Here is my dilemma. An Asus pundit whose nonstandard power supply died, and no replacement available for under $150 - $200 or so. And a standard ATX or micro ATX power supply will not fit inside the pundit case, without modifications that is.
At this point a normal person would just give up and not waste any further time on a 5 year-old machine. Well, not me...
I bought a generic standard ATX power supply for $25 and set to work with sheet metal nibblers. I'm not going to show how I actually cut the case because I don't want idiots attempting to copy this and winding up hurting themselves.
The result. Nice fit, right? Wrong. It turns out that a bit more metal had to be removed to move the power supply out a fraction of an inch towards the back, so that it wouldn't bump into the motherboard once it was reinstalled in the case.
Extra material removed, and a couple brackets fashioned from scrap metal (recycled from the case itself!) spot welded in place to act as brackets to support the PS. It fits now with the motherboard installed.
Just a couple things are missing now, some brackets need to be spot welded to the cover to keep the PS from flopping out. Once the cover is on and screwed into place, the power supply is firmly retained. I did it this way because I was too lazy to drill and/or tap proper threaded holes for retaining the PS. Besides, I think taking an angle grinder and spot welder to a PC case is kind of fun. In keeping with the recycling theme I used some peripheral card knock-outs as brackets. The finishing touch was duct tape around all the sharp edges.
Don't laugh, it works.
