INDEX
Initial Planning (this page)
Prophecy Sponsor Announced and details on the sponsored items
IceVision announced as a sponsor, First batch of goodies arrives from Prophecy
First batch of stuff arrive from IceVision
Initial designs for external enclosure
Updated designs for external enclosure
Platform change, now on 939/SLI. Shuttle SN26P
Pics of 7800GT SLI in Shuttle
Purchased a 3500+, first 7600GT arrives from IceVision (Second one on it's way)
Colour Scheme decided
ANOTHER sponsor...
Res and Molex connectors arrive from the US, temp sensors from Synapsys
New raddy, red sleeving & heatshrink, more connectors
I'm sorry but i just can't hold it in anymore. I just HAVE to tell you guys because i'm very very excited!
Project Epiphany is almost finished. I'm taking the PSU to be tested by Samaya on saturday (thanks man ) and if it tests out ok, Epiphany will be finished VERY soon, in which case i'll be starting my next mod(s)
The next mod will be called Endorphin and will consist of two mods.
The case will be an AOpen EY65 case:
Here's a few plans that i have already:
- Most of the hardware will be watercooled. The CPU, GPU, and Chipset will all be watercooled.. I have already obtained all the relevant blocks and the pump, i'm just waiting to get a radiator, which i should be getting within the next few days.
- The entire front Fascia will be removed and i'll make a new one. The new one will be about simplicity, somthing like what you'd expect from an ANTEC case, like the front of the SOLO.
- There will be a VFD/LCD display in the front as well
- The case will also obviously be getting a new paint job, colour is still undecided but i think i'm gonna go for a nice black colour, or perhaps a dark grey. I'll see
Second Part of Endorphin
I need an external optical drive, but there's no way in HELL i'm gonna pay over 1K for one, so i'll MAKE one, but one with FAR more functionality than a regular external optical drive. This one will include a few added features.
I'm going to build an external enclosure that will house a DVD writer, two hard disks for extra storage (a 160GB and a 120GB), a memory card reader, a 120mm fan to cool the HDDs, and a USB hub. The Optical drive, card reader, USB hub, and HDDs will all eventually run from the enclosure through a SINGLE USB cable to the PC.
Now i need to explain in more detail how i plan on doing all of this. The optical drive and the two hard disks will be connected to a USB hub inside (lets call this HUB1) the enclosure via IDE to USB adapters. The Card reader and external USB hub (we'll call it HUB 2) will ALSO be connected to this internal USB hub. This internal hub will be what connects to the PC. So if you plug in this USB hub, you'll connect the Optical drive, both HDDs, the card reader, and the external USB hub to the PC.
So, now you're probably wondering how i plan on powering all of this huh? Well, i managed to get my hands on a pretty small 350W PSU. This PSU will probably come out of it's housing and i'll put the bare, to preserve space. This PSU will power everything in the enclosure - the DVD RW, both HDDs, the 120mm fan, and the USB hubs (yes, i'm gonna buy USB hubs that need 5V so that they can power hungry devices like my portable 20GB laptop HDD). This PSU will get power from a regular power cable.
Here's a diagram to help explain:
This enclosure will also have 2 LCD displays in front to display the temps of the two HDDs.
I'm thinking that i might add individual switches to all the devices within the enclosure so that i can power up only the ones i want to use.
Now the case mod and this external enclosure mod will run hand in hand, but the external enclosure wont necessarily always be in use, and i can plug it into another PC if need be.
So that's what i've been planning for about 2 months now. I've been so frikken excited and i just need to share my excitement
I'm gonna contact a few local etailers and see if i can hook up some sponsors for this mod.
Let me know what you guys think