design the Ports demisions into the already Made piece. (They could Take the Ports Form their old Case or If it is their first Case just buy one new). Long story Short a Part that is wide that could fit into a space and could be screwed into that, while having the CAD of this holder to adjust it to the io Front Panel that the people have, so they do not have to buy a new one. About the Matx Case, I personally am not the biggest Fan of so wide cases, a narrow one would look much better, at least for me. Have a nice day. bb
@@wolf_industries I understand. A Slim mATX is requested by many. A full size ATX case I have not made yet but is on my list to eventually make too 😊 good idea about the universal front I/O ports.
Love all the designs, have yet got the chance to use one yet though, perhaps is there and ITX build in the works but fit for ATX psu and larger GPU (230mm to be exact :P)
Thank you! I’ve got a few projects planned for the next month, however none fitting your exact description. But more ideas are added continiously, so I might get there as well at some point. Coming up soon is an ATX size case. Not very small, but printable on a 180x180mm printbed! 😊
Love this! try to make console style case like SGPC K59 and SGPC K66 air.
I’ve noted that console style cases are highly requested. I’ll do my best to get one out
S = Small
SL = Slightly Longer
Both are good looking case.
Thank you!
And, yeah pretty much! 😁
I'm hoping one day I rebuild my pc from scratch and have the opportunity to use one of your cases. For now i'm just enjoying the content :)
I’m glad to hear you enjoy my content! Any wishes for a potential case project?
@@makerunitA compact build optimized for atx motherboards + PSUs would be great! You seem to have perfectly covered sff already, let's see some big stuff :D
@@christoskaragiannis7973 I see! That’s the challenge though. To fit big parts in a small build 😁
The one thing I would change is to make the logo the power button
Haha yeah it has crossed my mind actually. Shouldn’t be too hard to accomplish with a simple tactile switch.😁
You could also design a case that would be made for Ryzen 8000G series iGPU-only builds, with a Flex-ATX PSU, a cheap B650M motherboard (A620M are surprisingly expensive, let alone ths ITX boards) for that PBO and iGPU and RAM overclocking and to have the smallest size that would house a low profile CPU fan that can sustain 95W very well (a 20x20mm patch of PTM7950 in the middle of the CPU heat spreader would be a must). Imagine something that's only 3L and would house a Flex-ATX PSU (or a Pico PSU's 12V power adapter) below the CPU heatsink, so as to make use of the unused PCI-E slot space, since GPUs like the GTX 1650 would be simply unnecessary now. That would make for a compact and dense upgradable system that won't sound like a jet engine like those mini-PCs do, which cannot be upgraded.
I want to build a system like this with a Ryzen 5 8600G that's going to be cheap but very fast for my workloads, because I don't play videogames, and don't even need an SFF case with a costly ITX motherboard because of this. All cases for my needs are garbage, so a light but strong case with good airflow would be great to build in. A killer feature of a build like this is the possibility to freely upgrade the RAM as you like, as well as the CPU in 5 years' time with a Zen 6 APU with RDNA 4 at a discount to get a 40%+ CPU performance improvement, and just print out a bigger case in case you ever need to install a dGPU (for some reason).
I see! I’m actually considering to make a new APU case design very soon which is intended to utilize a PICO psu and a 200mm fan for extremely quiet (pretty much silent, in theory). At the moment I do not own a FLEX atx psu but I intend on getting one some day to make more projects with that as well for higher performance requiring builds.
@@makerunit I didn't notice that you already made a 3L case that's very similar in scope. One thing is that the Pico PSUs require a massive external 12V adapter to be hauled around as well, unless it's totally stationary and can be buried somewhere below the desk. So it can't be a 3L case, as it needs more volume to house that Flex-ATX PSU.
So here's how I see the Ryzen 8000G-oriented case:
- using only an mATX board, many of them are almost twice as cheap as the ITX boards, namely the Gigabyte Gaming boards, so it has to be effectively 250x250mm in size to account for the 244x244mm size factor.
- potentially being ~90mm in depth, so as to leave some space in the lower part of the case for a Flex-ATX PSU, or maybe even up to an SFX-L PSU (not sure why we'd need it for an iGPU build that would only use around 180W peak in total with OC) that are 41mm in depth, and the rest of the board with its M.2 and chipset heatsinks, outstanding PCI-E slots, the stand-off depth and other factors, and to leave some free room between the two.
- ditching the included Wraith Spire cooler, which is 105mm in depth by itself, for a less noisy and capable low profile cooler option
All of this would leave us with a
My only suggestion for this case would be using acrylic mesh panels on the side for those who like looking at the interiors of their builds. Also, adding a triple slot for more gpu space if not done so already.
For a new case design, move the PSU to in front of the mobo, with the PSU fan facing the exterior, then you can add a 120-140mm fan in the front and one above the mobo. This would still give the option of a low profile cpu cooler or a 120mm aio (the aio would have to go to the front though). I guess it would be a similar design to the SilverStone SG13
I see. Yeah we all have different taste in how we prefer our PCs to look. Are you thinking like PSU fan sucking in air from the motherboard side?
@@makerunit no, the psu fan facing the exterior
@@dawsonpoe yeah that’s what I meant 😉
What a nice case! I am using the th3p4g3 as eGPU adapter. It would be great if you could design and create such a nice case as this one. 🙂
That’d be a fun project to do sometime! 😊 I’ve always wanted to try to make an eGPU case!
very cool design.
Some niche suggestiions:
1. Would be cool if that 2.5" bracket could hold 4x drives.
2. Would it be possible to have those side panels fit an ender 3 220mm bed by having the panels split into two interlocking panels? Perhaps the 2.5" drive bracket could hold both side panels together?
By using a SFX psu only it could be possible to add 4x 2.5 inch drives instead but it would require a re-design.
The side panels are 227x300mm at most so unfortunately it’s just too big for the ender even if split in two, but that’s what I’m thinking about doing, it’s to create a new design that is specifically designed to be printed on smaller printers. 😊
Yeah it would be helpful if the bracket held the parts together definitely.
great design. out of curiosity, what is the internal tempature of the case? Since you used pla is there any warping?
I have not measured the internal temperature but based on the temp on the M.2 drives we’re looking at just over 40 degrees C. In most cases it’s rarely a problem to use PLA. Only if you are making some poorly designed hot boy with pretty much zero air it MAY cause problems. Most cases won’t really matter if you use PETG or PLA tbh.
You are going to make me buy a new printer ;)
I just bought myself a brand new Creality K1 Max that will be delivered hopefully tomorrow! 😅 I can’t wait.
@@makerunit Bambu Lab A1 3D Printer is what I am looking at, been running mini for awhile
@@FeWolf yeah I considered that one too but for now I’m getting the creality mainly due to it’s 300 mm cubed print volume. The 256 just ain’t enough for most of my projects 😁
I just wish you had some NAS designs for like 2, 4, and 6 3.5" HDDs.
If you wait a few days, I will have one! That’s what I’m working on right now. Actually it’s done and working. The video is being made now.
Pretty case! Do you have mATX smaller but Long version?
Thank you! Not at the moment but more versions is planned to come.😊
I love your keyboard stand, could you please share the link where you bought it? And the same thing with PC case, I am building my own PC and your case is awesome!
Thank you! But, keyboard stand? Do you mean my desk?
@@makerunit I meant the thing where you have all 3 keyboards like on the shelf
@@sebii_sw where approximately in the video do I show that thing?
How is your experience with PLA for these case builds? No softening/sagging in hotspot areas?
I've only printed in PLA so far and want to make a case similar to your designs. I'll get into PETG eventually, but don't have the time lately to do any tuning/tweaking to get perfect prints from a new [to me] material.
My experience is that mostly PLA is fine and I have not had any direct issues with this in any of my builds. In fact the grey panels of this case is printed with PLA. I do still try to use PETG where possible.
It’s not really hard to print PETG in my opinion but bad overhangs and stringing are a bit harder to avoid with PETG as it doesn’t cool as fast as PLA, and if you do cool it too fast it may warp and lift the corners. I generally try to avoid parts with long overhangs when I plan to use PETG.
@@makerunitThanks for the advice. I'll give it a go with PLA and see how it fares at the hotspots (like right behind the CPU). I'll try PETG if the PLA does end up softening.
@@davidg5898 I don’t think the hotspot behind the CPU wil matter. There is no load on that portion of the panel anyways, just a small air gap, even at 80 degrees the air just a couple millimeters away is far from that. And even at 80 it still needs some force to actually bend, so I wouln’t worry.
Would love to see a tiny microATX build featuring a single fan gpu
I see, however, there would be no reason to not support dual fan cards up to at least 244mm which is the width of a mATX motherboard 😁 why restrict it to single fan (160-180mm) when the case can’t be smaller than 244 anyways?
@@makerunit great point, that opens up more gpu choices - would like that even more 👍
In my country, Mini PC is getting attention now, but i dont like how i cant pick my parts 😅. But ITX motherboard and sfx psu still too expensive, atleast for me 😂. Maybe a case without gpu (who need gpu if AMD APU is powerful enough 😂) with mATX and ATX psu and a 2.5" drive would be nice
I see! I’m planning many different models for the upcoming months. And I hope I’ll be able to make one that can support ATX as well!
1 kg ~ $320 - $400, it's very good idea!
1kg = $320? That sounds a bit expensive, unless you are referring to another currency than US Dollar?
Please make a NAS case. i am hanging for that
I see. I’m thinking about trying that some day 😊
Would be cool to see sandwich type line up of cases, you could even call it "little sandwich" to keep consistent naming.
Little sandwich XS - velka 3 type case
Little sandwich S - velka 5
Little sandwich - velka 7
Little sandiwch L - ghost s with top hats
Sry for spamming, you just unleashed my creativity with those cases
That’s a great idea actually! And I could start the video by literally making a sandwich, then switching over to PC components 😂 this is funny in my head but may not be as funny in text form 😅
what height/width of gpu is supported? also is there an option for a rear 90mm fan for a dual tower cpu cooler setup? what about an option for just a regular psu extention for the rear?
Hi, I have actually just made some modifications to this a few days ago supporting a rear 92mm fan next to the motherboard. Also, 2 slot GPU no wider than about 125mm. Otherwise the cables will get super tight. The biggest height I’ve tried was a 1660 Super ITX which was 121mm height out from the motherboard and it was already getting quite tight with only a few more millimeters to spare.
The internal width is exactly 150mm. The standoffs are 6mm, motherboard thickness is 1.5mm meaning you have a total of about 142mm from motherboard to wall. So you’ll be able to measure this before building to see if it’ll fit including your power cables. Measure from the PCIe part of the card up to the cables added. They probably have to be carefully bent upwards and I recommend doing that before installing the cable onto the GPU to relieve stress on the connector.
Maybe a little OCD but perhaps for the next build change the infill angle setting from 45 to 0 in the slicer so the honeycombs line up with the edges.
That’s a great tip actually. That never crossed my mind! Thank you! 😁
By chance were you inspired by 3D Printy? Your video style reminded me of him!
Hi! I’m not familiar with 3D Printy unfortunately. Is he good? 😁 I couldn’t find him when searching that name either?
truly inspiring, may i know how thick is the print?
Thank you! Can you be more specific on which part you refer to? Are you thinking panel thickness or total width?
@@makerunit sorry the panel I mean actually
@@wordjumper2713 about 10mm thickness, to allow for enough strength and the sliding tracks.
I would pay for this product for extra printing. It's sad to not being close.
Unfortunately I don’t sell these cases. At least not for now. Maybe I will sometime in the future but per now I only have one good printer up and running so I can barely print out my own projects. 😁
Please make another that supports 240 aio at the top
I’m looking into making more variations of this design.
Is it possible to orient the power supply length wise side by side the motherboard? ITX is 170mm, the power supply is 125mm. If it's just these two, I think it's possible. but I don't know how long the lip of your side panel.
It’ll be a little too tight and «choke» the air cooler. But there is a remix available on Printables of my Little Boy S case someone remixed to fit an ATX psu alongside the motherboard, it’s shorter though… supporting only ITX GPU’s
Which 3D printer should I buy to have the most versatility when printing pc cases?
Well, to put it the easy way. The larger the print volume, the better for PC cases. All my designs fit within 300x300, but for example with a 400x400 printbed you may even be able to print a full size ATX case in single side panel parts. I’m mainly sticking to less than 300mm size printers as I share most of my files and most people don’t have bigger than that.
Beautiful work!
I'd like to see cases that can be printed on a Prusa Mini 180mm x 180mm x 180mm. Thanks.
Oo Prusa Mini, that’s a tricky one. But noted. 🙂 I’ll see how small I can manage to get the parts.
Could you use the motherboards on board HDMI instead of using a GPU and place more hard drives in that spot if?
It should be possible to make a bracket that slides into the AIO mount perhaps, to hold a few more hard drives if you use a low profile CPU cooler
You ever worry about warping from the heat certain components will produce?
I’m not really worried at all. Never had issues with this on my own designs. In this latest case all the grey parts are even PLA. That’s how confident I am in that they will not warp. 😁 though I try to use PETG where possible, but here I chose PLA because it was just easier to get locally in the grey color.
@@makerunit That is good to hear, love your work!
I want to see something butterfly type like xtia xproto mini I very like this cases
That’s a really cool design 👍😊
Nice video, but be carefull. The AC wiring is not up to spec. The part with the cable shoes should be soldered and the whole thing should be isolated in epoxy or plastic box.
When dissasembling the cable shoes can pull out and then you have exposed live pins. People can assume its safe if they switch off the PSU, and then they can get shocked
Thank you, and yeah you’ve got a good point there. Probably not the smartest move of me to assume that everyone who tries this has the knowledge on how to handle it. I’ll keep this in mind for future projects.
maybe an matx nas case? something compact, to print it with a bambu printer? 😊
Understood 😊 I’m planning on making a NAS case eventually.
can you design something like XL version ? something sandwich style with support for 280 rad , like an lian li h2o but bigger. that will be awesome
The goal is to make an ATX case some day. 😊
is there enough space for 2.5 slot cards or 50mm height?
Unfortunately only 2 slot (about 42mm).
can you do a series S size case with those laptop like motherboards and a low profile gpu
Laptop-like motherboard. Any specific type you’re thinking about?
@@makerunit minis form or something like that ,they've made a motherboard with a CPU that is soldered onto the board
Having only a 2 slot width GPU limits your choices with GPUs that were released in the past 3-4 years. Many of them are a minimum of 2.25-2.5 slots and quite a few are 2.75 to 3 slots even for mid range graphics cards.
Yeah I’m aware. Mainly this was designed based on my smaller version that used only ITX sized cards and a lot of people requested support for an ATX psu and hard drives. I plan on releasing more models to accomodate other parts down the road.
how about a case with the GPU at the top of the case to all the can exit the case. Most cases have the GPU at the botton which make the case hot
That’s a good suggestion actually, I haven’t really given that much thought! Only downside is the GPU may recycle some of its own exhaust resulting in a hotter GPU.
can you make a console style case like the s59i from taobao? i would gladly buy that!
I’m currently waiting for a FLEX atx psu, I might use that to build a console style case 😊
sfx too please! @@makerunit
@@user-mu8ok7ph6e I’ll see what I can do 😉
Hi I try find and no luck is possible to You make case for sfx oculink for 34 cm gpu? To be small as possible but powerfull to use amoust any big gpu?
Hi! Unfortunately I do not have any designs big enough for a 34cm GPU. I might make some in the future, but for now, I have no options :/
@@makerunit I love to se that and use i cant fint good oculink/thunderbold 4 option to can use SFX and 34 card and nothing more .
maybe case for an APU Ryzen User with Matx Motherboard? 😅
Slim mATX APU, I understand, I’ve got a Ryzen 7 5700G that I could try to use to make something cool. 😊 I’ve been thinking about doing that actually.