Project : 5th gen - 20TB gaming rigs

[grevaeg]

Project : 5th GeN
Building a 29TB monster rig

Well... the time has come to yet again start on a new project, the old one just didnt fit my needs anymore, so decided to give it my all to build a awesome dual pc case, with a additional atom rig to run the upcoming touch screen =)

Anyways, have set some personal goals for this build


* 2 Mainboard spots
* Watercooled
* Removable harddrive rack
* Enough space for atleast 40 disks
* Good radiator
* Only use 250mm fans where its possible
* double PSU area
* Aluminium frame, welded
* Plexiglass exterior
* Silver and black finish, go for style
* Buildt in 2 sections, 1 for main pcs, 1 for radiator and atom PC

Sponsors!
http://ekwaterblocks.com/shop/images/oscommerce.gif (http://ekwaterblocks.com/shop/index.php)
Huge thanks to EK for awesome products and great prices =)

Stuff are still being planned, but have some decent ideas on what i want, and how i want it executed

Might as well start with the hardware list

PC1 :
Asus p5q Premium x48
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
4 GB OCZ Flex, pc 9200
Radeon 4870x2
1200w Thoughpower PSU


PC2 :
Asus P5K Premium - p35
Inte Core 2 Quad Q9550
4GB OCZ Flex, pc9200
Radeon 4870 - 1GB
1200w Thoughpower PSU

PC3 :
Intel Atom 1.6 ghz
Intel mITX d945gclf2
2GB OCZ, pc 5400
300w Chieftech PSU


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

Får vel håpe å ha runda 20 TB før TG 09 =)


Watercooling :
Apogee GT cpu blocks
undecided on the rest (ideas?)


Concept - frame

Afraid i havent made a concept for the exterior of the case yet, but atleast have some plans for the looks on the frame itself, have allready been working on the case for a few days, so it didnt really turn out the way i though it would... a sudden burst of creativity came in the way for that part

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/backs.jpg


http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/fronts.jpg


http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/rightsides.jpg


http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/sliderss.jpg


http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/sliders2s.jpg

- Christer Grevæg

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The water tank
Concept


http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/tank1.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/tank1l.jpg)
Would really love to have a watertank that can fill most of the front space of my upcoming rack, and create a nice waterfall effect, guess the total height would end up around 95x5x30cm some place

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/tank.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/tankl.jpg)
The main idea behind this one would be to cut out 40mm holes times 4 in a thick piece of plexiglass, get some rubber rings down there, mill out some space for em, and hopefully get it watertight. The water would travel trough drilled paths and enter / exit in the middle of the block on top and bottom. Plexi with that thickness can easily be mounted to the case too...

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/plexi.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/plexil.jpg)
Allready found a suitable block of plexi 50mm thick -.- god its heavy....
anyways, found a circular saw, and cut it into usefull pieces

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The weld

Had the chance to do some welding the previous days, using a mig welder for aluminium, at high voltage, welding corners is a pain, the alu tend to melt in ways you dont want it to

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2172s.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2172.jpg)
4 x 25x25x5000mm square profiles... a total of over 20 meters alu, this would be the base of the case

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2173s.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2173.jpg)
After running them over the cutter, we got some decent cut pieces, in the lenghts required

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2176s.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2176.jpg)
The amount of time this will take is probably endless....

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2175s.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2175.jpg)
Had to get a few pics of the rig doing some of the work too =)

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2177s.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2177.jpg)
The alu lined up and ready for welding

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2178s.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2178.jpg)
Welding in action

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2180s.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2180.jpg)
One part of the top part of the case done, NEXT!

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2181s.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2181.jpg)
Second part all done and god to go

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2260s.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2260.jpg)
First part of the welding done now, would need to get some sandpaper out , and some paint at some point

At the current state, will the top box be housing the radiator, the mITX, the touchscreen and some fans

Will also have to make some new "feet" between the top and bottom box

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_1969s.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_1969.jpg)
Also got some perforated alu for the disk rack, more on this later

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_1972s.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_1972.jpg)
CPU block, mainboard holders and 10 250mm fans have arrived

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The radiator and the frame

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2433.jpg
Was able to get some fibersparkle(?) (stuff that gets hard after application)

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2434.jpg
Lotsa open ends in the alu, had to fill all of those up

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2435.jpg
Stashed in the "foam thingy" and sanded it proper to get a good surface for the upcoming paintjob

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2427.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2427l.jpg)
Decided to get a used radiator from some bike or something, partly for the looks, and partly for the killer performance these beasts can give compared to standard computer sized ones. Ended up with a radiator from a 94' mod GPZ 600, though, it needs some love to look good again...

So thought i should make a new shell for it, and spray paint it so it can look somewhat fresh again

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2425.jpg
Perfect! this plate looked to be great regards to what i was looking for

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2426.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2426l.jpg)
Cut it in proper lenght, found a steel tube, and bended it

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2428.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2428l.jpg)
And there we go... a somewhat better looking radiator

The fans

After alot of thinking did i decide to go for 250mm fans for the radiator, these are low noise, push lotsa air, and looks awesome =)

Would also need to pair em up, to ensure that one pair is allways on when one of the computers is shut down... so each comp will be fitted with 2x 250mm for the radiator

Had some 10x10x1mm alu around in the shop that i used for the framework

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2436.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2436l.jpg)
2 fans tightened up

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2437.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2437l.jpg)
First pair done

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2438.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2438l.jpg)
Second pair done

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2439.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2439l.jpg)


http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2440.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/img_2440l.jpg)
And finally, mounted up on the radiator and into the pc frame

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The harddrive rack and progress pics

The rack will be build up with steel plates as place holders, self drilling steel bolts, perforated alu for holders, and rubber feet thats isolating vibration. This should ensure a stable , flexible and silent foundation for the disks


http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2450.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2450l.jpg)
Bought in a steel plate with 3mm thickness for the base of my harddrive rack, steel can take ALOT more weight then alu, so its proper for this kind of use. Cut it up in the size needed and measured up the holes for the harddrive "slides"

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2446.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2446l.jpg)
Cut up some square alu to fit my needs

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2445.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2445l.jpg)
Attached them to the plate

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2447.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2447l.jpg)
And added a plate in front to keep the upcoming sideplates in place

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2452.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2452l.jpg)
Mounted up with vibration isolating feets

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2449.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2449l.jpg)
Top and bottom holder all ready to use, they are using 6mm bolts to keep them in place

http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2451.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2451l.jpg)
http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2453.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2453l.jpg)
Cut out the plates for the drives, and fit em in the sliders, these should ensure decent air flow, and enough possibilities to get some disks in there


--progress pics--

This is the current progress pics


http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2455.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2455l.jpg)
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http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2456.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2456l.jpg)
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http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2457.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2457l.jpg)
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http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2458.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2458l.jpg)
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http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2460.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2460l.jpg)
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http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2461.jpg (http://www.spinnin-wheel.com/images/stories/kart/christersin/2008/25/img_2461l.jpg)

Next update will come on thursday if everything goes by the plans, have 6 square meters of plexi coming in the shop about then =) thx for reading

[grevaeg]

Small update =)

The mITX system has just arrived for the touchscreen, this one will be mounted in the top box and will only be used on the touch. Gonna be sweet to run torrents, remote playlists and media server on, gonna stash in 2gb ddr2 in it too, and install vista or something :P


Have also ordered another 6 250mm fans for the case, totalling out on 10 250mm fans in the case

speccs :

* Mini-ITX form factor 12cmx12cm
* Dual Core Intel Atom processor 1.6ghz
* one 240 pin DIMM socket supporting 533/667MHz single channel DDR2 up to 2GB in size
* Intel 945GC chipset: 82945GC Northbridge with integrated graphics
* GMA 950 integrated graphics
* S-Video output via Chrontel CH7021A SDTV/HDTV encoder
* RealTek ALC662 codec with HDA and 6 channel audio
* SPDIFF header on motherboard
* one PCI slot
* 8 USB2.0 ports (4 on back panel, 4 on two headers)
* one IDE interface
* two SATA2 interfaces
* one VGA connector
* one S-Video port
* one parallel port
* one serial port
* PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
* Intel BIOS with SMBIOS support, Rapid BIOS boot, Express BIOS Update
* Gigabit Ethernet
* ACPI support, Wake on USB, PCI, PS/2, Lan
* supports Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows XP Home and Pro, 32 bit and 64 bit


http://i.neoseeker.com/neo_image/161496/article/D945GCLF2_atom_330/mb2_thumb.jpg

http://i.neoseeker.com/neo_image/161492/article/D945GCLF2_atom_330/boxf_thumb.jpg


CHIEFTEC PSU 300W SFX m-ATX12V 2.0 for P4 with active PFC
http://www.gerakaina.lt/new/images/gnt_380360.jpg


Did also find a 300w power supply to power it up, its not using more then 60ish watt though, so its somewhat overkill... sizes up to 12x15x6cm



The plexiglass has arrived too... =)

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2474s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2474.jpg)
Over 6 square meters in total, god its gonna be a large build ^^

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2475s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2475.jpg)
started cutting out the plates with my air dremel and circular saw...

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2496s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2496.jpg)
Allmost done plating the top box now, the screen is also in place, more about that one later :P

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2497s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2497.jpg)
The current windows will be fine cut later on, and get a clear coat of plexi inside, with spacers between, just to get some air in there

--the touch screen--

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2501s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2501.JPG)
All plated up, and taped to the plexi to measure where to put the screen holders and mount

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2500s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2500.JPG)
images...

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2503s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2503.JPG)
cut up a few alu profiles to make the mount, tightened up with self drilling screws

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2487s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2487.JPG)

--HTPC, miniITX--

Well... as i said earlier, the mITX is in the house ^^

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2498s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2498.JPG)
More perforated alu, cut out, ready for mobo mount


http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2477s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2477.JPG)
The psu was in standard greyish metallic finnish, brushed it down and painted it in a more suitable colour


http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2476s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2476.JPG)
The mobo mounted up with rubber rings and m6 bolts, should ensure that it wont get in touch with the rest of the mobo plate


http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2486s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2486.JPG)
the backside


http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2485s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2485.JPG)
And the PSU mounted up in the bottom


http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2493s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2493.JPG)
Havent been able to get my cable sleeves yet, so taped it up for now, just to see how it would fit in there, and to be honest... its a perfect fit ^^ gonna need to make some external USB ports for it though....since the pc will be total enclosed in the top box, invisible behind the black plexi plates


--status images--


http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2499s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2499.JPG)

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2488s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2488.JPG)

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2479s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2479.JPG)

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2480s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2480.JPG)

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2505s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2505.JPG)

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2478s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update210/425CANON/IMG_2478.JPG)

That should be it for this time, the case is now ribbed down, all plates taken off, all holes needed drilled, and off to the car paint shop for a final touch of paint to make it look sweet :P

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New update guys ^^

Dont have time for the writeup right now though, anyways, heres some progress images :P

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update1310/IMG_2642s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update1310/IMG_2642.JPG)

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update1310/IMG_2643s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update1310/IMG_2643.JPG)

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[grevaeg]

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[grevaeg]

Guess its time for a update again ^^

Been working the past couple of days with the exterior of the case, guess we will let the images speak for themselves ^^.

Looking forward to getting all the hardware in there and get it fired up, and its all closing in really fast now, just a couple of days work left, and this project can be concluded :P

Whats been done :

* Sanded down the edges of the window cuts
* Added rubber seals under all the plates
* Sanded down the bottom alu plate
* Removed safety foil on the plexi
* Finished the front of the comp

What's left :

* hardware :P
* watertank
* cable management
* decals
* watercooling

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update2810/IMG_2929s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update2810/IMG_2929.JPG)
Rubber bands for vibration isolation on the sideplates and plexi in general, used well over 10 meters in total on the case

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update2810/IMG_2930s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update2810/IMG_2930.JPG)
Also got ahold of some vibration dampening pads to make sure the pump got as much isolation as possible

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update2810/IMG_2931s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update2810/IMG_2931.JPG)

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http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update2810/IMG_2937s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update2810/IMG_2937.JPG)
Have to do something about these... they look like ****... -.-

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update2810/IMG_2938s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update2810/IMG_2938.JPG)
Replaced em with coned bolts


http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update2810/IMG_2942s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update2810/IMG_2942.JPG)
Cut up a 2 cm plexi plate sanded it and glued it over the other plate, to conceal the bolt holes, turned out quite nice imo ^^

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update2810/IMG_2939s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update2810/IMG_2939.JPG)

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[grevaeg]

measured it up to a staggering 149x65x32cm, its about a nosetip shorter then my girl :P

[grevaeg]

Just got a mail from EK Waterblocks!

They will be providing me with Waterblocks to a discount price for this project ! So the order has just been placed for the following

EK-FC4870 X2 - Acetal CF
http://ekwaterblocks.com/shop/images/4870X2-Acetal.jpg

High performance VGA water block for the Radeon HD 4870 X2 series refference design graphic cards. Base is made of electrolytic copper. Top is made of quality POM Acetal. Back ram heat sinks are made of black anodized aluminium. The sealing is preformed by quality rubber washer. Block is mounted with enclosed M3 screws.
Mounting mechanism and fittings are included in price!

Fittings can be used on both side of the block (up and down), the 2 plugs are enclosed!

Technical data:
- dimensions of copper base: 206 x 118,5 x 7,5mm
- dimensions oftop: 207 x 119,5 x 8mm
- threads: 4 x G1/4
- fittings size: optional
- weight: 970 g



EK-FC4870 CF - Acetal
http://ekwaterblocks.com/shop/images/EK-FC4870-Acetal.jpg

A Full cover block for Radeon HD 4870.

High performance water block for Radeon HD4870 reference graphic cards.

Base is made of electrolytic copper. Top is made of quality POM Acetal material. Mosfet alu cooler is made of black anodized aluminium. The sealing is preformed by quality rubber washer. Block is mounted with enclosed M2,5x6mm and M2,5 x 4mm screws.
Mounting mechanism and fittings are included in price!

Fittings can be used on both side of the block (up and down), the 2 plugs are enclosed!

Technical data:
- dimensions of copper base: 118,5 x 112 x 8mm
- dimensions of POAM Acetal top: 119,5 x 113,5 x 8mm
- threads: 4 x G1/4
- fittings size: optional
- weight: 556 g

http://ekwaterblocks.com/shop/images/oscommerce.gif (http://ekwaterblocks.com/shop/index.php)
Huge thanks to EK =)

[grevaeg]

Hi all!,

One of those really large updates are finally coming along :P

Been working for 16 hours straight today on this project, so gotten a long way now...

Whats been done
* Finalized water res
* Allmost done with backplates
* Mounted disks and some hardware
* Soldered power circuits and LED's
* Installed Windows on mITX


Whats left
* Get the hoses and mount them up
* Install waterblocks on GFX cards
* Install new mobo
* Install watercooling and water ress
* Install fillport
* Boot it up ^^.




The harddrive rack


Guess this will be the start of stuffing disks in this case =)

Had previously powder coated 4 perforated plates to deal with this one, the disks got tilted somewhat upwards to prevent heat to be trapped in between them... Still have to put down a placeholder in the front of them though, so they dont slide out when the case is being moved, might get some screws and just drill holes and mount them that way too, oh well... ill figure it out

Got about 32 disks in place now, just missing out on 4x 80GB SAS (15k rpm) drives now, and a additional 2x 1TB drives that havent yet arrived, totals out on 22TB when everything is in place, over a total of 40 disks

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3261s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3261.JPG)

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http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3272s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3272.JPG)

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3283s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3283.JPG)

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3279s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3279.JPG)
Added another 2 disks to the mITX board, 2x 500GB WD - One at the top.....

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3276s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3276.JPG)
And one at the bottom :P



The water-ress


It was decided early on that i wanted a large tank up front of the case, however, its been a real pain getting this one made, afraid i didnt have a camera available at the buildprocess but ill try and shorten it down here....

First of all, cut off a few pieces of a large plexiblock i had available, then i milled up 4 holes for the water cylinders, and made a 3mm opening inside the block for the o-ring, that would seal them up...

A normal drill was used to get the water paths within the blocks and locked up by a m8 bolt with sealing tape on it in the end, to ensure it doesnt leak....

However, needed some way to get the water down there, since sideway mounting nipples wont happen :P drilled up two holes on the top and the bottom, centered up within the block to ensure even flow of the water... and nippled em up with o-rings at the bottom...

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3265s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3265.JPG)

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Fixing up the backplate


Time to do something about the plain look of the backplates on the case =)

As you probably noticed, the other 2 radiators have also arrived, so needed some way to get em decent looking (still need fans and grills though) -.-

Started by measuring up the size of it, cut out a piece in cardboard to check out if it checked up... Went further on with measuring up the plexiglass, and got on with the cutting job.. Gotta love jigsaws.... the results doesnt allways turn out like you want them to... so will have to file down some edges on these soon, but have way to much stuff to do to sit down and do that now :P

So will be a furter update on this one later

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Snuck in some pics of the thoughpowers along with the two radiators mounted up :P

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3285s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3285.JPG)

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3286s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3286.JPG)

[grevaeg]

Soldering and LED's

God, this had been a time consuming affair...

Bought up 90x LED's - Blue, received them last week, and today, finally ready to start getting them up running, also had to do alot of cable soldering to power up the rest of the fans and leds on the case...

All the light's and some of the fans are directly connected to the 300w PSU for the mITX now

Anyways, guess u guys have decent insight in how this work's so ill let the pics speak for themselves =)

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3287s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3287.JPG)

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Hardware

Ah well, a small chapter for itself... Sadly my "old" Abit Quad GT had to be replaced since it werent to happy about running 2x sas controllers for some reason -.-

So ordered up another Asus P5Q premium, should get this one sometime next week

Heres some current pics though of some of the hardware going in there... god i hate full memory cards when ur taking pics -.- so got somewhat limited this time

Also.. the hoses and waterblocks from EK-Waterblocks should arrive the upcoming week! damn, im looking forward to those, starting to close in on completion, FINALLY

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3211s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3211.JPG)

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3212s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3212.JPG)

http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3213s.jpg (http://www.grevaeg.com/images/case08/update0711/IMG_3213.JPG)



The touch

Windows Vista Ultimate x86 - Installed!

Working flawless, need to get some holes for USB ports so it can be easily reached, and install the touch software for it, then its all good to go... And no... the pics aint taken upside down :p

Mounted the screen upside down so the buttons on it wouldnt show when you stand looking at it, its easily rotated in windows, so it was a better solution this time around, since the buttons are so far up on the screen it just wouldnt look good having them popping out, believe i had some wierd cam settings too, the screen is not that white... hmmz...

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Price estimation would be something like this =)

2 nicely specced gaming comps - 3000$ish
22 TB of drives is another 2800$
raid controllers close up to a decent 1800$ too...
4x 24" LCD's - 2000$
plexiglass cost around 100$ a square meter over here - 600$
Watercooling - 600$
Aluminium and other stuff 300$

and thats without the work included =)

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Small update guys,

Just received my second P5Q Premium and the GFX waterblocks from EK today, in addition to 6 meter of tubing :P

Guess the waterloop will be something like this :

water ress --> pump--> radiator 1--> gfx 1--> CPU 1--> radiator 2--> gfx 2--> CPU 2--> radiator 3 --> ress again

More pics to come in a few days

[grevaeg]

hah, keep them coming dude =)

Love all input i can get, so dont worry about that, ok? I would buy another pump if i had the funding for it, but the current one cost a decent 250$ (damn japanese import -.-)

Water flow
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Height (meters)
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Ey guys, small update coming up :P

Plans for the day:

* Fix fittings on top radiator
* Get waterblocks on the gfx cards
* Mount up the 2nd mobo
* Mount up waterblock on mobo
* Start hosing up :P
* Hopefully get comp booted for a test run
* Check water ress - Water tightness
* Fix full size alu plate on the side for easy transport, without doing damage to the plexi

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Sorry about the lack of updates lately guys... blame WoW : wrath of the lich king -.-

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Did some closed loop tests today... one of the 240mm radiators is leaking, have to pick up a new one tomorrow -.-

Pics to come some time about then too :P

[grevaeg]

A new couple of weeks has gone by, and its time for a update again

Havent been able to do alot lately much because of the arrival of wrath of the lich king -.- god i hate that game and the destruction it causes to normal life tasks... Anyways, had a few hours to get some work done again

Whats been done
* New radiators mounted up
* Watercooling in place
* Water ress pressure tested
* Second mobo in place
* EK Waterblocks fitted on 4870 and 4870x2 cards

Whats left
* Case etches, decals
* Cable management
* Get more coolant
* Get lighthing proper
* Fix LEDS
* Fit power buttons
* Fit DVD/RW slimline drive
* Boot it up
* Take some final pics and video of ress in action

The radiators - LEAKING

Last week had lots of frustration in it, when i finally mounted up the watercooling for a test run, it appeared that not one, but TWO radiators were leaking, the large one on the top, and a 240mm radiator at the bottom...

Had to order new ones

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2x Mist 360 and 1x Mist 240 radiators ordered up with 1/2" nozzles

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Unwrapped and good to go

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Cut out a fitting piece of plexi to hold the double radiators together, ill get some etches on the plexi at a later stage

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The watercooling

All of the hoses are now mounted up, and i have done a 24h test run to ensure that its no leaks with a closed loop... the noise level of the pump is just awesome, gotta love full magnetic driven rotors =)

Used 1/2" hoses all the way, with coils at some points to allow bending in steeper angles, also had to fetch a full 24 hose clamps to seal it all up, got clamps thats acid and rust ressistant , and they look somewhat shiny :P

Also got a few liters of Motocool coolant in there, this is a solution that prevent damage to any material, and its temperature ressistant between -54c and up to 135c

Hopefully able to get some temp checks when i get this one booted up, shouldnt be much of a problem to keep it all cold though

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Lets get some answers, shall we ? ^^

How to power it up:

Pretty much as you guys described, just y split up the molex for now, and ill have plenty of connections for everything... and the 16 amp rails can easily run whatever you throw at them... could have powered up all my disks with one PSU if i would have wanted =) ill have to get some custom wires going in there at some point, but the finances have kinda stopped before xmas :P



The disks and connection for now

The main rigs :

And no... i replaced the P5K premium with another P5Q premium, so the motherboards are the same now =)

That equals 20 s-ata on the mobo's alone
gonna run 2x 4 port pci s-ata controllers as well on disks that wont be used for anything but storage, since pci get bandwith problems really fast

The rest will be run on SAS controllers, still gathering up some cash to get some decent ones, so gonna run on 4x pci-x1 - 4 channel ones for now, thats a additional 24 disks there =) However, these will be replaced by some LSI 8 series ones as soon as i get some more cash to spend ^^ they have a 1500mhz cpu and 2gb onboard memory, that will help the main comp stress less =) and increase the raid performance ALOT


The mITX :

Well... it allready got 2 pata disks connected, and will be using 1 sata slot in dvd/rw , that pretty much fills it up with only 1 sata free, will see if ill put it to use at some point


Mini update :

got some decals cut on the label cutter today ^^.

Will get some pics tomorrow

[grevaeg]

Who said decals cant look decent? ^^

More pics to come later today

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A new day, a new update =)

Ah well... finally getting close to completing this one, stuff is coming together quite well, and the computer is booting !

Lets take this step by step though...


New shipment

Not much to say about this one, finally received my OCZ flex kit to fill in the other mobo, and some 120mm fractal design fans rated at 19db
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Etches!

Was over at a good friend a few days ago and got him to cut out a decal my ladie had drawn for a earlier project, the application is quite simple too, just tape it up, apply some force, and take off the upper layer of foil, and there we go ^^

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Booting it up, the first run!

The time had finally come, time to boot it all up !

And to my huge dissapointment... IT REFUSES TO BOOT WITH TWO LSI CONTROLLERS -.- god.... the frustration was overwhelming... waiting for reply from asus on this one...

Anyways... got some first temp readings up too, and it looks more then promissing, the temperature havent budged, even after a 24 hour idle with both systems on, still showing under 25c =) The water keeps a decent 18c too, and all the disks keep under 27c, same with the 15k rpm sas drives

Will get some stress tests soon, just need to get OS installed first
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Cable management

This part has caused some headaches too, trust me :P

Anyways, quite simple going, just some patience and alot of plastic strips, didnt turn out that bad at all imo, was quite alot of sleeving that was needed on the cable splits though
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10cm to short

The 8 pin ATX power cable was ofcourse to short =/ had to cut it open and extend it, wired it all up on the backplate of the mobo when i was done though, so turned out OK
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And have a sack trolley for transport my friends :P

turned up just a bit over 60kg btw ^^

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The bluepoint states 16.8 indeed ^^

Just posting up some more pics, should be able to get some final pics soon, just trying to get a deal with matrix orbital done first, that will decide when to conclude this project

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Small update coming up :P

Have been taking a long break off this project , however.. i feel that its now completed, just need to drag it out of the house to take some pics of it

a new set of 4x WD 1500gb disks is on its way, so finally starting to close up to the target 30TB wanted before this years Gathering (http://gathering.org) in norway

A bunch of cathodes have been mounted aswell, and some final touches has been made, ill get a video of the running water up asap, as well as the new pics

Sorry for the lack of updates, i promisse some awesome pics soon

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Im heading to one of the largest LAN parties in the world... and ffs guys... u should be here aswell... its from the 8th to 14th of april, lotsa foreigner tickets left!

i dont have remotely enough space to fit the DC hubs locally yet... :P exceeded 400TB of shared stuff last year 0.o

And its nice to have mediacenter's with a local search instead of a online search/download when u wanna access stuff ^^

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Time for a update again ^^

The sideplate

As seen in earlier pics, the sideplate on the case has been somewhat consealing, so decided to do a small modification to it, found my cutter and took out a slob of it :P

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The second loop!

Aaaand.... the watercooling stuff arrived today ^^

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And the first victim would be the most trusted Atom board
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Took off the small hinges on the original cooler
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And we got a dirty dirty atom beneath -.-
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Let the cleansing begin!
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And we got a cooler mounted :P
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The watertank with supporting rubber thingy with glue on ready..
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All stashed up on top of the rack, right next to the newly added 1.5tb drives for the atom
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3/4 of the disks in the atom ^^
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Hosing up the memory!

Ah well... as some of u might know does OCZ produce wierd ass nozzle sizes for their watercooled memory lineup, so had to get a adapter to get my hose size on the second loop down from 3/8 to 1/4

Heres a pic of the modules with some hoses in place
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A adapter from 1/2" ti 1/4" had to be used..
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Gogo greenish coolant :P
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Let the leak test commense!
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and YES, i will have to clean up some in that cable mess... just need to get thermaltake to produce me some custom sized power cables -.- wich they refuse with all their might... god its annoying...

Would also help alot with some custom lenght sata cables :P

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Let there be light!

Guess the time had also come to get that old fashion "im 14 yrs old light" in there aswell

gogo 30cm cathodes!

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Ah well... thats it for this time folks... THE final pics will be ready the 8th if april, have to clean up some sideplates and drag the beast out of the room... to get some decent pics... will also have to start doing some custom cables myself if i cant get someone else to do the job ^^

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Ah well... this project has left my hands, and went to another client. Hope he's happy ^^

Posting up the last pic taken from this years "The Gathering 2009" in Vikingskipet, Norway

If any mod's decide to take a peak, please mark this project as completed and move the thread =)


Link to original thread. (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?p=251118)