HardwaterH4ck3r

I would GO option 1...why the hell do you need a hot swap anyway. do you plan on taking your 150 gig out often? It's jsut another thing that cna break. I've had those hot swap bays screw my drives up anyway.

Personally, i would scratch the idea of the 150 and get 2 more 74s and run raid 5.....

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I'd go with option 1 or 4. I think that if you could mod the 150gb into the top of the case so you could see into the drive; that would be totally badass!

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Oooh, RAID 5 sounds nice

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To be honest, I only started my project after reading this entire topic. Inspiration as well as not being able to pull myself away As it's been said before, I have this topic bookmarked. Keep up the amazing work.

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gobygoby

hehe. Thanks! My patience is wearing thin, mainly because my other Vaio that I use right now is getting progressivly worse everyday. I just had to clean it up last night so it would run a little faster. it was starting to get horribly slow. Thanks for the compliments!

Ya I agree with you on the options in that order!


I am a sucker for lighted things, gizmos and bling bling! The hot swap has a blue face and blue LEDs and its a cool accessory! other then that I like option 1 as well.

Raid 5 huh? I will think about it. and I actually think I am going to get 2 more 74 gigs and decide on the raid array. keep the 150 as storage since its a badd ass drive and sell my 120 gig Acomdata Rocket Pod portable drive.


hmmmm.....too many options and different opinions....thats why I love this board. Plus everybody is cool!

I would love to mod the HD into the top of the case, but thast gonna take a lot of time I dont have. Maybe in the future.....add it to the list of mods. Which gives me a good idea. I am going to put that list in my sig!!

Thanks Mike!!!! In my other hobby, Saltwater Reef Aquariums. I have always admired others when they do a very detailed tank log(building the stand, getting all the equipment, filling it up, setting it up, etc....)So this was my chance to in a sense give back and do a detailed log about something. I love to learn and hear opinions, and mainly am doing this log so others can learn, and possibly get something out of what I am doing. So thanks for bookmarking my build!

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My pops has a 50 gal fish tank setup in our dining room. He's inlove with it. My little brother has a 30 gal one in his room too. Both are taken care of very well. I'll have to show you some pictures one day :]

SilentStryke

GOBY NEED MORE LOl :P

aajvs99

come on goby update!

gobygoby

Cool! I love the hobby. I have been in it about 8 years. here is my current reef tank



hehe....glad you guys are still interested! I am kinda at a pause right now. I decided to change a few things on the water cooling. So I have to wait for some stuff to come in. I am also waiting on 2 more raptor HD's and 2 vantec EZ-Swap drive bays. (just picked up one on ebay!! )

So until I get that stuff I really cant move to far forward.

Update: PSOne LCD - Ebay dude is a dead beat!! DO NOT BUY FROM THIS GUY. I just noticed he just got another negative after mine.

I filed with paypal and the case is about to expire in a day or 2. I would escalate the claim but that costs $25 and I only paid $40 for the LCD. So I guess this is my first burn on Ebay. Thank goodness it wasnt on a high dollar item!!

Update: Thermaltake Fan Door - It finally shipped today, frozen assured me I would receive it by the end of the week. took WAY to long. Unless I really have to get somethign from them, I will probably shop elseware. They are more expensive then other places, and my two orders took forever to ship and get stuff in stock. anyway, my door is almost here to start modding.

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So here is the new news!

Since last update, I mounted the Innovatek res on the outside and I had a friend build me a smaller res to fit on the inside, horizontally. Extremely easy to whip up! I would have done it myself if I had more time. I might actually make something better then this one, but it can fill the gap until then.





Its 6" long total. The body is 5" and the ends are 1/2" each. I made a mistake and drilled it for a 3/8" hole.....I actually wanted it to be a 1/2" hole. No biggie, just re-drill and tap.

So I am finally beginning work on teh WC setup. installed the res, rad, and pump. Even got a little of the tubing installed.

Here I drilled the holes to mount the pump



Pump installed





And here is the view from the side of the case.



Here is the first of the tubing installed. It may look a little funny. Thats because the rad is mounted upside down, with the fittings on the bottom. This way I get use out of one extra drive bay, even though its only a 3.5". Thats where I am going to mount my 150 raptor. Hope you like!



Angled view



and lastly, I was going to use the Thermaltake aquarius II VGA block, but its really made for 1/4" tube. It comes with fittings for 1/4" and 3/8" but the inside dia. of the block is actually 1/4" so the 3/8" fittings it comes with are pointless.

So I am upgrading to a Danger Den Maze 4 VGA block that supports 3/8" size.

I still have to figure out mounts for the PSU and do a bit of modding on the chipset mounts to make them match up with the mobo mounting holes.

Lots of little details, but once I get them finished it should be well worth the extra effort and time.

Sorry I dont have more for you guys.! as soon as I get the rest of my gear, I will have a MAJOR update and TONS of pics for ya!

Later
Kyle

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BrinNutz

yay, an update!!

Looking good man!! Coming along!

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