Project: PrometheusCu

I asked if he'd make them in Stainless Steel, Nickel, or Copper. I hope he will.

Wow, that's quite the mod. It's given me some good ideas for something I've had kicking around in the back of my head. Just need to figure out how to get it done without shelling out 15k.

Love the look of the sleeving, I just hope it doesn't become a dust magnet after running for a while once completed. Fabric can be quite tough to get dust out of.

gotta get this back on the first page....waiting for an update!

@philodox - Thanks a lot mate, and goodluck to you.

@cnealjr - Thanks, your statement made me curious so I found some dusty top shelves around my house and rubbed a sample in the dust... it's not very clingy, and wipes off easily. I can see it being a problem without proper maintenance, though not any more of an issue than any other windowed PC.

@MurderCityDevil - Tonight there will be update, I'm expecting UPS to show up any minute now.


My MASSIVE Performance-PCs order came Firday but I was out of the house and missed it, so it's going to arrive today.

And my SSDs were shipped last week but NCIX was out-of-stock on 3 of 4 drives.

NCIX wont be getting the others until the end of the week at the soonest... and I'm pissed off.
The delivery of the 1 drive is expected today however.

Originally Posted by Langer

@philodox - Thanks a lot mate, and goodluck to you.

@cnealjr - Thanks, your statement made me curious so I found some dusty top shelves around my house and rubbed a sample in the dust... it's not very clingy, and wipes off easily. I can see it being a problem without proper maintenance, though not any more of an issue than any other windowed PC.

@MurderCityDevil - Tonight there will be update, I'm expecting UPS to show up any minute now.


My MASSIVE Performance-PCs order came Firday but I was out of the house and missed it, so it's going to arrive today.

And my SSDs were shipped last week but NCIX was out-of-stock on 3 of 4 drives.

NCIX wont be getting the others until the end of the week at the soonest... and I'm pissed off.
The delivery of the 1 drive is expected today however.

That sucks man.

On a positive note, I did beat Fallout 1.

I hope once everything comes in its smooth sailing! I really want to see this build finished!

@ZMTToxics - Time to move onto #2, I think it's a bit better and it stays 100% true to the orig.


The one drive has arrived, and so has my Massive Performance-PCs order


The parcels arrived today and I'm ecstatic... but I only got one pic taken before my camera died on me.


In the photo:
1x 64GB G.Skill SSD
4 x Connectx™ SATA 90deg Connector Female - End Cap
4 x Connectx™ SATA 90deg Connector Female - Pass-through Cap
5 x Connectx™ 4-Pin Floppy Connector Female
8 x Connectx™ 6-Pin PCI Express Connector Female
8 x Connectx™ 8-pin PCI Express Connector Female
5 x Connectx™ 3-Pin Fan Connector Male
2 x Connectx™ 24-pin ATX Connector Female
7 x USB 2 X 5 Header Connector Female
Power Pins:
80 x USB Header Female Pins
200 x Connectx™ ATX Female Pins
100 x Connectx™ Molex 4pin Female Pins
100 x Connectx™ Molex 4pin Male Pins
60 x Connectx™ Floppy 4pin Female Pins
Data Cables:
4 x E-SATA II Cable w/ Metal Latch - 6'
4 x SATA II Cable w/ Metal Latch - Straight to 90deg - 18"
2 x A.C. Ryan Dual Internal SATA to eSATA PCI Bracket
Cooling:
36" x PrimoFlex Pro LRT Clear Tubing - 1/2"ID X 3/4"OD
36" x PrimoFlex Pro LRT Clear Tubing - 3/8"ID X 1/2"OD
16 x Clamps for 1/2" Tubing
10 x Clamps for 3/8" Tubing
2 x Bitspower G1/4" Stop Fitting
6 x Bitspower Premium G1/4" Fitting Spacer
1 x Bitspower Rotary "Q" - Dark Nickel Plated
Misc:
10 x Cord Clips 3/8" x 3/8"
24" x Heatshrink 3:1 - 1"ID
50 x Black Aluminum Pop Rivets 1/8" X 1/4"

Missing from action - PPCs forgot to box one item, but I can't blame them considering this order had over 200 items:
10 x Connectx™ 3-Pin Fan Connector Female

More pics coming once I get some more batteries tomorrow.

is that a futon? that looks awesome!

No mate it's actually a 2section couch, I'll post a pic later.

I found some batteries... I had a stash apparently (a stash of batteries, that is).
(Does anyone else here hide things on themselves and forget where?)

Many pics...

First up, G.Skill 64GB SSD - there are THREE more of these babies coming to me as soon as NCIX gets it's **** together.









Molex Connectors galore. I plan on using my own wiring throughout so I need custom plugs - I'm not looking forward to wiring this Beast TBH.
Internal 2x5pin USB header plugs:




3pin fan plugs:




6pin Molex plugs:





8pin Molex plugs:





24pin ATX Molex plugs:





A Bitspower "Q" fitting... that still isnt the right variety, I'll have to head over to Parker Fluidline to get what I want (I may have to make it myself):




Some cable clips, that will hold the GFX power lines parallel to the motherboard tray:




The clear tubing that will be used as "windows":




Four 6' black eSATA cables for my external drives:





A couple more bitspower fill stops:




Some 4pin floppy plugs:




The hose clamps that I ordered before discovering Evil-98's clamps:





50 black rivits, because my local SB Simpson had none:




4 Sata Molex connectors, punch down style - 2kinds - terminated end, and open end:





Two AC Ryan "backies" or whatever they called them. Sata > eSATA backplane adaptor:





4 Sata2 cables with 90degree ends:





Some 1" heatshrink, because I forgot to get some from CableOrganizer.com (probably for the best, because I don't need another 200' spool of the stuff)



And PINS! "Who knows how many... maybe a million... maybe more - nobody knows really" (slightly adapted Jeremy Clarkson circa Supercar Showdown... that tubo scene was funny):





Performance PC's did forget to pack my 10x female molex plugs, but can you blame them... there was over 200 items in that box afterall.

*PHEW* that's a lot of stuff... and I GET TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, jealous? I wouldn't be.. Hahaha.

That's all for today, I've been busy this evening fixing my Old Man's Laptop - and HP really really isn't bit on quick disassembly.

Thanks for reading, tune in this evening for some progress.

DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!

Does anyone have a trick for crimping molex pins for an idiot who forgot to order a crimping tool?

(I've just now ordered a crimper from PPCs, but that'll take a week+)

I believe a "duh" is in order. haha

damm man thats alot of stuff. everytime i see a ssd it makes me go want to buy one as a boot drive

but then my comp will bottlneck it like everything else

haha keep up the good work and the pics coming

Originally Posted by Langer

DAMN DAMN DAMN!!!

Does anyone have a trick for crimping molex pins for an idiot who forgot to order a crimping tool?

(I've just now ordered a crimper from PPCs, but that'll take a week+)

I believe a "duh" is in order. haha

Very small pair of needle nose pliers, and a lot of patience. You might also want to try and solder the wire and pin once you have them crimped. I never trust a crimped joint without using crimpers.

Originally Posted by Whoodie

Very small pair of needle nose pliers, and a lot of patience. You might also want to try and solder the wire and pin once you have them crimped. I never trust a crimped joint without using crimpers.

NO! Don't, I tried that, it doesn't work nearly as well as the real crimper, the real one rolls the tabs in, instead of just smashing them together, it's worth the wait. I used a pliers once, all the wires came out with only a little tug, even after soldering [it annealed the little tabs that hold the end into the plastic connector, and they bent backwards...]

It looks real good so far...

sorry i dont, but looking great so far. cant wait to see more

Originally Posted by best [486]

NO! Don't, I tried that, it doesn't work nearly as well as the real crimper, the real one rolls the tabs in, instead of just smashing them together, it's worth the wait. I used a pliers once, all the wires came out with only a little tug, even after soldering [it annealed the little tabs that hold the end into the plastic connector, and they bent backwards...]

It looks real good so far...

If you correctly solder the wires to the pins they will hold. I've used this method wiring our FSAE racecar. It works on AMP, WeatherPak, Deutsch, etc.. connectors. In the event you do not have a crimper, this is acceptable practice. But if you can wait, crimp.

@Whoodie - That's exactly what I was thinking, I just wanted to see if there was any DiY method of crimping. Thanks mate.

I started wiring my GTX280's tonight.
First I soldered the pins into place, because I didn't want to wait for the crimper to arrive.
I also sleeved the ribbon cable style wires with my Nylon Multifilament sleeving.


Believe it or not but these power lines will pretty much be the ONLY VISIBLE POWER LINES when the build is done.


The tubing is not complete , and all the heatshrinking is temporary, also the hose clamps will be swapped out.

Here is step 1 in the wiring puzzle:
I crossed the wires like this so make bending them around the GFX card easier.






I've also installed the clear tubes that will act as windows:

I really like the look of the sleeved water lines, looks damn good

can we get some opinions on that gskill SSD i haev been tempted to get one also

God this is a clean build, i love it!

Great work sir.

Very clean.