[project]6th GeN. 30TB TriplX

[grevaeg]

Ey guys!

New project on the starting steps now, hopefully gotten some more experience since last time, and going into this one with all my "might" :P

Current pic

http://grevaeg.com/images/case09/c13.jpg

-Sponsors-
THX ALOT to these guys, they are making this project possible !

OCZ
http://www.pcpower.com/i/logo.jpg
http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/OCZ_PC2-8000_XTC/ocz_logo.jpg

AMD
http://computershopper.com/shoptalk/amd.gif

Anfi-Tech
http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/banneranfi.jpg

Spinnin Wheel
http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/templates/sw/images/top_bar2.JPG

Netshop
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b89/bowitz86/NetShop_logo.jpg

EK waterblocks
http://ekwaterblocks.com/shop/images/oscommerce.gif


-Goals-
I would like to develop my previous design, lots of hot air was blown directly onto other components last time, thats gonna change, all the disks will go in the middle module, while the main comps stay in their own on top and bottom, there will be no more "PSU in the top right corner" type of thing, got OCZ on the team this time, and they will provide some awesome custom powersupplies for this project

to sum it up :

* 3 mobo slots (gonna get in a mATX instead of the mITX)
* seperate disk case
* seperate comp case
* watercooled cpu's/gpu's
* TO HELL WITH PLEXI, god i hate that material...
* YES to andonized, cnc'ed alu :P
* fully welded alu frame


-hardware-

PC1 :
MSI 790FX-GD70 AM3
AMD Phenom II 955
8 GB OCZ FlexX DDR3
Radeon 4870x2
910w Silencer PC Power&Cooling


PC2 :
MSI 790FX-GD70 AM3
AMD Phenom II 955
8 GB OCZ FlexX DDR3
Radeon 4870x2
910w Silencer PC Power&Cooling


PC3 :
Asus M3A78-T AM2
AMD Phenom II 955
8 GB OCZ FlexX
Radeon 4870x2
910w Silencer PC Power&Cooling



Harddrives :
6 x : WD500GB, 7200rpm, IDE
16 x : WD500GB, 7200rpm, SATA
8 x : WD750GB, 7200rpm, SATA
4 x : WD1000GB, 7200rpm, SATA
2 x : WD1000GB, 7200rpm, E-SATA
4 x : SG80gb, 15000rpm, SAS
4 x : Seagate 1.5TB, 7200rpm, SATA


Watercooling loop1 - Mainrig, gfx :
OCZ Hydroflow cpu blocks
EK 4870x2 and 4870 gfx blocks
1/2" hosing
Iwaki MD15 pump
4x 360 rad's

A new day, a new set of renders !

http://grevaeg.com/images/case09/c13.jpg

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consept art
Gonna post up some early renders on some thoughts and ideas this time around, feel free to contribute with ideas, they are greatly needed, as this is only the basic design without any awesome looking stuff

http://grevaeg.com/images/case09/consept1.jpg

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Getting late at my place, gonna do a proper writeup tomorrow =)

Stay tuned! ^^

[SXRguyinMA]

this is gonna be nuts. what did you do with the 20TB one?

[Eclecticos]

Wow. Those are some amazing illustrations! +Rep
Not sure what any one person could use all that space for but it sure as hell looks cool.
If you decide to have some posters made I am interested in buying one of the last two or three pictures.

[grevaeg]

A new day, a new set of renders !

Hi again guys, finally done with some more renders, have had some more time on my hand's

http://grevaeg.com/images/case09/c13.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case09/c12.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case09/c14.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case09/c15.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case09/c16.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case09/c17.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case09/c18.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case09/c19.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case09/c20.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case09/c21.jpg

[grevaeg]

Wow. Those are some amazing illustrations! +Rep
Not sure what any one person could use all that space for but it sure as hell looks cool.
If you decide to have some posters made I am interested in buying one of the last two or three pictures.


Thanks alot m8 =) Hope the new illustrations look somewhat better, worked alot on the model today

Well... the space is being filled up, around 40GB on a good day... so the space is truly needed to be able to keep the connection at home utilized 24/7 :P

Waaah? buy stuff? not really sure what we are talking about here ^^

[grevaeg]

this is gonna be nuts. what did you do with the 20TB one?


Awaiting some finals pics on that worklog, then im gonna close it off, and put it up on the open market, gogo highest bidder!

Without hardware though :P

Only the atom, watercooling and the case up for sale

[The boy 4rm oz]

OMG! Isn't 1 storage monster enough lol. You first mod turned out great, I can't wait to see how this goes. Congratz on the sponsors and good luck.

[jdbnsn]

Good Lord, it's the mother-ship! That thing is unbelievable, I want one!

[DonT-FeaR]

here we go again :)

[grevaeg]

Yet another day, and lots of plans and ideas keep emerging :P

(and yea, here we go again ^^ )

The windtunnel

As alot of you know, harddrives produce ALOT of heat when they are stacked up together, and tbh... having around 40 disks in a single box without any way of getting it out efficient will end in disaster and lotsa defective disks.

Building a windtunnel should prevent most of this, a windtunnel is basically a piece of whatever that controlls the way of airflow, in my case it will be buildt with 5mm plexi (god forbid) and will be housing 3x 80mm fans at low RPM, these fans will pull cold air outside the case, and the larger 250mm fans in the back will push hot air out

On to the consepts!

http://grevaeg.com/images/case09/wt1.jpg

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[grevaeg]

Good Lord, it's the mother-ship! That thing is unbelievable, I want one!

Send me a PM, im sure we can work something out :P oh oh, and my previous project is up for sale m8

[p0Pe]

haha dude that rocks!. but nooo... not 80 mm... go for 120m so much better, and you cant cover the air flow with 3 80´s.

and why not a mo-ra 2 pro or 2 for the watercooling? if you are going to go that much overkill anyway xD

[grevaeg]

hmm... will have to widen the design somewhat if im gonna fit 120mm's but hell yea, 80mm's are crap :P

And for the first time in my life, am i actually going to build a clean not overpimped case, without the flashy lights and stuff. so afraid the mo-ra pro falls out of the pic, though its a awesome rad :P will be sporting 12x120mm total in the case though, so its covered ^^

Just want it to be clean, industrial, lian-li'overkill looking :P

[DonT-FeaR]

/\lol.... non overpimped...

[The boy 4rm oz]

I like non overpimped lol (I call it the ricer look). Personally I am getting sick of all the flashy lights and stuff. Don't get me wrong, flashy lights can look good but I like the sleek and sexy look now.

[DonT-FeaR]

yeah same... like with my case vento.. it will have some lights.. (from fans) and ccfls on switches so i can have either..

[grevaeg]

Hmm... AMD might have joined the team awell, going in conferense with them on monday, stay tuned!

Might be going from full blown intell to full blown AMD on all mobos, lol

[The boy 4rm oz]

That's great news mate. I wish you luck

[DonT-FeaR]

wow good luck mate

[grevaeg]

Hi guys! New words from OCZ, WE have finally decided how to power up this rig ! and its going to be AWESOME ^^

The newly released PCP&C Silencer 910w, tripple up! will soon be in place, all with custom cut cables to tidy stuff up =)

http://www.pcpower.com/images/products/b/Silencer_910_PPCS910_3875.jpg

Silencer 910
Legendary Silencer performance now in an incredible 910W of continuous clean and stable power. Our Silencer 910 power supply gives you unparalleled PC Power & Cooling performance and reliability along with a unique ultra-quiet cooling design, Quad PCI-Express connectors, classic black finish, and a price that seals the deal.

* 910W Continuous @ 50C (1000W Peak)
* NVIDIA SLI Certified (Multiple GPUs)
* 80+ Silver Certified (88% Efficiency); .99 Active PF
* Up to 90% (10dB) Less Noise per Watt
* +12VDC @ 74A (Powerful Single Rail)
* Rock-Solid, Super-Clean DC Output
* Quad PCI-E and complete array of connectors
* Automatic Fan Speed Control Circuit
* 5-Year Warranty and Tech Support

[The boy 4rm oz]

That's awesome man and they are giving you custom cut cables, that's great. Something you had trouble with in your first mod.

[grevaeg]

My troubles in the previous mod was that Thermaltake refused to send me more modular cables :P but hopefully this will be good.

Anyone know someone that do custom S-ATA cables? 0.o

[grevaeg]

Waterblocks decided upon aswell now, gonna go for OCZ HydroFlow HF-MK1 on all 3 mobo's ^^

*gottalovecopypaste*

http://www.ocztechnology.com/images/products/accessories/b/Hydroflow_TOP_b.jpg
http://www.ocztechnology.com/images/products/accessories/b/hydroflow_hw2_b.jpg

HydroFlow HF-MK1 CPU Waterblock / For AMD, AM2, 775, 1366 / Core i7 Compatible

Designed with the highest possible exchange rate between the block and coolant, the HydroFlow can be easily integrated into any enthusiast water cooled system and help efficiently lower the processor temperature. The HydroFlow is compatible with AMD and Intel processors, including the latest generation Core i7 CPUs.

The triangular fins in the HF-MK1 provide the highest volume to surface ratio of any geometric shape for best dissipation possible, and this special design also creates sufficient turbulence to eliminate the “skin” effect caused by laminar flow. The base block of the HydroFlow increases center contact with the processor core for the greatest possible cooling potential, ensuring maximum exchange and functionality between the waterblock and CPU.

Whether you’re a first-time builder or a seasoned case-modder, OCZ makes the HydroFlow easy to integrate into your rig by supplying both high-flow 3/8” and 1/2” barbs in the packaging without the hassle of searching for compatible hardware.

[The boy 4rm oz]

On the custom SATA cables, sorry, I can't help you. I presume it would be the same process as a telephone cable or a LAN cable, you put the cable into the connector and use a special tool to crimp it together, I have never seen bare SATA heads though.

On the water block, that's great news. The OCZ water block really performs quite well, congratz on the sponsor.

[DonT-FeaR]

congrats on the sponser mate!

[FrooP]

you mean the sata power cables? i can do some for you, but thats such an easy task, it would be a waste of money

[The boy 4rm oz]

I think he actually means the SATA data cables. He is getting custom made PSU cables.

[NightrainSrt4]

I saw a guide somewhere on the net where they made custom length sata data cables. Just took a long one and shortened it and re-did the connector. I'll see if I can find it.

[Remy]

Anyone know someone that do custom S-ATA cables? 0.o

Here's a link with a 'How-To' for customizing the length of your SATA data cable.
http://metku.net/index.html?path=mods/baby-sata/index_eng

This may be the same that NightrainSrt4 was referring to.

Remy

BTW... I love this concept! I look forward to seeing it come alive.

[grevaeg]

Would be awesome to get ahold of some s-ata heads and 10 meters of cable :P

FrooP, make me around 40 of em... and ill send you 2 cookies and a bottle of beer ^^

[DonT-FeaR]

3 cookies and ya got a deal :P
i wanna cookie to :)

[x88x]

Looking good. Your creations just keep getting bigger and bigger... are you gonna be making this one modular at all? Because it looks like if you ever want to move it you'll be kinda screwed :D

Nice link Remy, I've pulled SATA cables apart before, but they always looked too messy to do anything with...I think I may have been mistaking the shielding with more conductors.

[grevaeg]

FINALLY, a update :P had my hands full with all kinds of stuff lately, so havent had much time to spare =/

anyways...

http://www.netshop.no/img/cache/l/i/a/lian_li_ll3x35intbay__harddiskholder_934491434_0.j pg
Lian Li HDD holder's

Maybe not the best with the mod spirit in mid,but its undoubtly one of the greater products for anti vibrating disks on the market :P 16x of them have been ordered, should be sporting a total of 48 disk slots !! and with lightweight alu ^^

http://www.netshop.no/img/cache/4/5/7/tnList_645715031_1_1.jpg
Lian Li mobo tray

The same goes with this one, will keep stuff in place, 1 for the top, 1 for the bottom, and 1 for the middle, should be able to fit 2 fullsize atx and 1 m-atx this time around ^^

Oh... wait... 30 meters of square alu is on the way aswell ^^

[grevaeg]

BTW, got a new toy to play with aswell ^^

http://www.stantek.no/eng/page6/files/stansemaskin.jpg
http://www.perrywelding.com/images/sawing/sawing1.jpg

[The boy 4rm oz]

Damn you lol, I like your toy.

[DonT-FeaR]

i want one ... :)

[grevaeg]

A new day has come ^^

And time for a update, hopefully updates will come somewhat faster from now on :P

one of those LARGE boxes arrived today...
http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case010/IMG_5001.jpg

And guess whats inside!
http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case010/IMG_5002.jpg
3x lian li mobo plates! omfg ^^

aaaand....
http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case010/IMG_5003.jpg
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A bunch of lian li hdd holders, should be possible to house 3 disks in each of these, each with their own rubber ringed screws :P

Have to get these things assembled in sections of 8 and 8, one for the top of the middle case, and one for the bottom

If everything goes after plan, the aluminium for the frame should arrive the upcoming tuesday ^^

[The boy 4rm oz]

That's a lot of HDD bays lol.

[Zeroignite]

What, are you trying to index more of the web than Google? ;)

[grevaeg]

The aluminium squares have been ordered up for the frame now, ended up on the following:

345x25x25mm - 08x
250x25x25mm - 14x
550x25x25mm - 14x
800x25x25mm - 04x

Gonna be ALOT of cutting and welding taking place soon, alu should arrive on tuesday, 20 meters ordered up ^^ 2mm tick

[The boy 4rm oz]

20m of alu sheet lol, bloody awesome.

[grevaeg]

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case010/weld.jpg
And this would be the welding plans for now =)

[The boy 4rm oz]

I like it, this is gonna be a monster of a build.

[grevaeg]

counted it up just now... 166x60x30cm WITHOUT feet -.-

Bloody hell... didnt think it would end up at those sizes, lol

kinda thinking about building one large ass box instead of 2 mini and 1 medium

[The boy 4rm oz]

I would still keep it modular, would make it a lot easier if you ever have to move/transport it.

[x88x]

I would still keep it modular, would make it a lot easier if you ever have to move/transport it.

^ this. As long as you make the cabling modular too, leaving it as three pieces would make it worlds easier to move. Considering the size and weight of this thing, if you build it as one piece, I can't really see it moving....ever.

EDIT:
How do you have all those drives managed? I'm in the process of re-building my fileserver, and I haven't been able to find a really nice way to deal with lost of drives across multiple controllers.

[DonT-FeaR]

another monster..

nearly wet myself looking at all that lian-li gear lol!

[grevaeg]

A new day, new opportunities =)

As mentioned , more then 20 meters(!!!) of 25x25x2mm aluminium have been cut up today in appropriate lenghts..

The welding will start the upcoming thursday most likely, some results will finally show by then, OCZ have sendt 3x of their hyrdoflow aswell today, so should receive them sometime soon :P

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Placed up the stuff i allready received just to see if everything fit as it should, and it really seem promissing this far, however... the middle mobo tray is rotated the wrong way :P have to cut and fit it to the mATX standard first :P

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Next week this little fella will be visited =)
http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/DSC00297.jpg

And for those of you that wanna see how a CNC Hecksaw works, click here (http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/MOV00293.MP4)

And a small view of the plating thats been ordered ^^
http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/DSC00295.jpg

[The boy 4rm oz]

I said it before and I will say it again, that is a lot of alu lol.

Starting to take shape mate, keep at it.

[DonT-FeaR]

wow... cnc hecksaw... thats lazy.. lol


lots alumi i like :)

[grevaeg]

Time to pick stuff appart! YAaAaaY!

For some reason is having a front mounted screen really cool and hip these days... so how could this project be anything less =)

Front mounted screens are supposedly used for computer monitoring or something...

In the lack of something better to do i decided to get the planned screen out of its precious little hideout...

Todays victim :

1x HP Compaq EVO 620
http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/DSCF7563.jpg

With the outrageous :

1.5ghz dual core pentium M
1gb memory
80gb hdd
15.5" LCD screen

it even comes with a xp home licence :P

And yes... i know it will count up as a 4th computer... but hey... need something to run the screen aswell 0.o

Ran out of time, ill do a write up later =) enjoy the pics for now
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[x88x]

mmm, shiny. You should find a touch panel that'll fit that LCD..I know I've seen 9" and 10" ones that weren't very expensive, not sure about 15.5" though...

[Performer]

Whoah! This is going to be epic :D

[grevaeg]

Hi again guys !

Had some more time at my hands so have been able to work a bit more on the screen and towards making some screen mounts to align the screen flat on the laptop, u wouldnt believe how small the screws used for stuff like this is .... talking about a half mm tick or something.... such a pain in the ass to get ahold off in the local stores

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/DSCF7580.jpg


http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/DSCF7581.jpg
Found a decent 1mm alu plate down in the working area... cut off a suitable piece and drilled some holes to get the screen attached..

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/DSCF7582.jpg
Crazy small...

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/DSCF7583.jpg

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Screen mounted up in its vertical position =) hopefully this should look good


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Aaand the other side =)


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There we go.... screen mounted up on the laptop, just flipped over the opposite was as normal, still have to solder some wires for the on/off button and the thumbstick =)


http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/DSCF7592.jpg

Another thing that came to my attention today was the lian li brackets placed beneath the disk holders... that allow the holder to be removed from its baseplate... in my little world cant i really see the use of stuff like this beside taking alot of space... a decent 2 cm buildup on each of em...


http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/DSCF7593.jpg

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U can see the height difference quite well... they have to go...


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8 done... gotta love hecksaws... *truly hate em* -.-

should be able to start putting the rack together tomorrowish =) so a large update will come by then

x88x : a touch panel would be sweet :P throw me a pm if u see someone selling it, untill then ill just have to move the thumbpad outside the case or use BT =)

-Cg

[The boy 4rm oz]

Loving the laptop mod mate, very cool.

[DonT-FeaR]

win!

[Eclecticos]

Precision crafting at its finest. Eyes are glued. +Rep

[grevaeg]

Thx alot for the support guys =) Ill do my best, hehe

Got a delivery from OCZ today !

After a couple of days in transit the Hydroflow's arrived at the shop =) The finish look's awesome this far... and its delivered with both 3/8" and 1/2" nozzles ^^

Cant wait to get em mounted up, just have to decide on wich motherboards to go for 0.o

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/DSCF7604.jpg

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[The boy 4rm oz]

Very nice blocks, you're a lucky man.

[DonT-FeaR]

/\ yeah agree

[grevaeg]

Have done quite a bit of work today, the entire frame is now ready to go, gotta love Forsa knots ^^

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[x88x]

:eek: Holly flying crackmoneys that thing is huge... I like the little make-corners-easy-thingies, I'll have to remember about those if/when I do a full fab case.

Off-topic, is that motorcycle gear/gas tank/wheel I see?

[grevaeg]

Building my case in a MC shop my friend, so those objects are somewhat common around there =)

Offtopic :

A few pics of the shop ^^
http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/zoom/KZVJCY/viewsize/dsc00059.jpg
http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/zoom/KZVJCY/viewsize/dsc00055.jpg
http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/zoom/KZVJCY/viewsize/dsc00057.jpg
http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/zoom/ZCGZXH/viewsize/dsc00010.jpg
http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/zoom/ZCGZXH/viewsize/dsc00036.jpg

[rendermandan]

that thing is pretty good. FYI, it would be really nice if you could rotate your pics. My neck can't take much more. LOL

[DonT-FeaR]

/\ lol my eyes auto adjust

nice shop im jealous

looks good mate

[The boy 4rm oz]

Those pre made corners would bake things really handy, and they look good. The structure as a whole looks great. Awesome shop, you are very lucky to have access to that.

[SXRguyinMA]

mmm that RC8 is yummy!

[grevaeg]

Just got a mail from my iron monger, some of the aluminium will arrive tomorrow afternoon, expect a update soon folks =) should also get 4x 360 radiators along with the alu...

Have to figure out how many loops that will be needed when considering the practical aspect

Current plans for watercooling would be :

2x 4870x2
1x 4870 - 1GB
8x DDR3 OCZ FlexX
4x DDR2 OCZ FlexX
3x CPU's
3x chipset's, not sure about this one yet though, but stuff tends to get hot without any fan's mounted to the CPU =)

unknown amount of and reservoirs , pumps will be needed aswell

[The boy 4rm oz]

You have got a lot to watercool lol. For the chipsets you could W/C the NB, or whack a Thermalright cooler on them ;).

[DonT-FeaR]

sweet cant wait

[grevaeg]

Guys !

Anyone know if its possible to get a chipset block on the MSI 790FX-GD70? In that case, wich? =)

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7222/mgd7003qf6.jpg

[grevaeg]

http://icrontic.com/uploads/2009/01/phenom2_dragon.jpg
http://computershopper.com/shoptalk/amd.gif

This is a great day indeed !

AMD has decided to join up on this project aswell... in other words, everything will be going full fledged AMD - AM3/Phenom 2/AM2. Alot has changed with the phenom 2 from previous generations, so going to give AMD my full support in this build =)


Hardware changes :

CPU 1 : from Intel Q9550 -> Phenom II 955
CPU 2 : from intel Q9550 -> Phenom II 955
CPU 3 : from Intel Atom 330 -> Phenom II 955

Mobo 1 : Asus P5Q premium (775) -> MSI 790FX-GD70 AM3
Mobo 2 : Asus P5Q premium (775) -> MSI 790FX-GD70 AM3
Mobo 3 : Intel D945GCLF2D mITX -> Asus M3A78-T AM2

http://www.cpusolutions.com/mm8004744CPU/Images/PHENOM955.jpg

[The boy 4rm oz]

Man congratz n the sponsors, you really deserve it. Although I personally prefer Intel, AMD have really been stepping up with their latest releases.

As for the chipset block, I wouldn't bother. The cooler is only on the Mosfets and the SB, the SB only looks after HDDs and USB etc. so that stock cooling will be more than enough to cool both the SB and Mosfets, as long as you have good airflow in the case.

[grevaeg]

Thats kinda the issue in the first place :P

There will be close to NO airflow in the top and bottom case as all of the items in there will be watercooled 0.o

Could allways put up a active fan on the SB/Mos though

[The boy 4rm oz]

Even if you WC all your components should have airflow. Motherboards excrete heat, no matter how many blocks you attach.

If you really wanted to WC the board you could probably find a Mosphet block that will fit or will be released soon or you could replace it with a Thermalright Mosphet cooler which will do the job perfectly. Then you could either WC the SB as well or add a Thermalright or Enzotech chipset cooler. Problem solved :D.

[DonT-FeaR]

/\ agreed

[grevaeg]

Hi guys!

Been a stressfull day with lotsa stuff to do, but managed to get some more work done on the case today =)

got the hdd holders in place atleast, its still somewhat crude though, need some polishing and filing ^^

Ah well... ill write down some more stuff soon, gonna post a ****load of pics now ^^

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/tg240609/
Made a quick image gallery for those of you who want some larger pics ;O

Here we go ... Visited my iron monger earlier this week and picked up some 5mm alu for the harddrive frame, should be sturdy enough.. however, have to cut it down as much as possible due to the massive weight..
http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/tg240609/resources/images/medium/DSC00316.jpg

Tape has allways been a decent tool for creativity :P
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http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case010/tg240609/resources/images/medium/bilde%20009.jpg

So out with the jiggzaw and start cutting... think i wasted 1 blade for each plate i cut...

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Rubber mountings have been used to prevent the harddrive holders from getting any vibrations out troughout the case
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Holes was then cut out both to allow heat to travel around and partly to reduce weight... a 80mm hole of 5mm alu is easily 100g, close to a half kilo's off with just those holes, and hey... it looks somewhat cool :P
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Please check out the image gallery linked above for now guys, ill write up some more soon :P (http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/tg240609)

oh oh, and heres a small update on whats coming next :P

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case010/tg240609/resources/images/medium/Picture%20006.jpg

[x88x]

.... PREEEETTY..... I love the HDD mount..mounts. What going in the space between the two arrays?

[grevaeg]

3x 910w PCP&C Silencer, a motherboard tray, a 17" screen up front of em, and fanducts in front + 4x 250mm fans for airflow =)

[x88x]

Doh, that's right *goes and looks at previous mock-ups* :facepalm:

[Karbon Killa]

Very pretty build you got going there. One of my next builds after 8Core is done, is building a quad PC case. Going to house all of my computers, a BBU, and a KVM switch for use of one keyboard, mouse, and monitor for the 4 systems. Its going to be a beast. Going to build it very similar to how you have done this.

[Beta-brain]

Ah, KTM I thought that orange paint in one of your previous builds looked familiar 8) Awesome build.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Those HDD cage mounts turned out very well, they are great, nice work.

[grevaeg]

Thx guys =)

And Karbon : u could easily fit another mobo in this case aswell =) good luck furter on ^^

[DonT-FeaR]

:O

wow thats gunna rock...

[KiLLERMAN21]

Absolutely in-sane. But I like it. Great work.

[Waynio]

I once made a dual pc on google sketchup and thought that was pretty huge lol :redface:.

Did not really think I would see an absolute monster pc like this on here but there it is coming to form, nice one, all those hdd's Holy Moly:D those 5mm thick hdd support supports which killed 1 jigsaw blade for each one lol, would like to know what it weighs fully hardware loaded and just plain when its done, looks like it is coming along great, what an ambitious huge project:eek::bowdown: look forward to seeing the end result.

I am curious thou I have no idea what a beast like this would be used for, could you enlighten me its obviously not a home pc

[grevaeg]

Small update today my friends..

Picked up a package the other day, wonder whats inside... lol

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/280709/images/IMG_5059.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/280709/images/IMG_5060.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/280709/images/IMG_5061.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/280709/images/IMG_5062.jpg

Gotta love those small classy boxes ^^
http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/280709/images/IMG_5063.jpg


Ahold! The allmighty Phenom II 955 x4 :P Should receive the MSI boards the upcoming wednesday, so will be able to mount some stuff up by then hopefully...
http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/280709/images/IMG_5064.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/280709/images/IMG_5065.jpg

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[grevaeg]

I once made a dual pc on google sketchup and thought that was pretty huge lol :redface:.

Did not really think I would see an absolute monster pc like this on here but there it is coming to form, nice one, all those hdd's Holy Moly:D those 5mm thick hdd support supports which killed 1 jigsaw blade for each one lol, would like to know what it weighs fully hardware loaded and just plain when its done, looks like it is coming along great, what an ambitious huge project:eek::bowdown: look forward to seeing the end result.

I am curious thou I have no idea what a beast like this would be used for, could you enlighten me its obviously not a home pc

Thx for the enthusiasm my friend =)

Cmon... general use aint that hard to figure out , is it ? ill sum it up rly quick...

1. My ladie needs 1 computer so she doesnt steal mine all the time
2. I need 1 computer to play stuff
3. I dont wanna have 20+ disks on my gaming rig, it tends to slow stuff down
4. Guess whats storing stuff for the HTPC ^^

[Beta-brain]

Ah, a 30TB home theatre server, that should give you space for over 3000 HD movies :eek:

[grevaeg]

Movies? its just storing familiy photos and Powerpoint stuff.... :P

Wouldnt be good if someone would store 30tb of other stuff and get a visit ^^

[The boy 4rm oz]

Nice gear ;).

[Waynio]

1. My ladie needs 1 computer so she doesnt steal mine all the time
hehe
2. I need 1 computer to play stuff
sweet
3. I dont wanna have 20+ disks on my gaming rig, it tends to slow stuff down
true :)
4. Guess whats storing stuff for the HTPC ^^
OMG hehe
In that case that is 1 uber bad a** rig an all out entertainment rig, very cool
And amd for a gaming platform is really good for the price, possibly the most demanding game to date being GTA IV plays very smooth with max settings except for view distance, so yeah I have faith in amd for still putting out good gear for a good price.

[grevaeg]

With a decent overclock, im sure GTA 4 will run decent... :P

[grevaeg]

Hi guys!

Time for a update again =)

Been quite busy with solidworks today, finalizing the more boring parts of this case for the laser to prosess. So should have the first batch of basic pieces tomorrow hopefully

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/290609/frontbackmid.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/290609/hddh.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/290609/mobo.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/290609/moboback.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/290609/toprad.jpg


Been curious about what type of PSU's that will be powering up this cute thing? Guess ill throw out some workorders =) a HUGE thanks to OCZ for making this possible aswell..... wouldnt be possible without em

Behold.... the allmighty PC Power & Cooling Silencer 910w

http://www.pureoverclock.com/images/news/pcpc_silencer910.jpg

PSU 1 : 24x sata, 4x molex, 4x PCIx - Technical drawing (http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/290609/S91E-EU3.pdf)
PSU 2 : 18x sata, 7x molex, 4x PCIx - Technical drawing (http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/290609/S91E-EU1B.pdf)
PSU 3 : 18x sata, 7x molex, 4x PCIx - Technical drawing (http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/290609/S91E-EU2B.pdf)

Expect a large update tomorrow guys =)

8x 250mm fans should be arriving along with 3 water res', 2 MSI mobo's, and some arctic silver, and the alu is hopefully delivered tomorrow aswell 0.o

[Waynio]

I would not call any of this mod boring.
I like the vents they will be great, this still has to be the most premium case I ever seen, awesome super computer.:banana:
I took a look at your last case and its brilliant.
Awesome PSU's also:up:.

[grevaeg]

Hey guys! have had some time on my case again now, so heres a update ! ^^

The HDD rack

As most of you probably have noticed have the HDD rack been somewhat doubtfull when it comes to a 25KG load of harddrives, so decided to cut up some more 5 mm alu for em, and mount em together, still had to keep the space in between though, since a mobo and the PSU's are coming in at some point

Have also been drilling some holes to get the new bolts in to hold stuff together, ill be able to mill out some proper support's between the rack tomorrow, just didnt have enough time to finish today =)


http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/30709up/images/IMG_5084.jpg

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Laz0rz!

OMFG, have seen a large ass CNC laser cutter in action today... quite a show... it managed to cut up a 2x2500x1250mm alu plate in under 12 minutes... now thats impressive..

However... have lost my bloody car keys somewhere. such a pain... had to take the 2nd best and get some tape to get the job done... gogo MC with alu tail or something..
http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/30709up/images/IMG_5091.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/30709up/images/IMG_5092.jpg

Perfect fit? yes... would say so ^^
http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/30709up/images/IMG_5093.jpg

Front and back for middle module
http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/30709up/images/IMG_5094.jpg

And the 17" LCD thats getting mounted up front :P (failed to mention that earlier, lol)
http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/30709up/images/IMG_5098.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/30709up/images/IMG_5099.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/30709up/images/IMG_5100.jpg


First looks on the top module ^^

And some de-assembled mobo plate....
http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/280709/images/IMG_5067.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/280709/images/IMG_5068.jpg

... Placed down on the new backplate for the top module =)
http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/30709up/images/IMG_5095.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/30709up/images/IMG_5096.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/30709up/images/IMG_5097.jpg

[Karbon Killa]

Oh so very pretty. I like. It makes me feel warm inside. :) :P

[SXRguyinMA]

lookin good, nice blade you got there too, always liked the 954's :up:

[grevaeg]

lookin good, nice blade you got there too, always liked the 954's :up:

they did something semi wrong with the CBR1000 in 2004 (repsol looked good though) , and just ****ed up in 2008+... lol

gotta love 954 indeed =)

[The boy 4rm oz]

HAHA, I like that, can't find your car keys so duck take and a bike will do lol. The pieces turned out great, very nice.

[grevaeg]

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/banneranfi.jpg

A new sponsor has joined up, Anfi-Tec will be providing full cover blocks for the MSI 790FX-GD70 boards

http://shop.anfi-tec.de/images/product_images/popup_images/99_0.JPG

http://shop.anfi-tec.de/images/product_images/popup_images/99_1.JPG

http://shop.anfi-tec.de/images/product_images/popup_images/99_2.JPG

http://shop.anfi-tec.de/images/product_images/popup_images/99_3.JPG

And yea... alot has been done yesterday... and even more today, update coming later today, stay tuned! ^^

[The boy 4rm oz]

Sweet blocks mate, congratz on the new sponsor.

[grevaeg]

Hi guys,

Gonna post up some pics of some work done yesterday, have completed the screen mount now, thats going for the midsection of the case

Worked it out from a 2mm alu plate
http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/030709up/Ny%20mappe/images/IMG_5150.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/030709up/Ny%20mappe/images/IMG_5151.jpg

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http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/030709up/Ny%20mappe/images/IMG_5153.jpg

[The boy 4rm oz]

Monitor mount turned out really well, very clean.

[x88x]

Looking nice. Congrats on Anfi-tech...I guess you found someone that makes a block for that board :P

So are you dropping the laptop in favor of the LCD?

[knowledgegranted]

Wow this thing is awesome! I haven't really seen this thread before, although I don't come in and look at these threads all the time. This is one of the best I have seen, +Rep definitely.

[grevaeg]

Norway is probably THE warmest country in the world right now... especially when ur working inside a large ass building with stainless steel plating -.-

Anyways.... beside the freaking hot weather these days, what have Mr.Grevaeg been working on? ^^

His project ofcourse!

Some general progress pics

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/060709up/images/IMG_5263.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/060709up/images/IMG_5264.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/060709up/images/IMG_5265.jpg

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http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/060709up/images/IMG_5270.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/060709up/images/IMG_5272.jpg
yes, its shrinked :P ill get back to this one

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/060709up/images/IMG_5273.jpg

The first set of 360 twin radiators

After quite alot of thoughts and ideas on how to fit 4x 360 rads and 2x 240, ive finally found a solution for the first and second pair ^^

Theres alot of space on the bottom of each module, might aswell use it for something :P
sooo.... placed em up, and got the 1/2" fittings in (why would people ever bother using anything less btw?!)

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/060709up/images/IMG_5256.jpg

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The water ress . x3

Swiftech got some really cute water ress'es, they seem somewhat small, but really, why would u need 10 gallons in a ress? also comes with a fillport in the top, and possibilities to mount up nozzles at top, side and bottom, cant get much better then that imo

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/060709up/images/IMG_5260.jpg

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PCP&C Silencer 910w !

Well my friends, they have arrived... and god.. ive never seen that many cables loose outside a case in my life... ill prolly have weeks infront of me to manage these. But then again, OCZ provided a perfect cut after measure's by me, so they deserve a huge applause for the work and dedication they put in their PSU's, still cant wait to get em up running, managed to plug one of em in and start em up, have heard alot of rumors that they are quite noisy, but i have to disagree there, no way in hell they are producing more then 26DB'ish

lets get some pics out, shall we ? ^^

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/060709up/images/IMG_5238.jpg

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Guess thats all for now guys, ill work on getting some spacers on the bottom module tommorrow, and hopefully get ready to ship it for wet sanding within a few days, stay tuned ^^

-Cg

[x88x]

:eek: That....is a lot of cables.

I love how you're using such tiny res' on such a huge case :P

Also, @using less than 1/2" tubing, in some cases, like my MightyMite, 1/2" just straight up wouldn't fit.

Looking awesome. I can't wait to see the panels on it. :twisted:

[grevaeg]

Hi guys, small update today, ill just let the images speak :P

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/070709up/images/IMG_5275.jpg

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[Trace]

That is an incredible build!

[grevaeg]

Hi guys! update today :P

Lets start up with a few words of frustration... since the cables comes unsleeved... i guess someone would have to pick it up and do some work on it... and guess what! that person would be me -.-

I just tell myself..One day... ill get these bloody cables managed...

a few of em got wrapped up today though, and more to come!

Plug's, Pin's and awesome homemade tools!

As most of you noticed doesnt the HDD cables come sleeved.... only one thing to do in this matter! just pick it all appart, and wish for good luck on the re-assembly ^^

u all remember were the start was....

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/080709up/images/IMG_5298.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/080709up/images/IMG_5296.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/080709up/images/IMG_5284.jpg
Some trial and error had to be done before getting a decent result :P

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/080709up/images/IMG_5286.jpg
Didnt find anything suitable to push the cables into the sata power plugs, so had to improvice somewhat... turned out great, pushing cables like crazy ^^

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/080709up/images/IMG_5288.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/080709up/images/IMG_5289.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/080709up/images/IMG_5290.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/080709up/images/IMG_5291.jpg


Now u see it, now u dont!

Been working on some ideas on how to hide the rest of the cable mess aswell, and believe ive found a good solution ^^

This would be the bottom of a 2 set piece of cable hiders for the majority of the PSU cables, will also house 4 pin molex for misc power in here, and stuff for cathodes and waterpumps :P

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/080709up/images/IMG_5293.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/080709up/images/IMG_5295.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/080709up/images/IMG_5294.jpg

Thats all for today folks, update again tomorrow :P

[Trace]

Wow, I'm impressed, and jealous!

[grevaeg]

Pump choices up next... any ideas guys? ^^

some requirements :

* able to lift 180cm up
* freferably external power supply (dont wanna be dependant on having the computer running)
* preferably cheaper then 150$ each
* need to be able to fit 3x in the widht of 30cm
* atleast 600l/h to get some troughput

[x88x]

How's about one of these guys:

Eheim 1048 (http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=37&cat=26&page=1#tabs): ~$75
# Pump output 600 l/h (158 U.S. gal/hour)
# Delivery head 1.50 m/water column (4 ft. 11 in./water column)
# Power consumption 10 W
# Dim: length x width x height 147 x 75 x 118 mm - 5.8 x 3 x 4.7 in.

Eheim 1250 (http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=38&cat=26&page=1#tabs): ~$100
# Pump output 1200 l/h (317 U.S. gal/hour)
# Delivery head 2.00 m/water column (6 ft. 6 in./water column)
# Power consumption 28 W
# Dim: length x width x height 180 x 95 x 120 mm - 7.1 x 3.8 x 4.7 in.

[grevaeg]

Kinda leaning towards the Eheim 1250 atm, just a bit worried it will make alot of noise when it's stressed with high attitudes :P

[x88x]

IDK about the noise any of the Eheim's make, but if you're worried about stressing the 1250 there's always the 1260 (http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=142&cat=26&page=1#tabs) @ ~$160. I can't find many stats on it other than it pushes 600GPH (or ~2271 l/h). I imagine it would be a little bit larger than the others though.

[grevaeg]

stuff tend to change i guess 0.o

ended up with 3x laing DDC 1T
http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/catalog/images/xspc-ddc-m.jpg

[grevaeg]

Hi guys!

New update today ! running really low on materials now, all from alu to steel, and the plexi have yet to arrive.... so somewhat in a standstill now, ah well.... found a few parts to work on anyways ^^

Whats been done:

* PSU mounts done
* Middle mobo plate mounted
* Front and backplate of mid module finally popped in place
* Started working on consealing the middle PC aswell as all the cables that comes with em
* 2x 240 and 2x 360 radiators arrived
* ordered up 12x 120mm fractal design 16db fans
* ordered up 3x laing pumps
* ordered up hosing and "coolsleeves"


The mobo plate

Well... as you prolly know by now, the PC thats gonna manage most of the disks will be placed in the middle module, up front on the middle module to be exact ^^

Had to file down the back of the spacers to make sure the mobo plate was in touch with the front plate

Drilled a bunch of holes, and popped stuff into place^..

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5299.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5300.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5301.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5302.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5303.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5304.jpg


The PSU mount

cmon, its basically just 2 plates of alu with holes in em, not gonna go further into that venture ^^

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5305.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5307.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5308.jpg



The secret!
Wonder whats gonna hide behind the lower disk rack... :P oh, and tape measure ftw ^^

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5309.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5310.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5311.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5312.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5313.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5314.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5315.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5316.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5317.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5318.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/110709up/images/IMG_5319.jpg

Might be able to get some work done tomorrow aswell, time will tell ^^

-Cg

[Eclecticos]

An extremely well constructed enclosure.
The design features many unique qualitys.

[grevaeg]

Small update guys :P no pics today though ^^

whats been done :

* cut the top module in half (its now the same size as bottom module)
* mounted 4x 360 radiators in top module
* top plate mounted up

Tomorrows shipment

* 2x 240 radiators
* 12x fractal design 120mm 16db fans
* 10x meters of 1/2" tubing
* 110x 120mm golden fan grills... no idea why they sendt me those -.-

Images coming up tomorrow =)

[grevaeg]

MOTM nominee, Bit-Tech

Gogo vote ^^
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=171535

[grevaeg]

Yet another day has gone by.... and finally... rounding 75% done on the HDD cables and sleeving, 6 of the 8 - 6 plug cables are done, oh oh, added some pics of the true top radiator aswell,

Sad enough, didnt receive the 120mm fan's today... or the radiators -.- will pick em up tomorrow though

whats been done
*Cable sleeeeeeeves -.-
*Cable sleeeeeeeves -.-
*Cable soldering -.-
*Cable sleeeeeeeves -.-
*Cable soldering -.-

The frustration is apparent :P

Anyways... heres some pics :

The silencers came with lotsa s-ata power connectors... however... all of em were facing the same way... thats not gonna work with middle placed PSU's with disks above and below, had to cut and rotate half of em

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/130709up/images/IMG_5324.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/130709up/images/IMG_5325.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/130709up/images/IMG_5326.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/130709up/images/IMG_5327.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/130709up/images/IMG_5331.jpg


The top box, more rads!

The top box has officially lost 50% of its total height, just like its brother ^^ the top space is not needed at all, and trust me... the case is still bloody HUGE, anyways, another set with 360 rads mounted up, totalling at 4x360 radiators in top, another 2x 240 coming in for the bottom module tomorrow along with the fractal design fans

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/130709up/images/IMG_5328.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/130709up/images/IMG_5329.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/130709up/images/IMG_5330.jpg

[grevaeg]

Guys! Guess what?!

The truly worst, most fragile and hated material to work with have arrived, in a small pile, at my office... after a 3 hour drive to pick it up at the "local" retailer (Norway is one of those countries with bad availability of certain stuff, plexi being one of em :P)

Guess i should dedicate a entire article to how much i hate plexiglass, but that will have to go for some other time... and trust me... the list is painfully long when it comes to why i dont like working with it... but hey... it looks good, doesnt it? ^^

So..

Whats been done

* been cutting plexi like crazy on a bladesaw
* measured and drilled holes trough it
* made proper fittings for m6 bolts so it can be mounted to the case
* cut 6x 120mm holes on the top case for radiator ventilation
* been drawing sketches to the cable hiding "system" (also called angled alu plates :P)

Plexi -.-

Well.. the plan was to go for eloxated brushed alu in the first place... but im one of those impatient guys that cant really wait 2 weeks for stuff to be sendt away... worked with... returned and then to be finding that more stuff have to go trough the same process again.

So went off to the local retailer and picked up around 5 square meters of different tickness plexi,

The entire front part of the case is now made out of 5mm clear plexi with 3mm black reflective plexi outside (think PS3 finnish), should be able to put some diodes or cathodes behind it so ill have a nice blue glowing edge around all of it ^^

Also picked up a 8mm tick clear plate to cover the front screen.

All of it tightened up with m6 bolts

And NO, i cant remove the protective plastic before everything is done, its there for a reason :P

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5373.jpg
Plates all cut up

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5372.jpg
Showing off the front middle section on the floor ^^

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5397.jpg
Measure up

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5398.jpg
And start drilling ^^

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5374.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5393.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5394.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5395.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5396.jpg
The 5mm + 3mm make up the 8mm clear plexi on the front display perfectly =)


Ventilation, top radiator's

Not much air is gonna go trough a 3mm plexi plate, so had to get some holes up and ready for some seriour ventilation :P Oh... and the spacers will be coming back, just had to take em out so i could mount the plates proper :P

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5399.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5400.jpg
The backside of the rads

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5401.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5402.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5403.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5404.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5405.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5406.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5407.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/140709up/images/IMG_5408.jpg

Would hate to try and read trough this thread with a 56k... lol

Hopefully able to push trough a update tomorrow aswell ^^

-Cg

[Mark_Hardware]

Sweet azz man I can't wait to see this finished!

[x88x]

mmm. Tis truly a work of art.

Though, from Mark's sig, it would appear that Woz wouldn't trust it :P

Keep up the good work!

[grevaeg]

One of those sleepnight nights have just struck me yet again... my ladie is off in spain for another 3 days... so nothing much to do home at the moment...

Ah well... guess we just have to fill up the time with other stuff to do ^^ and whats better then some late nigh modding 0.o (no, thats not a serious statement) :P

on the 4th day of my cable management road now, and honest, stuff is cloing in to being nearly invisible as far as cables go atleast, in the middle section though :P the rest havent even been started 0.o

The super PSU cooler thingy!

The PCP&C PSU's have been rumored to excrete quite alot of annoying sound when being warmed up, so would assume that a couple of fan's would help keeping the audible stuff a bit down...

So decided to make a fan duct around all the 3 PSU's to be sure they receive enough air in that somewhat tightened up enviroment ^^

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5422.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5423.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5424.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5425.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5426.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5427.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5428.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5429.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5430.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5432.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5433.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5434.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5435.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5436.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/160709UP/images/IMG_5439.jpg

And yes... the small gap between the cable holder and the PSU duct is just a matter of not fastening stuff to the frame yet ^^

Thats all for this night guys, stay tuned tomorrow =)

[x88x]

Wow, I'm continually impressed with the quality of your work. Great job!

Oh, and may I reiterate...that is a LOT of wires :P

[gamer_from_aust]

Wat the hell are you going to fill the hdd's up with?

[grevaeg]

pr0n!

and stuff...

[Waynio]

pr0n!

and stuff...

LMAO :D

Coming along nicely I must learn doing custom cables myself, so much neater and congrats on MOTM nominee :banana:.

[gaz_the_chav]

Now how long would it take to watch 30TB's on Pr0n?? HAHA

Lovely mod

-gaz

[grevaeg]

about 2 yrs of hd stream on 30tb ^^

[gamer_from_aust]

More to the point how much of a sad life would u have it you had that much pr0n. Very cool still cant belive the hdd space.

[KiLLERMAN21]

Even more to the point, why do you need 30TB's of pr0n when you have a partner?!

[SXRguyinMA]

or you guys could spell it PORN, not pr0n...thats just retarded :whistler: :facepalm:

[Couch3ater]

Lol, they could just say porn, but pr0n is just... So much more fun to say. Hahaha

On another note, keep up the good work. ^_^

[grevaeg]

wtf? it's spelled porn? 0.o

After a few days out being really (REALLY) drunk with some friends, i guess its time to get back to work :P however... its quite hard when u cant even lean forward without loosing balance...bloody vodka... lol

The paintjob i due this week, ended up with 2 layers of powder coat this time around aswell.....and alot have to be sanded before starting up with that...

Whats been done

* Mounted fan's
* Made radiator holder
* Finished mobo plate holders
* Sanded up some parts for painting
* Received 40x 100cm angled S-ATA cables
* Worked a bit more on the PSU shroud

With a bit of luck should i receive my shipment from watercooling.co.uk by tuesday, that contains the pumps and the coils for the hoses ^^


http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/180709up/images/IMG_5440.jpg
What to say... ^^

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/180709up/images/IMG_5442.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/180709up/images/IMG_5444.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/180709up/images/IMG_5443.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/180709up/images/IMG_5445.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/180709up/images/IMG_5453.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/180709up/images/IMG_5446.jpg

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http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/180709up/images/IMG_5448.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/180709up/images/IMG_5449.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/180709up/images/IMG_5450.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/180709up/images/IMG_5451.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/180709up/images/IMG_5452.jpg

Afraid my current state of mind aint able to do a proper writeup to the pics :P let the imagination work guys!

-Cg

[DonT-FeaR]

this is insane...

but yet so awesome!

[The boy 4rm oz]

Dude that PSU guide is awesome...and that is a CRAP load of SATA cables hahahaha, loving this mod.

[DonT-FeaR]

i love your work,.... just zoomed through it again and its very impressive!

[grevaeg]

Hah, thx DonT-FeaR ^^ Hopefully have alot to show you guys, dont rly consider this project half way done yet 0.o

anyways... :

Hi guys!

The package from watercooling.co.uk has finally arrived! And im such a lazy boy, n wont be writing stuff on how to assemble laing pumps :P

Consider this a small update ^^

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/200709up/images/IMG_5470.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/200709up/images/IMG_5471.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/200709up/images/IMG_5472.jpg

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http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/200709up/images/IMG_5474.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/200709up/images/IMG_5475.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/200709up/images/IMG_5476.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/200709up/images/IMG_5477.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/200709up/images/IMG_5478.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/200709up/images/IMG_5479.jpg

Pump mount... still workin on it :P

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/200709up/images/IMG_5480.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/200709up/images/IMG_5481.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/200709up/images/IMG_5482.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/200709up/images/IMG_5483.jpg

[The boy 4rm oz]

The pump mount is very clean, very nice.

[DonT-FeaR]

yeah nice pump mount.

[grevaeg]

Hi guys ^^

Case has been de-assembled today, time to get some work done to get this project a decent looking finnish i would guess?

current status pic

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/220709/DSC00006s.JPG (http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/220709/DSC00006.JPG)

Ill get some more pics by friday, stay tuned! one of those truly MAJOR updates should arise around those times =)

[DonT-FeaR]

woah.. urs lucky.. that looks really good :P

[SXRguyinMA]

looking forward to the update :up:

[grevaeg]

http://karinesverden.blogg.no/images/451279-5-1248441719616-n500.jpg

^^ My ladies ring

Gief gratz! -.-

<- engaged today :P

[x88x]

Congrats man!

[Couch3ater]

Congrats man! So, when should we expect our invites? =D

[Waynio]

Really nice work all round its gonna be amazing :up: and congrats grevaeg :banana::banana::banana:.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Congratz mate, good luck ;).

[Mark_Hardware]

Sucker.

Nah I'm just playin congrats and good luck!

[KiLLERMAN21]

http://online-book-store.net/T-SHIRT%20STORE%20FILES/Blog%20Pictures/Blog%201/Game%20Over/Mens-Dark-Game-Over.jpg

Nice ring man!

[OvRiDe]

I have always loved seeing scratch builds come together, and this one does not disappoint! Great work and congratz on the engagement!

[grevaeg]

Hi guys! Thx for all the good words, im a bound man soon now, cant rly say im complaining either..

Guess it would be time for a new update ^^

Have been sanding like crazy the past days, and are finally ready for the first layer of primer, to make sure the paint will be stuck there for awhile :P

The colour of choice ended up on black-ish non reflective (matte?) for the lack of a better word ^^

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/250709/DSC00013s.jpg (http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/250709/DSC00013.jpg)

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/250709/DSC00015s.jpg (http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/250709/DSC00015.jpg)

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/250709/DSC00016s.jpg (http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/250709/DSC00016.jpg)

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/250709/DSC00017s.jpg (http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/250709/DSC00017.jpg)

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/250709/DSC00019s.jpg (http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/250709/DSC00019.jpg)

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/250709/DSC00020s.jpg (http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/250709/DSC00020.jpg)

[The boy 4rm oz]

This thing is a beast.

[grevaeg]

Hi guys!

The paintjob is drying up, will get some pics tomorrow ^^

[DonT-FeaR]

looking wicked,,
and thats a sexy ring !

loving the case..

congrats with the engagement.

[Eclecticos]

Congrats, it's a true gem. Wish you both the best. +Rep
Your project is looks great so far. Like the frame buildup.

[grevaeg]

Guess its time for a update again...

Whats been done

* Paintjob done
* Mounted case back up
* Mounted frontplates
* Mounted Laing pumps
* Tightened fittings for hoses
* Mounted wtfpwn wheels on the lower module

The paint job

A entire chapter should be dedicated to this one, cus honest, its been a ****load of work to get the finnish decent enough to be happy with it :P Been sanding for hours, placed up primer, and hung stuff up and sprayed it with a spray gun... After a 30 hours drytime it was finally ok to pick it back down and start getting this case up running again....

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/270709up/DSC00022.JPG

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/270709up/DSC00024.JPG

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/270709up/DSC00023.JPG

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http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/270709up/DSC00028.JPG

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/270709up/IMG_5604.jpg

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[Waynio]

Looking real good :up:, outstanding monster case :banana:.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Damn, I wish I had a paint boot like that at my disposal. The paint turned out very well, very nice finish. The whole thing looks great all together.

[DonT-FeaR]

oh man thats cool :)


jase.. my whole shed is a paint booth atm we are gunna rip ot down soon so its got a compressor in it only.. getting vento painted then pullin it down. :P

[billygoat333]

wow... looks very sexy in black!! A+ paintjob. :)

[grevaeg]

Hi guys!

Its light in the end of the tunnel! Finally! Mounted up alot of stuff now, and its clearly turning out to be possible to get this PC up and running quite soon =)

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/280709up/images/IMG_5604.jpg


The Storageish

Got pretty exactly 36 sata and 4 ide drives thats all going into this build, leaving another 8 slots for new disks in the future ^^ stuff tends to be filled up at a alarming rate... with, uhm... family photo's ofc ^^

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/280709up/images/IMG_5623.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/280709up/images/IMG_5624.jpg

http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/280709up/images/IMG_5625.jpg
First row in place ^^

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http://grevaeg.com/images/case010/280709up/images/IMG_5632.jpg
Anyone stated that stuff cant be clean with 40 drives? 0.o

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Aaaand.... the first batch of 24 disks up

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Power em up?

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Watercooling

Hah! Stuff looks so messy right now,but hey... its only gonna move water around... might change some loops tomorrow
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Current status pic
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[The boy 4rm oz]

OMFG HDDs lol. I really like the way you have done the HDD cables, it is really neat and tidy, the water loop is looking good also.+rep

[DonT-FeaR]

looking really good mate.. i love it!

[KiLLERMAN21]

WHO NEEDS THAT MANY HDDS?! SERIOUSLY!

Nice work man, definitely the best of the 'GeN' series so far, in my opinion. +rep.

[DonT-FeaR]

the higher the number the better they get :P

[si-skyline]

Iv been watching this for ages. Its great to see it come to a close finish.. I bet you cant wait to power that baby up and hear 40 hard drives do the power on tests :P I really enjoy my 5 hard drives doing it.

Cant wait :) go for gold

[grevaeg]

Hi guys!

Time for the long awaited update =)

Whats been done
* More cable management
* Some hose management
* Made a new holder to keep sata cables out of sight on the bottom module
* Soldered power cables for the pumps and light's
* Test booted all 3 PC's

Well... as mentioned before, have been putting quite alot of time into cable management, its now officially day 6 of the management... and a decent 30 hours has allready gone into it 0.o

God i hate this amount of cables... but hey... hopefully its gonna look decent when its done

Also tried to hook up the screen earlier, works flawlessly =)

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[The boy 4rm oz]

Cable management looks great mate, very very neat and tidy, your best effort yet.

[DonT-FeaR]

yeah man getting tidy now!! u have had alot of practice tho :)

[grevaeg]

DBk4YPh1R9c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBk4YPh1R9c

[Mark_Hardware]

Craziness man. If I haven't already, a big +rep!

[grevaeg]

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Rightside design done.... this is the entire case side ^^

Should be done with the rightside one aswell later today

[The boy 4rm oz]

I'm liking that, respectfully shows your sponsors, and looks awesome ;).

[DonT-FeaR]

well arnt you just to cool then :)

[grevaeg]

Finale?

nah... afraid not... but hey... getting truly close to finishing this project =)

Windows 7 installed on all 3 comp's, running flawlessly, the temp seems to keep stable at 34c full load on the phenom 955 + 4870x2 loop

Its not making any noise at all practically speaking, ill get a DB measure up within the next days

The final weight for those who's wondering is 63KG

The dragon is done, but still need the sponsor marks up there, and the watercooling has been filled up, should be able to get some benches soon aswell


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So... what might be left?

* Screen cover on the backside
* mobo consealer on the rightside
* cathodes and LED's
* power button's
* HDD rack hider for the holders thats left empty for now
* get sponsor decals

Thx for tagging along on this build guys and ladies, truly appreciated with all the support thats been given =)

[The boy 4rm oz]

Dude it looks awesome, really cool, truly a beast, your best one yet. +rep

[x88x]

Wow, it turned out looking really nice. I think this is my favorite generation :D It feels much more polished than even gen5. I love the dragon, it manages to scream AMD and yet still look awesome and not like a blatant advert. +rep incase I haven't yet for this project.

[gramatton]

That dragon on the clear plexi looks amazing. Truely awesome.

[Waynio]

OMG the cabling is so neat & outstanding, looks very kick a :)
Brilliant job on keeping it nice, cool & quiet too for such a beast :)
Looks all round are awesome also, well done m8.
63KG wow thats like the max weight on my weight bench lol, so it is possible to move it, the wheels must be ultra strong to carry that weight.
This is probably the kind of pc I would have if I was very rich :D
For such a huge monstrous case it is gorgeous.
+rep if I have not already :).

[DonT-FeaR]

i like it :P

whens the next gen coming out? lol

[grevaeg]

Hi guys! As some of you might know is the yearly "The Gathering" LAN party in vikingskipet Norway coming up soon.... hopefully will it be around 6000 contestants around in a large hall ^^

and when that is done, will it be time for me to move on....new ideas allways emerge when you give it enough time, and the modding mind is starting to have some cravings again.. i believe this would be some kind of mentally illness, but a strive for perfection still persist

Would therefore be happy to announce that the 6th GeN project is going for sale quite soon, to make headroom for well... 7th gen, lol

The project have had a build cost of a staggering 14,000 USD not counting in the time and effort to build it all

If anyone would have some interest , please dont hesitate to send me a PM =)

Best regards,

Christer Grevaeg

[grevaeg]

i like it :P

whens the next gen coming out? lol

Planning just started ^^

Guess ill give u guys a little heads up 0.o, The previous build got kinda large, and honest... its a pain in the ass to move around, lol

so i guess its time to size it down a notch, not much though... the 6th gen will be sold as a whole... including hardware, screens and cooling, will hopefully get a decent price for it so i can fund the upcoming build ^^

Going to get rid of the 500gb drives, and go up to 16x 2tb ones instead, assume that it will be one gaming rig + fileserver this time around, kinda considering getting a new phenom rig with a 5890 or two for now

There is no way in hell im going back to aircooling either... its just inferior ^^

Got a small design challenge now though... kinda hard to top the previous build... and the level of casemods around in this place and on bit-tech seems to be increasing, people are putting casemods to another league -.- so guess ill have to step it up aswell, theres allways room for improvement 0.o

Anyone got some wild ideas they would like to see implemented in the next gen?

[cellsite60]

Wow thats a monster, me like :up:
Can't wait to see your next project !!!

[x88x]

Mmmm, preeetty.. :D I'm really looking forward to the 7th generation, especially since it's gonna be entirely new hardware :twisted:


Anyone got some wild ideas they would like to see implemented in the next gen?

None come to mind atm, but you can be sure I'll say something if I think of any.

[raistnox]

I'd like to see the next gen have a petabyte of hdd space but it's unrealistic lol

[x88x]

I'd like to see the next gen have a petabyte of hdd space but it's unrealistic lol

Maybe Gen 8 ;)

[Trace]

This build was absolutely amazing...I can't wait for 7th gen

[x88x]

Ok, because I'm...well, I'm not really sure what I am, but anyways, I did a rough estimate of what it would cost to build a 1PiB cluster using off-the-shelf components:

Basically, you would have three storage nodes, each with a crapton of HDDs, and a quad-port gigabit PCIe NIC. Then you would have a controller node, with three quad-port gigabit PCIe NICs. The quad-port NICs would give you a nice, dedicated 4Gbps channel between the controller node and each storage node.

I worked out that to get 1 TiB (not 1TB...at that level the difference is a massive 73TiB!), you would need 581x 2TB drives. To accomodate any RAID balancing you might want to do, lets even that out to 584. With this setup, you could handle a maximum of 596 drives, though unfortunately, 20 of them would be on onboard controllers (8 in this scenario).

Granted, this wouldn't be the cheapest way to get 1TiB, but that's hardly the point, now is it...

Storage node (x4):
EVGA 170-BL-E762-A1 (MBB)
Xeon W3580
24GB Mushkin DDR3-1600
1x 64GB Intel X25-E
6x Acera 24-port PCIe RAID controllers
146x 2TB Samsung F3EG
1x Intel quad-gigabit NIC
PC P&C TurboCool 1200

Controller node (x1):
EVGA 141-BL-E757-TR (MBB)
Xeon W3580
24GB Mushkin DDR3-1600
1x 64GB Intel X25-E
4x Intel quad-gigabit NIC
PC P&C TurboCool 1200


584x 2TiB Samsung Spinpoint F3EG ($180@) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152202): $105,120
24x 24-port Areca PCIe SATA controller ($1,130@) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816151042): $27,120
4x EVGA 170-BL-E762-A1 ($500@) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188059) : $2,000
1x EVGA 141-BL-E757-TR ($240@) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188049) : $240
5x Xeon W3580: ($1,090@) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117220): $5,450
10x Mushkin 12GB(3x 4GB) DDR3-1600 ($750@) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226119): $7,500
8x Intel Quad-port Gigabit PCIe ($407@) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106019): $3,256
5x PC P&C TurboCool 1200 ($600@) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703012): $3,000
5x 64GB Intel X25-E ($413@) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167014): $2,065
Total: $155,751

Oh, plus materials to build the custom case(s).

Soo...anyone got an extra house that they'd be willing to sell so I can build this thing? :D

[billygoat333]

bla bla bla I have lots and lots and lots of time on my hands

;) just kidding. that is an expensive cluster setup. d to a m n. haha. I'm bored too.

[knowledgegranted]

http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/

[x88x]

http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/

Yeah, only problem there is that to get 1PiB, you would need 16 of their units, for a total of ~$126,000, plus a rack to put them in. I was trying to do it in as few systems as possible, with as much reliability and speed as possible (the SATA repeater bridges that BackBlaze uses apparently aren't so good on either front, but in the massive quantity that they deal with them in, it balances out.

[Airbozo]

Yeah, only problem there is that to get 1PiB, you would need 16 of their units, for a total of ~$126,000, plus a rack to put them in. I was trying to do it in as few systems as possible, with as much reliability and speed as possible (the SATA repeater bridges that BackBlaze uses apparently aren't so good on either front, but in the massive quantity that they deal with them in, it balances out.

Well one way to save $$ is to get specific storage chassis that allow you to link HDD backplanes. Intel has a few and there are others out there (supermicro, AIC). You can put up to 188 drives on one controller and the backplane handles the load.

Not that it would save much, but...

[x88x]

Haha, yeah, I was pretty blown away by how much of the cost was just the HDDs :D

[Airbozo]

Haha, yeah, I was pretty blown away by how much of the cost was just the HDDs :D

True. We recently built a server for a customer that had 32x2tb drives. He was shocked at the price until he saw the price broken down. We also cautioned him against using consumer grade drives in a server based appliance. He didn't listen to us and we have replaced 3 of the drives already. We told him the company would not warranty them in this configuration for more than a year.

[grevaeg]

Well guys, ive kinda reached a limit on how much stuff can be stored.... its quite frankly hard to fill up more than 30TB. Trust me, ive tried.. simply not enough family photos around on the www..

But hey... its still somewhat over the top for a home rig? 0.o

What i would really like to do this way around is to get the rig REALLY silent... as in... 16db ish, i wanna be able to push the button, and hear no difference at all...

Should be quite obtainable with enough radiators and low rpm fan's, anyone have some insight on how much heat a radiator can dissipate? are there numbers out there?

Also wanna put the build quality to a higher level then previous, might be using solid alu this time, and not those hollow profiles :P

Give me some ideas guys, running low ^^

Anyone know if its possible to get waterblocks for the 5890's yet?

[x88x]

For perfectly silent, getting 'green' HDDs will also help a lot (especially with 16 of them). IDK about exact figures, but I have 5 1.5TB WD Green and Samsung F2 drives in my fileserver, and the only thing I can hear in it is the CPU fan. Biig difference from when I was running with normal 7200RPM HDDs, and they actually made a decent amount of noise.

For the watercooling, I take it you're wanting to run it with no fans? I don't think I've ever seen that done with high performance parts before..should be interesting. :D I don't think the Radeon 5890 is actually even out yet (could be wrong about that, please correct me if I am), so no, to my knowledge, nobody makes a block for it. However, whenever it does come out, Danger Den (http://www.dangerden.com/store/ati-video-card-water-blocks/) will most likely make a block for it really quick. They already have them for the 5970, 5870, and 5850.

[grevaeg]

5970* lol, too many damn models out now.... will be going for 5970's 0.o

So in total... if the 5970 would be in crossfire.. that would be 281w - x2 - 125w for each of the cpu's, 30w from chipsets x2, and assume ill be going for a 4770 or a 5770 for the file server, that will be another 130w

So in total should it be around 1000w that needs to be dissipated, higly doubt its possible to do passive, but theres alot of truly low noise fans out there, nexus being one of them 0.o

Havent found numbers for how much heat radiators can get rid of yet though.. guess ill have to do some numbers myself there..

Should be perfectly possible to fit around 6x 360 radiators in there or maybe 480's?, it havent been buildt yet, so just have to take height for a solution like that ^^

[x88x]

You also might want to look into the MO-RA radiator (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=25231). IDK if it's actually better than 3 good 360's though; you'd have to ask p0Pe about that.

OOC, why are you putting a high end GPU on the fileserver?

[Trace]

You could always get some car radiators!

[grevaeg]

You also might want to look into the MO-RA radiator (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=25231). IDK if it's actually better than 3 good 360's though; you'd have to ask p0Pe about that.

OOC, why are you putting a high end GPU on the fileserver?
Its not high end, its mid range :P might as well have the possibility to play on it while its there 0.o the cost increase aint really there ^^


You could always get some car radiators!
Tried both car radiators and mc ones in the past... they are just too bulky... weigh much, and have wierd angles and mounting brackets, they also have like... 4-9 inlets for cooling fluid 0.o

So its just impractical from what ive figured out earlier atleast, but prove me wrong, find some decent ones plx ^^ and i might give it a try

[Trace]

I'll start looking around

[x88x]

Its not high end, its mid range :P might as well have the possibility to play on it while its there 0.o the cost increase aint really there ^^

Hahaha, ok, fair enough. I've always just run my fileservers with onboard video (or none). Of course, it's rather difficult to game on a headless Debian box... :whistler: