Help deciphering these case dimensions?

PCnooberson

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Im planning on building my own desk case, but finding exact dimensions has been rather rough. I did find this online, but it seems like complete gibberish? The official dimensions of the case are LxWxH : 1502mm x 726mm x 765mm

Yet these dimensions show the length being 4603mm
I thought, maybe all the dimensions are just a multiple of the actual? But the length is 3.06458056x bigger, while the width is a different 3.01473829x bigger.

Can anyone decipher what these numbers are supposed to be, if not dimensions?

http://shawnrabensburg.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Internal_Test_Layout_Measure.jpg

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Internal_Test_Layout_Measure.jpg



 
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No, they don't have to mean anything.
That is just his design.

The only real numbers you need to worry about are in the ATX spec.
http://www.formfactors.org/developer%5Cspecs%5Catx2_2.PDF

Size of the PSU, spacing for motherboard mount points, spacing and threading for drive mounts, drive case widths.
Stuff like that.

Everything else is up to your design.

A good way to start with something like this is to obtain a junked PC.
Take all the parts out. Cut off the...

USAFRet

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That would seem to be this:
http://shawnrabensburg.com/portfolio/uncategorized/the-cross-desk/

Obviously, 4603mm is not right. That is 15.1 feet.

So, from one of his other pics, there are 8 x 120 or 140mm fans across the back, plus some extra space
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8 x 140mm = 1120mm + another 600mm(?) for that extra space = 1720mm.
About 1/3 of that "4603mm" number.

Those dimensions are just junk. Meaningless.
 

PCnooberson

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Yea like i said i know the outside dimensions, but knowing the internal ones would seriously save me a lot of trouble. Considering a lot of those numbers are super specific, they have to mean something? Hopefully someone on the internet can figure this out
 

USAFRet

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No, they don't have to mean anything.
That is just his design.

The only real numbers you need to worry about are in the ATX spec.
http://www.formfactors.org/developer%5Cspecs%5Catx2_2.PDF

Size of the PSU, spacing for motherboard mount points, spacing and threading for drive mounts, drive case widths.
Stuff like that.

Everything else is up to your design.

A good way to start with something like this is to obtain a junked PC.
Take all the parts out. Cut off the motherboard mount tray.
Lay it out on a piece of plywood, and see how it fits in your design. Use a Sharpie for those parts you don't yet have.
 
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