Case with VESA mount. How?

[Karsten75]

OK, I'm thinking of building an ultra-small PC, one with a VESA case that can be mounted on the back of a monitor attaching to the VESA mount on the monitor. Example case (not the one I necessarily want to use, but just one to illustrate what I'm talking about).

Looking at my monitors, my old one has a stand, leaving the VESA mount available. My other, better-quality ASUS monitor has the stand attached to the VESa mount.

So now my question, being dumb. DO I have to plan to only get a monitor where the VESA mount is free or is there some mechanism or trick to mount a small case and use the VESA mount as the monitor mount? I'm, for instance thinking of a wall-mounted monitor or TV acting as a very large photo frame.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

You'd have to have a monitor where the VESA is free, or possibly a case with a VESA socket on the other side (don't know if such a thing exists).

TVs use a far larger VESA mount, often 400mm, and generally won't work with those kinds of cases.

You may also want to look in to thin-ITX based AIOs.

 

[Karsten75]

Yea, I've never seen a VESA pass-thru case myself. The stress load on the case might be significant.

I'm not sure that there are build-your own AIOs out there. If you know of any I'd really appreciate a link.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/604-do-it-yourself-all-in-one-thin-mini-itx.html

 

[Karsten75]

That's super great. Thanks. Wasn't aware one could home-build AIOs - not that I really want to, of course.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

There's a couple of boards out there that fit FM2+ APUs, though they're kind of hard to get hold of.

It'd be far smaller than mounting a small PC on the back of a screen, though I doubt the screens are great.