Received my newly designed back plate printed by JCL3DP. This time, i tried a new nylon material, and i am pleased. The PA12 -HP Nylon (MJF) has 175C temperature resistance and has so much more structural integrity, and surely stiffer. It feels great and the finish is smoother.

At 3mm thickness, the new backplate is stiffer and feels strong. Not as flimsy as 3201PA-F (SJS). The 3201PA-F also has a lower temperature deformity limit at 145C.

This newer back plate uses 3mm thickness around the borders to provide more strength/stiffness but is thinner at other areas down to about 2mm. i think for strength, 3mm is the right about. 2mm starts to feel a little flexi. But otherwise it still feels great.

The new STL file is posted at Thingiverse. Further notes are also available there.

The back plate works great with NVME board, Active cooling and AIOv2 board. I did drill a small hole (2mm) so that i can see the NVME light come through. The fan covers are also really neat. i took a bet and sent it for print without first prototyping in PLA. For its price, it turned out great.

How much did this cost? the back plate was US$4 and the fan covers were $0.50. Shipping was $1.50 but i had to wait 10 days.