Question Any good websites to find and buy laptop clamshells?

[iNeedy]

Needed a good laptop shell to put a motherboard + fan in.

 

[USAFRet]

Needed a good laptop shell to put a motherboard + fan in.

No, that doesn't exist. There is no standard laptop shell. They are ALL different.

And the motherboard needs to match the particular housing.

 

[Karadjgne]

It's not a desktop, it's a laptop, it's a space priority and organizational nightmare where every component needs to be secured in a specific sequence and orientation. That means the need for specific screw placements, specific brackets, specific component placement for wiring and airflow needs.

Desktops are universal, laptops are model specific. If you have the mobo, it'll only fit in 1 shell, best bet is ebay or similar to find an exact replacement. Might even buy a non-working, for parts only exact laptop model and swap your good parts in.