no its a screenie from X3: Reunion.
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no its a screenie from X3: Reunion.
OK , I have just finished some more modding and its nearly there. I have cut out 2 holes in the top for usb connections and power, reset etc. I just have to find something to use on the cdroms to eject them. Unless anyone knows of a script that can add to an icon to add to my quicklaunch for example??
Cant get my waterblocks made so I will have to buy some. Got to buy 2 xeon waterblocks and a dual 120mm rad. works out about £105 plus I want to change both my cd drives and I think SATA will be better, I'm looking at the top scorer from CUSTOM PC
Keep your comments coming
Ok more Pics as promised.
Rig from front
Rig top with CD open. (not stealthed yet tho )
Front and Side Veiw
Front other side
now the fan at the front is my old one, my new 14cm one hasnt arrived yet. Bloody Royal Mail, what are they playin at??
and my water cooling isnt set up so it runs a little on the warm side. Both CPU's are idling at 45C but it is coming along.
Comments are welcome as always
Edited ( Pics resized)
like it! nice and LCD :D
How handy are you with a soldering iron? Because it's possible to hook up a small micro switch (or some other type of momentory switch) to where the switch contacts are on the PCB of the drive, by doing this, you can effectively extend the wires (assuming that you use an good gauge wire to prevent power loss) and place a switch anyway you want, if you're clever enough you can make a switch look like a screw, very handy if you want to stealth the switches.Quote:
Originally Posted by craigr1982
You could try making the water blocks your self, just remember to lap the base well. From what I've seen, the only advantage of going to SATA DVD Drives is the fact that the cables are thinner/smaller. If you have cash to burn then go for it, if not, use a couple of rounded IDE cables or make a 'square' IDE cable.
Crenn,
A guy on a forum has made a program to eject the drives for me. Its just an icon on my RocketDock bar now so its a simple click away. Thanks for the suggestion though.
I have a friend who was at uni and he was going to make them with the kit at uni but he has left for work experience now so cant do it.
As for the SATA drives I read a review in Custom PC Magazine about some SATA DVD Writers and they are very good and only cost less than £30 so thats not really money to burn, its only a little more than some IDE's.
Keep the comments coming
I'll admit I don't have much experience with SATA DVD Writers, but that's a decent price for a Burner, I've seen some Sony drives which cost more than that! I don't read Custom PC Magazine myself, but I've seen it in newsagents. Anyway, I won't steal your thread, but you could still do the block yourself, all you need a drill press (depending on your design) it's amazing what some carbide drill bits and some masking tape can do. Anyway, it's your choice.
As for the ejecting drives, does the program also inject them as well or do you have to give the tray a little nudge?
Hmmm I dont know then, see now you have got me thinking.......
The program can inject them too but I will probably just nudge them closed as I have done with all my drives so far.
Looks Sweet!
-Dave
This modlog is currently suspended as I will be away for 2 weeks, my watercooling is here though so when I return I should be able to complete my project and finish the log.
