I connected up the IDE cables and the front panel connectors before rotating the motherboard into its final position, remembering to connect the fan and ATX power on the way. If you look at the picture closely you will see there is no memory DIM installed. This was because it needs ultra low profile memory which is quite hard to get hold of and I wanted to be 100% sure that the design worked before getting it.

Rotating the motherboard into position was not easy as all the wires have to be guided into free space otherwise the motherboard won't drop down onto the mounting pillars. But after less than a hundred attempts I managed to get all the wires into sensible places.

The end result is a very tight fit with almost no free space. This has to be one of the smallest ever Mini-ITX projects that includes a hard drive and a CD. The only usable free space is a few spare millimetres beside the power supply. This is handy as the power supply does need space around it to let cooling air flow.

Cutting the holes in the cardboard box was easy, but this made it very weak so I covered it with self adhesive plastic film to give it extra strength and durability.

The support case slides easily in and out of the box, and here is the finished result viewed from the front:

The back, where you can see that it really is a PC.

The photogenic view from the left: