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    Default Re: [project]6th GeN. 30TB TriplX

    Hi guys! update today

    Lets start up with a few words of frustration... since the cables comes unsleeved... i guess someone would have to pick it up and do some work on it... and guess what! that person would be me -.-

    I just tell myself..One day... ill get these bloody cables managed...

    a few of em got wrapped up today though, and more to come!

    Plug's, Pin's and awesome homemade tools!

    As most of you noticed doesnt the HDD cables come sleeved.... only one thing to do in this matter! just pick it all appart, and wish for good luck on the re-assembly ^^

    u all remember were the start was....






    Some trial and error had to be done before getting a decent result


    Didnt find anything suitable to push the cables into the sata power plugs, so had to improvice somewhat... turned out great, pushing cables like crazy ^^










    Now u see it, now u dont!

    Been working on some ideas on how to hide the rest of the cable mess aswell, and believe ive found a good solution ^^

    This would be the bottom of a 2 set piece of cable hiders for the majority of the PSU cables, will also house 4 pin molex for misc power in here, and stuff for cathodes and waterpumps







    Thats all for today folks, update again tomorrow

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    Pump choices up next... any ideas guys? ^^

    some requirements :

    * able to lift 180cm up
    * freferably external power supply (dont wanna be dependant on having the computer running)
    * preferably cheaper then 150$ each
    * need to be able to fit 3x in the widht of 30cm
    * atleast 600l/h to get some troughput

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    Default Cable management, day 2

    Hi guys!

    New update today ! running really low on materials now, all from alu to steel, and the plexi have yet to arrive.... so somewhat in a standstill now, ah well.... found a few parts to work on anyways ^^

    Whats been done:

    * PSU mounts done
    * Middle mobo plate mounted
    * Front and backplate of mid module finally popped in place
    * Started working on consealing the middle PC aswell as all the cables that comes with em
    * 2x 240 and 2x 360 radiators arrived
    * ordered up 12x 120mm fractal design 16db fans
    * ordered up 3x laing pumps
    * ordered up hosing and "coolsleeves"


    The mobo plate


    Well... as you prolly know by now, the PC thats gonna manage most of the disks will be placed in the middle module, up front on the middle module to be exact ^^

    Had to file down the back of the spacers to make sure the mobo plate was in touch with the front plate

    Drilled a bunch of holes, and popped stuff into place^..














    The PSU mount

    cmon, its basically just 2 plates of alu with holes in em, not gonna go further into that venture ^^









    The secret!
    Wonder whats gonna hide behind the lower disk rack... oh, and tape measure ftw ^^























    Might be able to get some work done tomorrow aswell, time will tell ^^

    -Cg

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    Default Re: [project]6th GeN. 30TB TriplX

    Small update guys no pics today though ^^

    whats been done :

    * cut the top module in half (its now the same size as bottom module)
    * mounted 4x 360 radiators in top module
    * top plate mounted up

    Tomorrows shipment

    * 2x 240 radiators
    * 12x fractal design 120mm 16db fans
    * 10x meters of 1/2" tubing
    * 110x 120mm golden fan grills... no idea why they sendt me those -.-

    Images coming up tomorrow =)

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    Default Cable management, day 3

    Yet another day has gone by.... and finally... rounding 75% done on the HDD cables and sleeving, 6 of the 8 - 6 plug cables are done, oh oh, added some pics of the true top radiator aswell,

    Sad enough, didnt receive the 120mm fan's today... or the radiators -.- will pick em up tomorrow though

    whats been done
    *Cable sleeeeeeeves -.-
    *Cable sleeeeeeeves -.-
    *Cable soldering -.-
    *Cable sleeeeeeeves -.-
    *Cable soldering -.-

    The frustration is apparent

    Anyways... heres some pics :

    The silencers came with lotsa s-ata power connectors... however... all of em were facing the same way... thats not gonna work with middle placed PSU's with disks above and below, had to cut and rotate half of em












    The top box, more rads!

    The top box has officially lost 50% of its total height, just like its brother ^^ the top space is not needed at all, and trust me... the case is still bloody HUGE, anyways, another set with 360 rads mounted up, totalling at 4x360 radiators in top, another 2x 240 coming in for the bottom module tomorrow along with the fractal design fans






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    Default Re: [project]6th GeN. 30TB TriplX

    Guys! Guess what?!

    The truly worst, most fragile and hated material to work with have arrived, in a small pile, at my office... after a 3 hour drive to pick it up at the "local" retailer (Norway is one of those countries with bad availability of certain stuff, plexi being one of em )

    Guess i should dedicate a entire article to how much i hate plexiglass, but that will have to go for some other time... and trust me... the list is painfully long when it comes to why i dont like working with it... but hey... it looks good, doesnt it? ^^

    So..

    Whats been done

    * been cutting plexi like crazy on a bladesaw
    * measured and drilled holes trough it
    * made proper fittings for m6 bolts so it can be mounted to the case
    * cut 6x 120mm holes on the top case for radiator ventilation
    * been drawing sketches to the cable hiding "system" (also called angled alu plates )

    Plexi -.-

    Well.. the plan was to go for eloxated brushed alu in the first place... but im one of those impatient guys that cant really wait 2 weeks for stuff to be sendt away... worked with... returned and then to be finding that more stuff have to go trough the same process again.

    So went off to the local retailer and picked up around 5 square meters of different tickness plexi,

    The entire front part of the case is now made out of 5mm clear plexi with 3mm black reflective plexi outside (think PS3 finnish), should be able to put some diodes or cathodes behind it so ill have a nice blue glowing edge around all of it ^^

    Also picked up a 8mm tick clear plate to cover the front screen.

    All of it tightened up with m6 bolts

    And NO, i cant remove the protective plastic before everything is done, its there for a reason


    Plates all cut up


    Showing off the front middle section on the floor ^^


    Measure up


    And start drilling ^^










    The 5mm + 3mm make up the 8mm clear plexi on the front display perfectly =)


    Ventilation, top radiator's

    Not much air is gonna go trough a 3mm plexi plate, so had to get some holes up and ready for some seriour ventilation Oh... and the spacers will be coming back, just had to take em out so i could mount the plates proper




    The backside of the rads

















    Would hate to try and read trough this thread with a 56k... lol

    Hopefully able to push trough a update tomorrow aswell ^^

    -Cg

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    Default Cable management, day 4

    One of those sleepnight nights have just struck me yet again... my ladie is off in spain for another 3 days... so nothing much to do home at the moment...

    Ah well... guess we just have to fill up the time with other stuff to do ^^ and whats better then some late nigh modding 0.o (no, thats not a serious statement)

    on the 4th day of my cable management road now, and honest, stuff is cloing in to being nearly invisible as far as cables go atleast, in the middle section though the rest havent even been started 0.o

    The super PSU cooler thingy!

    The PCP&C PSU's have been rumored to excrete quite alot of annoying sound when being warmed up, so would assume that a couple of fan's would help keeping the audible stuff a bit down...

    So decided to make a fan duct around all the 3 PSU's to be sure they receive enough air in that somewhat tightened up enviroment ^^































    And yes... the small gap between the cable holder and the PSU duct is just a matter of not fastening stuff to the frame yet ^^

    Thats all for this night guys, stay tuned tomorrow =)

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    Default Re: [project]6th GeN. 30TB TriplX

    wtf? it's spelled porn? 0.o

    After a few days out being really (REALLY) drunk with some friends, i guess its time to get back to work however... its quite hard when u cant even lean forward without loosing balance...bloody vodka... lol

    The paintjob i due this week, ended up with 2 layers of powder coat this time around aswell.....and alot have to be sanded before starting up with that...

    Whats been done

    * Mounted fan's
    * Made radiator holder
    * Finished mobo plate holders
    * Sanded up some parts for painting
    * Received 40x 100cm angled S-ATA cables
    * Worked a bit more on the PSU shroud

    With a bit of luck should i receive my shipment from watercooling.co.uk by tuesday, that contains the pumps and the coils for the hoses ^^



    What to say... ^^

























    Afraid my current state of mind aint able to do a proper writeup to the pics let the imagination work guys!

    -Cg

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    Default Re: [project]6th GeN. 30TB TriplX

    Hah, thx DonT-FeaR ^^ Hopefully have alot to show you guys, dont rly consider this project half way done yet 0.o

    anyways... :

    Hi guys!

    The package from watercooling.co.uk has finally arrived! And im such a lazy boy, n wont be writing stuff on how to assemble laing pumps

    Consider this a small update ^^





















    Pump mount... still workin on it








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    Default Re: [project]6th GeN. 30TB TriplX

    Hi guys ^^

    Case has been de-assembled today, time to get some work done to get this project a decent looking finnish i would guess?

    current status pic



    Ill get some more pics by friday, stay tuned! one of those truly MAJOR updates should arise around those times =)

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