Project : 5th gen - 20TB gaming rigs

[SXRguyinMA]

yep, figured that out, hence the "redonkulous" comment

[p0Pe]

hah.. i would sell all of the smalle ones and go for 1 tb´s instead
looking nice (and insane space!)

[DonT-FeaR]

thats... MASSIVE ... man thats huge... nice work..

[The_Crippler]

Where'd you lay your hands on the perforated aluminum?

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[The boy 4rm oz]

A true monster. Good luck with your build. Looks fantastic so far.

[985323]

WOW looks amazing cant wait to see more

[grevaeg]

Small update =)

The mITX system has just arrived for the touchscreen, this one will be mounted in the top box and will only be used on the touch. Gonna be sweet to run torrents, remote playlists and media server on, gonna stash in 2gb ddr2 in it too, and install vista or something


Have also ordered another 6 250mm fans for the case, totalling out on 10 250mm fans in the case

speccs :

* Mini-ITX form factor 12cmx12cm
* Dual Core Intel Atom processor 1.6ghz
* one 240 pin DIMM socket supporting 533/667MHz single channel DDR2 up to 2GB in size
* Intel 945GC chipset: 82945GC Northbridge with integrated graphics
* GMA 950 integrated graphics
* S-Video output via Chrontel CH7021A SDTV/HDTV encoder
* RealTek ALC662 codec with HDA and 6 channel audio
* SPDIFF header on motherboard
* one PCI slot
* 8 USB2.0 ports (4 on back panel, 4 on two headers)
* one IDE interface
* two SATA2 interfaces
* one VGA connector
* one S-Video port
* one parallel port
* one serial port
* PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
* Intel BIOS with SMBIOS support, Rapid BIOS boot, Express BIOS Update
* Gigabit Ethernet
* ACPI support, Wake on USB, PCI, PS/2, Lan
* supports Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows XP Home and Pro, 32 bit and 64 bit

CHIEFTEC PSU 300W SFX m-ATX12V 2.0 for P4 with active PFC

Did also find a 300w power supply to power it up, its not using more then 60ish watt though, so its somewhat overkill... sizes up to 12x15x6cm



The plexiglass has arrived too... =)

Over 6 square meters in total, god its gonna be a large build ^^

started cutting out the plates with my air dremel and circular saw...

Allmost done plating the top box now, the screen is also in place, more about that one later

The current windows will be fine cut later on, and get a clear coat of plexi inside, with spacers between, just to get some air in there

--the touch screen--

All plated up, and taped to the plexi to measure where to put the screen holders and mount

images...

cut up a few alu profiles to make the mount, tightened up with self drilling screws

--HTPC, miniITX--

Well... as i said earlier, the mITX is in the house ^^

More perforated alu, cut out, ready for mobo mount

The psu was in standard greyish metallic finnish, brushed it down and painted it in a more suitable colour

The mobo mounted up with rubber rings and m6 bolts, should ensure that it wont get in touch with the rest of the mobo plate

the backside

And the PSU mounted up in the bottom

Havent been able to get my cable sleeves yet, so taped it up for now, just to see how it would fit in there, and to be honest... its a perfect fit ^^ gonna need to make some external USB ports for it though....since the pc will be total enclosed in the top box, invisible behind the black plexi plates


--status images--

That should be it for this time, the case is now ribbed down, all plates taken off, all holes needed drilled, and off to the car paint shop for a final touch of paint to make it look sweet

[grevaeg]

hah.. i would sell all of the smalle ones and go for 1 tb´s instead
looking nice (and insane space!)

Well... that would just result in less space, no?

You would need to sell atleast 3 500gb disks to afford 1 on a terra... as long as its space, enough controllers, why bother ^^

Its gonna be raided to hell anyways, and .... 2 500gb disks perform better then 1 single

Ill get there some day, but the price pr GB havent been good on the terra disks before now...

[grevaeg]

Where'd you lay your hands on the perforated aluminum?

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The perforated plates have been bought at my local "platesmith" or whatever they would be called... people thats soldering copper for house fasades and doing ventilation construction

[The boy 4rm oz]

Cool man, nice progress. I like how you are using the 23cm?? fans for maximum airflow for minimal noise.