warthorn

hologramg
http://www.grynx.com/proj...as-harddrive-window/1/
seems it can be done. Ill further look into it.

I'll give you $10 PayPal if you successfully pull it off and the drive safely holds data after 6 months of regular use. It'd be cool to see.

Wow that's amazing. I have an old hard drive.. It doesn't work anymore but it would be good practice, well okay it does but it's a Windows ME so it's basically worthless. Not even SATA. I may have to try this on it.

warthorn

Phoenixx45
Cool plans, i wish i could buy the "Modern Industry", its a really awesome build, just don't have the money =/ Who ever ends up getting it will be a lucky person tho! Look forward to more of your awesome work, just out of curiosity why will you be living at sea?

Thanks and glad to hear 

Sea: I've been accepted to a study abroad program... you travel on a massive passenger ship with classrooms, taking regular college courses, then the ship sails into ports all over the world and you either go off on your own or work with professors for hands-on class events. You can do everything from hiking through mountains to building houses for poor folks to seeing the Great Pyramids to eating dinner with an Italian family who adopts you to dancing with African folks... I personally have barely traveled the U.S. and am pumped... It's not for certain though, I'm applying for scholarships and can't go w/o them covering all of it (it's a long shot since I'm barely paying for the schooling I'm getting now... I like long shots tho ).

sinsear

warthorn
I'm therefore building a new rig with the following characteristics:

Get a Mac.
I kid, I kid. Please don't poison my next meal.

LOL. Now now, it wouldn't be a Mac unless I finished building it and lit $1000 on fire next to it.

 




Semester at Sea? im going this summer too!

hologramg

warthorn

hologramg
http://www.grynx.com/proj...as-harddrive-window/1/
seems it can be done. Ill further look into it.

I'll give you $10 PayPal if you successfully pull it off and the drive safely holds data after 6 months of regular use. It'd be cool to see.

I never posted that to challenge you. Im just saying people have  done it.

I didn't take it that way, I'm really offering you a bonus if you pull it off, it's a big challenge. I'd offer more but am always running out of money.

xolinlevh
Semester at Sea? im going this summer too!

REALLY?! I have actually shifted the enrollment to spring of 2011 since I could not sell parts fast enough before they ran out of spots, and if I was wait listed I couldn't get aid. But I definitely want to hear how it goes!

Are you going to build your own mini-computer? You have no competitors now Show the laptops who's boss!

I'm rarely in this subforum as I don't do this stuff to my system as a whole, though I have had many ideas to do something over the years.  I'm impressed you're pursuing this one, it bares some resemblence to an idea I once had of an illusive high-end shrink. 

As it stands, how many liters (or the case volume dimensions) do you estimate your case to be?  Seems like approximately 9 liters or 11" x 7" x 7" min.  It's like that one Shuttle J3 with the X58 chipset for $1900; let's hope your total cost including labor isn't more, if you wanted to sell it... 

I like the colors, glad to see your still going at it, thanks for the update!

Phew!!! glad to see you didn't give in. Im looking forward to this build!!!!!

I was starting to worry this project would be scrapped, glad to see it's still going!! Nice work (as usual) so far, I can't wait to see more!

Thanks for the interest guys Today I went to buy an extra aluminum beam and somehow came home with bits, a drill tap set, multiple sand paper grits, and an entire $%^#i*% full-size drill press...

This stuff is costing way too much, but I've been the "man of the house" for about 5 years now and have almost no tools except the Dremel I bought for "Modern Industry," and tools are long-term investments more so than any computer hardware... These tools should make this project MUCH easier and more professional. I'm very excited and appreciate having some folks to share it with Uploading might take a bit, but I'm taking photos of tools/progress. No more comments from me until pictures can do the talking.

Coming along Unfortunately the place I ordered my fancy '70-'71 sublime paint (on a Sunday afternoon) didn't ship until Wednesday afternoon, and by the time it arrives I'll be across the country for a month. *sigh*

Meet some of my new friends



I call him Phil. Phil the Drill.




I never used to like rivets, but slowly coming around to them. Decided to use them on this build because of their low profile in corners (countersunk screws would be hard due to the thin aluminum I'm using).



It's very hard to find a 3mm drill tap in a regular hardware store... I did however find a kit



The lovechild of Phil the Drill and his girlfriend the tap set. This is the kind of precision I'd like to have on all my projects but have only recently been able to afford the tools for.



New jigsaw doing its thing at weird angles. I even had to buy CLAMPS for this project, that's how sad my tool selection is.



Last but not least, Mr. Dremel who did most of Modern Industry is back from retirement with some crisscross blades.

Ooooh that looks useful. Especially for angle cuts. If someone asks me for birthday gift ideas I'll suggest that Thanks!

I was able to get pretty straight cuts using the jig at an angle, surprisingly:

They're pretty smooth-edged too, very minimal sanding.

Dremel a dutch design hehe and yeah I know these thigns are extremely handy every dutchman has one of these in their sheds.

Nice build man I love them sleeves too, Lime Green with Light Blue, very nice colour combo, hmm ... NVIDIA & Intel House colours mixed xD  


That just looks nice man

Snake !!!! It's a green mamba!   Very nice Warthorn....is it done yet??

Nice looking build so far! 

jpeg387
Nice looking build so far! 

Thanks!

lonewolf218
You really love tormenting us, don't you??? 
It will be interesting to see how the sublime will look, it looks very bright!

Honestly most of the frame is done, but I have not had time to get photos w/ traveling. It also isn't high enough quality yet.

Some hints:

• The I/O panel faces downward.
• The 470 stands vertically in front of the case.
• The PSU is mounted externally as a base weight.
• The frame is very minimalistic and (pending some design work I'm still doing) will stand on one leg.
• The chassis will hold 2 HDDs and 1 SSD.

Have a few more teasers:





I'll try to upload a batch on Facebook so at least you'll get to see some there (much faster uploads).