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Discussion in 'Modding' started by ringoiom, 22 Jul 2010.

  1. ringoiom

    ringoiom What's a Dremel?

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    Evening all,

    I've been lurking on the forum for a few weeks now, silently salivating over the majority of projects on here and thought it was time to say hello....

    i've recently got involved in the modding scene and have a basic scratch build under my belt.

    I'm just in the planning stages for a WHS Media Server build in a G5 case - I'm planing on having it out on view so want to make it look as good as my skills allow!

    Please excuse the poor sketch-up skills i've only been using it for a couple of days......thanks must go to Jezmck & everyone else who contributes to the SCC - i'd never have been able to produce even this rough layout without their components......

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    I'm looking to have 6 x 2Tb HDD (& a small ish SSD not yet in pic)

    Want to use the I3 CPU & a H55 ATX mobo as I used the combo in my HTPC Scratch build and i'm impressed with the performance.

    Will also be including a Bluray reader to rip and store my existing BR & DVD collection.

    Well, thanks for reading and I'll apologise now for the inevitable stream of questions i'll be asking as the planning & eventual building progresses lol
     
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  2. riekmaharg2

    riekmaharg2 has completed the PowerCore scratch build

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    Why is your picture so small?
     
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  3. ringoiom

    ringoiom What's a Dremel?

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    Dunno - I'm not used to posting them - will try again when i get home. apologies
     
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  4. Combatus

    Combatus Bit-tech Modding + hardware reviews Lover of bit-tech Super Moderator

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    Welcome ringoiom!:D
     
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  5. riekmaharg2

    riekmaharg2 has completed the PowerCore scratch build

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    Google Picasa is a good pic hosting website. Once you've uploaded the pics to Picasa you can enter the link into the insert image button on this forum.
     
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  6. ringoiom

    ringoiom What's a Dremel?

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    Cheers riekmaharg - will look into that tonight, atm the pic is on my personal album here on bit-tech, will sort out picasa and repost a bigger pic!
     
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  7. ringoiom

    ringoiom What's a Dremel?

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    I know the exterior needs looking at but thats the general layout im looking for inside......I'm gonna make a resin 'holder' for the HDD's after seeing jj_sky5000's Intel ICE
     
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  8. riekmaharg2

    riekmaharg2 has completed the PowerCore scratch build

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    Do you have any other views of it?
     
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  9. *brian*

    *brian* What's a Dremel?

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    Maybe think a little more about hard drive positioning to improve airflow to them and the rest of the case. Are you planning on a 12TB RAID0?
     
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  10. ringoiom

    ringoiom What's a Dremel?

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    what views would you like? - can I just post the Sketch up file here?
     
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  11. riekmaharg2

    riekmaharg2 has completed the PowerCore scratch build

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    Yeah, you can post sketchup files but you will probably need to put it in a ZIP file.
     
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  12. ringoiom

    ringoiom What's a Dremel?

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    @Brian - Havent thought to far into cooling - am planning on using this as my WHS Media Server so the HDD's will form part of the storage pool

    @riekmaharg - will see if i can post it up here later when im back at home.
     
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  13. Shadow703793

    Shadow703793 What's a Dremel?

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    Is that a ATX/mATX or ITX motherboard?
     
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  14. ringoiom

    ringoiom What's a Dremel?

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    @Shadow - I used an ATX mobo from the SCC but ive no idea how to scale everything is.....
     
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  15. ringoiom

    ringoiom What's a Dremel?

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    So the case is bought & on the way £70 from Ebay....Once thats here ill have a better idea of fitting everything in etc. I've found a few guides on here & elsewhere dis-assemble it etc.

    Cant wait to get my hands on it!
     
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