Project: PrometheusCu

lol nice renders man... wanna make some for me lol.... i cant make em for peanuts..

great work

that's just sick stuff dude. can't wait to see the whole thing done.

Unfortunately:

NCIX wont be getting the others until the end of the week at the soonest... and I'm pissed off.

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However the one drive has arrived, and so has my Massive Performance-PCs order


The parcels arrived today and I'm ecstatic... but I only got one pic taken before my camera died on me.

In the photo:
1x 64GB G.Skill SSD
4 x Connectx™ SATA 90deg Connector Female - End Cap
4 x Connectx™ SATA 90deg Connector Female - Pass-through Cap
5 x Connectx™ 4-Pin Floppy Connector Female
8 x Connectx™ 6-Pin PCI Express Connector Female
8 x Connectx™ 8-pin PCI Express Connector Female
5 x Connectx™ 3-Pin Fan Connector Male
2 x Connectx™ 24-pin ATX Connector Female
7 x USB 2 X 5 Header Connector Female
Power Pins:
80 x USB Header Female Pins
200 x Connectx™ ATX Female Pins
100 x Connectx™ Molex 4pin Female Pins
100 x Connectx™ Molex 4pin Male Pins
60 x Connectx™ Floppy 4pin Female Pins
Data Cables:
4 x E-SATA II Cable w/ Metal Latch - 6'
4 x SATA II Cable w/ Metal Latch - Straight to 90deg - 18"
2 x A.C. Ryan Dual Internal SATA to eSATA PCI Bracket
Cooling:
36" x PrimoFlex Pro LRT Clear Tubing - 1/2"ID X 3/4"OD
36" x PrimoFlex Pro LRT Clear Tubing - 3/8"ID X 1/2"OD
16 x Clamps for 1/2" Tubing
10 x Clamps for 3/8" Tubing
2 x Bitspower G1/4" Stop Fitting
6 x Bitspower Premium G1/4" Fitting Spacer
1 x Bitspower Rotary "Q" - Dark Nickel Plated
Misc:
10 x Cord Clips 3/8" x 3/8"
24" x Heatshrink 3:1 - 1"ID
50 x Black Aluminum Pop Rivets 1/8" X 1/4"

Missing from action - PPCs forgot to box one item, but I can't blame them considering this order had over 200 items:
10 x Connectx™ 3-Pin Fan Connector Female

More pics coming once I get some more batteries tomorrow.

I found some batteries... I had a stash apparently (a stash of batteries, that is).
(Does anyone else here hide things on themselves and forget where?)

Many pics...

First up, G.Skill 64GB SSD - there are THREE more of these babies coming to me as soon as NCIX gets it's **** together.

Molex Connectors galore. I plan on using my own wiring throughout so I need custom plugs - I'm not looking forward to wiring this Beast TBH.
Internal 2x5pin USB header plugs:

3pin fan plugs:

6pin Molex plugs:

8pin Molex plugs:

24pin ATX Molex plugs:

A Bitspower "Q" fitting... that still isnt the right variety, I'll have to head over to Parker Fluidline to get what I want (I may have to make it myself):

Some cable clips, that will hold the GFX power lines parallel to the motherboard tray:

The clear tubing that will be used as "windows":

Four 6' black eSATA cables for my external drives:

A couple more bitspower fill stops:

Some 4pin floppy plugs:

The hose clamps that I ordered before discovering Evil-98's clamps:

50 black rivits, because my local SB Simpson had none:

4 Sata Molex connectors, punch down style - 2kinds - terminated end, and open end:

Two AC Ryan "backies" or whatever they called them. Sata > eSATA backplane adaptor:

4 Sata2 cables with 90degree ends:

Some 1" heatshrink, because I forgot to get some from CableOrganizer.com (probably for the best, because I don't need another 200' spool of the stuff)

And PINS! "Who knows how many... maybe a million... maybe more - nobody knows really" (slightly adapted Jeremy Clarkson circa Supercar Showdown... that tubo scene was funny):

Performance PC's did forget to pack my 10x female molex plugs, but can you blame them... there was over 200 items in that box afterall.

*PHEW* that's a lot of stuff... and I GET TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, jealous? I wouldn't be.. Hahaha.

That's all for today, I've been busy this evening fixing my Old Man's Laptop - and HP really really isn't bit on quick disassembly.

Thanks for reading, tune in this evening for some progress.

That is a lot of gear, good luck putting it all together.

lots of goodies. Have fun assembling them all.

I'm really looking forward to seeing how you handle all this wiring. Keep up the phenomenal work!

Thanks fellas!

however...

DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!

Does anyone have a trick for crimping molex pins for an idiot who forgot to order a crimping tool?

(I've just now ordered a crimper from PPCs, but that'll take a week+)

I believe a "duh" is in order. haha

you mean this:

lol

Exactly!


I started wiring my GTX280's tonight.
First I soldered the pins into place, because I didn't want to wait for the crimper to arrive.
I also sleeved the ribbon cable style wires with my Nylon Multifilament sleeving.


Believe it or not but these power lines will pretty much be the ONLY VISIBLE POWER LINES when the build is done.


The tubing is not complete , and all the heatshrinking is temporary, also the hose clamps will be swapped out.

Here is step 1 in the wiring puzzle:
I crossed the wires like this so make bending them around the GFX card easier.

I've also installed the clear tubes that will act as windows: