TGS Challenge: External Storage Solution

[b4i7]

bucko...that is bad ass...i may have to do something similar

[Bucko]

Thanks guys. There will be shots of the insides. I just won't be showing any PSU mods at all.
I also wanted to do a non-Rat mod for a change.

As for handles, I did think about that, and I even have some I thought of using, but I decided against it as I won't be using it for travelling, I will have it live on my desk and be used as a back up drive for my Lappy and main PC.

[h3moglobe0]

I'm curious about the inside...
Really impressive work

True true . I am also very curious about inside. May we see pic from the cave of monster?.

Very nice job man.
+rep

ps. "Bucko - one to gather their all rep and rule them all" ?? Don't you have to much rep, my precious??

[p0Pe]

its nice!
but its a big long:/ how many drives does it has room for?

[The boy 4rm oz]

Mate this looks fantastic, great mod so far.

[Remy]

Great work so far Bucko. If I saw this thing for sale on a shelf, I'd definitely buy one. You have certainly nailed that production look.

+rep

Remy

[Bucko]

My camera batteries are flat, so I can't take the finished pics. Sorry guys, but I won't have a chance to get them up before the competition closes later today.

[TheGreatSatan]

Post finished pics. I need to see it done to make the right decision

[XcOM]

Post finished pics. I need to see it done to make the right decision

I would do what TGS said, You don't want to anger TGS do you?

[Bucko]

Here are the final pics.

The HDD I had lying around I used the 5.25" adapters on. It also has the USB cable I bought off eBay.

Here you can see it installed. The USB hub is just Blu-tac'd in place on the PSU. I'll mount it properly when I mod a PSU for the case later. It has the front USB hub plug into it as well and it's getting it's power from a wall wart. When I mod the next PSU, both hubs will be powered off the PSU. As I couldn't mod the PSU for this comp, I just threw an old AT 150W PSU in to fill the hole and have a switch that would power it on without any modding. To make the power switch work on the front, I used a small chrome button held in place with a lubricated rubber grommet. It slides in an out and hits the AT switch.

The leads out the back: PSU power, Wall Wart for the USB and the USB lead to plug into the computer.

And a couple of finished shots.