[itscrush]

I'm having the worst time hunting down a Cooler Master Mainboard Case ... seems like y'all have not had these in stock the numerous times I've checked, today even, https://frame.work/products/cooler-master-mainboard-case. Any inside info for us from Cooler Master on supply or ETA on stock from your sales page?

I've tried direct with Cooler Master. The online store has 3 pages of cases, https://store.coolermaster.com/us/cases-2?pagenumber=3 none included Framework's. Next I checked CM's 'find a store' which dead ends at suggesting Micro Center or Game Stop, which neither I find carry them.

I don't have a 3d printer on-hand and don't think this warrants 100-200$ printer purchase. Should I go hunt around for some folks to help at a local college or hobby shop instead?

I certainly can see up-cycling my 11th gen mainboard into a homelab asset with proxmox this year though. Without a mainboard case for this 11th gen on-hand though, I'll also not consider a mainboard upgrade.

Any insight or guidance?

[nrp]

Cooler Master is currently in production on the first set of cases. We’ll send out an email notification to those who entered the waitlist on the product page once we have them in stock, which should be within the next few weeks.

[zamnos]

What has somewhere like Shapeways.com quoted you to print it?

[itscrush]

Had some trouble with that route ... https://www.printables.com/model/176903-framework-pc-mainboa... doesn't mention mm / cm scale so guessing mm? How many pins per build?

Attempting quotes; I skipped shapeways, requiring an account to see a quote was it.

Hubs.com was around 159$ before shipping and has errors on the connector pin integrity. I suspect they are upsizing me to a higher end material, with HP PA 12... difficult to toggle choices and get the price down.

Craftcloud3d.com quoted me $28.58 and just about 17$ in shipping for PLA type, looks like their cheapest options before I consider how many pins I need to add. I can't tell if I need a minimum temp for these case materials, any guidance or is PLA fine? Seems about 5-10$ more expensive than CM mainboard case is expected to be.