Project: PrometheusCU

[Langer]

Here in the early hours of the morning I came up with a method of running the ATX and 12V lines between the motherboard and the mobo-tray - only to emerge right next to the PSU. (I even have custom made 1-off wire to do it with)

What I have come up with will involve soldering the power lines right to the mobo.

Also I'll be making a cut though the mobo tray beneath the ethernet port - I intend to solder a second port onto the bottom of the mobo, making it easier to wire the mobo to the Alix router.

Here's a very quick and dirty diagram to roughly show my intent with soldering the ATX and 12V lines to the bottom of the mobo.

I had a short run of (1250ft, lol.. minimum manufacturing length) 24conductor 18agage 'PrometheusCU edition' ribbon cable manufactured by ITW Pancon especially for this (and alot of other wires) purpose.

Quickie update:
After a lot of measuring, scoring, snaping, drilling, and filing I have this:
1 down, 1 to go.

 

[Langer]

2of2.
Note that this one was made with a tilt to it to reflect the graphics on the GPU block better.

I've not yet installed it, it's just a friction fit with the ramsinks.

 

[Langer]

Just ordered the 4x 64GB SSD's from NCIX.com

G.SKILL FM-25S2S-64GB 64GB 2.5IN SATA2 SSD

Performance Specifications
Sequential Read Rate 155MB/sec (MAXIMUM 170MB/sec in Vista)
Sequential Write Rate 90MB/sec (MAXIMUM 100MB/sec in Vista)
Access Time >0.2ms

 

[XinSuiLe]

Took me 2 hrs to finish reading and wondering 'what does this do' til the last page.

This is really good wicked sick stuff.

I argee with a fellow forumer about your determination, patience and passion. It's really amazing.

Hope to see more updates to keep me mind-poisoned.

 

[cueball1981]

OMG.. just look at the gpu.................envy envy envy

 

[Langer]

@XinSuiLe Thank you very much!

@cueball1981 - Thanks mate - I have more plans for that coming soon.

 

[persentio]

Extremely good read!! Cant wait to see the end product.

 

[yuri21]

Just one word: WOW. :O

*feels very envious of his tools 'cos she has zero workshop knowledge*

Kay, I'll admit to not knowing what half of this stuff is but it sounds darn awesome. ><;;

 

[Langer]

Lol... here's where most of my Prometheus work gets done:

 

[Langer]

First up: I decided on my RAID card.
I'm going with the super capable HighPoint RocketRAID 3510 4channel card.
This is no toy, this is a real enterprise level card with it's own processor and memory - I'll be adding a battery backup unit to this card as well as an added security.

 

[Langer]

My cable/tube sleeving has arrived - finally!
I will be using Nylon Multifilament sleeving - built to military grade specifications.

The 'wire harness' coming out the back of this machine will be manages with DuraWrap sleeving - made from ballistic nylon.

Here's my order, 2.5"ID durawrap, nylon multifilament sleeving (75' - 225' spools), and 4:1 heatshrink (25' - 50' spools).

Some crappy pics showing off the goods:

The quality of this stuff is incredible... and it's very hard to cut (w/o a hot knife). I'm positive that it will definitely suit the build.

I forgot to order 1" heatshrink (but compensated by adding it to my PerformancePCs order which should be here any day) so I can't jump right in and start sleeving my tubes just yet. But I am going to start sleeving the items that I can.

Thanks for reading, more coming soon.

 

[Langer]

I did a couple of short sleevings tests:
I sleeved the tubing and the anti-kink coils... the sleeving WORTH EVERY PENNY in my mind. The look turned out fantastic.

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I'd like to hear your opinions on the look.

Thanks

 

[XcoldstarX]

I think that having the anti-kinks outside the sleeving would look better.

 

[yuri21]

Ooh... the second pix, I think the one on the left looks better: it looks finer and thus seems more elegant. ^^;;

 

[Langer]

I decided to do some test sleeving (after all I have a couple extra feet of sleeving).


Still missing the heatshrink, 'tidyness', clamps, and copper antikink rings.

 

[Langer]

Thanks guys.

The ripples are anti-kink coils beneath the sleeving. This material doesn't ripple like that. As I stated before once the copper shrouds arrive the case will have a very different look - I'm just testing the materials, learning the best way to use them.

I did a quick sleeve job on a test cable. This 4conductor ribbon is a very tight fit inside the 1/4" sleeve.

 

[Langer]

I get the feeling across my worklogs that some people don't understand that the majority of this case will be shrouded in laser etched, waterjet cut, copper plate.

I've taken the liberty of colouring my part diagrams, and illustrating what they will look like after bending, and assembly.

I hope this helps some of you visualize the final product.

Orange = Copper
Grey = Carbon Fiber

*click for big*

 

[Langer]

I hope that helps. =)


Thanks for reading.

 

[Langer]

Quick update:

I WANT THESE!

evil-98 from XtremeSystems is making them... I'm not sure about availability just yet. I can't wait to hear back from him.

here is his thread at XS

 

[XcoldstarX]

evil-98 has made an update saying that the clamps are with him and are ready for sale. You might wanna keep a lookout at Petra's.