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10-04-2009, 01:31 AM
Well, it's been a while, but I finally got the hardware together for my fileserver. SO now comes the case :D
Now, if anyone saw my other mod thread, you'll know I had been planning on using this case, and going with the "let's see how much storage I can shove into a tiny space" route.
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/mobiServ_004.jpg
Now, that's all well and good, but after mightyMite, I decided that I'm sick of working with SFF systems for a while, and honestly there's no real reason that this system would need to be tiny. I also realized that there was no way I was gonna be able to fit more than probably about 10-12 drives in that case and still maintain and semblance of good airflow, which is a bit less than I am planning to be in this system by the end of its life. So, with those two points in in mind, I'm gonna be putting this:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/faust_05.jpg
.
.
in here:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/faust_00.jpg
This was originally a dual-PII server, so there's plenty of space, plus it's an interesting form-factor. It takes a full ATX MBB, but it's a good bit shorter and wider than normal ATX cases. Wide enough, in fact, that I'll be fitting two columns of hard drives going up the front of the case, so I should be able to pull off at least about 20-24 drives if I drop the 5.25" bays.
Here's the stock case with the panels taken off. This is a rather interesting case in that the top panel is actually supposed to come off, and the frame is actually stable without it.
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/faust_01.jpg
Now, unfortunately this case had been sitting in storage with varying degrees of humidity so it had a bunch of cruftified dust on it. I considered trying to clean this off by hand, but after thinking about it for a while, decided to try taking it apart and running it through my dishwasher...which worked remarkably well.
This isn't gonna be nearly as..extensive..a mod as my last one, but I'm starting with something a lot closer to my end goal. This is also gonna be a pretty low-budget mod, so no watercooling :( I'm also not planning on doing any painting, though that might change. I haven't decided what I'll be doing about the front panel yet either. Basically this is gonna go back to my normal ideals of function over form ad infinum.
Now, if anyone saw my other mod thread, you'll know I had been planning on using this case, and going with the "let's see how much storage I can shove into a tiny space" route.
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/mobiServ_004.jpg
Now, that's all well and good, but after mightyMite, I decided that I'm sick of working with SFF systems for a while, and honestly there's no real reason that this system would need to be tiny. I also realized that there was no way I was gonna be able to fit more than probably about 10-12 drives in that case and still maintain and semblance of good airflow, which is a bit less than I am planning to be in this system by the end of its life. So, with those two points in in mind, I'm gonna be putting this:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/faust_05.jpg
.
.
in here:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/faust_00.jpg
This was originally a dual-PII server, so there's plenty of space, plus it's an interesting form-factor. It takes a full ATX MBB, but it's a good bit shorter and wider than normal ATX cases. Wide enough, in fact, that I'll be fitting two columns of hard drives going up the front of the case, so I should be able to pull off at least about 20-24 drives if I drop the 5.25" bays.
Here's the stock case with the panels taken off. This is a rather interesting case in that the top panel is actually supposed to come off, and the frame is actually stable without it.
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/faust_01.jpg
Now, unfortunately this case had been sitting in storage with varying degrees of humidity so it had a bunch of cruftified dust on it. I considered trying to clean this off by hand, but after thinking about it for a while, decided to try taking it apart and running it through my dishwasher...which worked remarkably well.
This isn't gonna be nearly as..extensive..a mod as my last one, but I'm starting with something a lot closer to my end goal. This is also gonna be a pretty low-budget mod, so no watercooling :( I'm also not planning on doing any painting, though that might change. I haven't decided what I'll be doing about the front panel yet either. Basically this is gonna go back to my normal ideals of function over form ad infinum.