DeskMeet X600 Oak & Walnut Wood Mod

ASRock DeskMeet X600 Oak & Walnut Wood Mod

Ever since building my DeskMeet X600 system, I wanted to do something about the boring front panel. Now, I finally got around to build a simple oak wood frond panel with walnut accents and am very pleased with the result!


I first posted this on Reddit and it was suggested to post this here as well.


I had several ideas on how to approach this, but one obstacle was that I don't have many woodworking tools (e.g. no router). Thankfully, my wife got me a 3D printer last year, so I designed a simple frame to hold the wood pieces.


My printer (BambuLab A1 Mini) doesn't have a large enough build room to print a frame in one piece, so I designed each side or part of the frame individually and placed them diagonally on the print bed, so it fits.

The frame parts are 8mm thick and the wood is 4mm thick (or more like 3.9mm which makes them slide into the frame nicely - the cutouts are 4mm thick).

I based the IO panel off of a design by Reddit user stand_up_g4m3r and adapted it so it would slide in just like the wood pieces: https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/1kerlg8/sugdeskmeatnorth/

The wood button (power button) is just glued on to the panel. I also glued 1mm thin magnets (for which the frame has cutouts) on to the back side of the frame to attach it to the case.

The frame was printed with matte black PLA and the front sides are printed with fuzzy skin to make them look less like a 3D print. I really like how that came out.

Altogether, I spent roughly 10??for the new front panel and a lot of time contemplating about it ;)

That looks fantastic! I love the wood accent, adds a nice touch of class. We don't
see enough modding these days. I remember spending a weekend completely modding
out my daughters PC case with her when she was about 8. 10 years later and She
still refuses to let me replace it despite weighing a ton and looking dated by
today's standards.

There is just something special about modding something and making it feel personal.

The forums use a Chinese font that messes up certain symbols, its a giant pain but
would be difficult to fix without breaking existing posts.

Thanks for sharing

Edited by Xaltar - 6 hours 19 minutes ago at 7:01am