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CSF-1630 cube

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Well this is my first worklog so im gonna try to keep it as thurough as possible
so any questions and critisms or ideas are welcome.

So on to the case. most of you prolly have seen those 12u server cubes on ebay.
i had been contemplating getting on for a while. and 3-4 weeks ago they ran a 6day sale
$75 + 60 shipping. compared to the normal $150 + 60shipping.
i just missed the sale by a day waitin for bills to clear. so i emailed them to see if they would continue it for my sake. and i managed to get this one for $125 shipped.

anyhow my plans are to water cool my main rig and to custom mount a mATX board on the backside to run my file/media server.

current specs
E6600 stock for now cooled with zalman 9500
P5WDG2-WS Pro
2gb ddr2 1000 ballistix
x1950pro 256mb (awaiting 8800gts 320mb in mail anyday now)
xfi xtrememusic
2x36gb wd raptors
2x250gb wd sata
1x200gb wd sata

WC gear
DD Rad 360 stealth
Swiftech Storm
Pondmaster 900
EK multi 250

server specs new specs within a week
old soyo AMD-75X-W977 - going to an hp oem asus 939 board (why cause its free)
athlon slot a 650mhz - sempron 3400+
256mb sdram - 1gb ddr400
3x200gb hds - " "
1x40gb os drive - " "

now for the pics
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my old YY cube
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well its late i will update with more pics tomorrow
 
email them i really dont think they sell alot of them often, just do it like a week and a half before you want it lol its a 70lbs box
 
Did this case come with any kinda mounts or rails?
 
yes comes with rails and also cames with wide feet installed. 2sec to unscrew them and screw on supplied locking casters

more pics here
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stripped YY cube. gonna move my secondary/girls pc into that possibly take a shot at water cooling it
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parts gettin ready to be installed... prolly the last pic of my x1950 pro before it goes to its new home and my 8800gts takes its place
*tear* i made the switch to Nvidia from being a long long time ATi guy
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ewwww nasty caked dust took me like 25min and a tooth brush to get that remotly clean. im gonna soak it in vinegar once the WC system is installed
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HD's mounted. and board installed. i might have to look into a PSU with longer cables tho, my tagan 1.1kw just barely makes it
note: i mounted that 120mm fan like that to get extra cooling to gpu and cpu turns out it might be no good. so dont worry bout wires gettin caught up in it

teaser 1am finally up and running night shot
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That case is nice, but if i were the manufacturer of the case I would have put more 120mmm fans in the back.
 
What are you going to do with the old case?
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mikey976 said:
Haha yea it does dont it. its bout to finnaly go watercooled.. but thats after that behemoth of a case gets its dues
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That case is nice, but if i were the manufacturer of the case I would have put more 120mmm fans in the back.
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it can fit 6 in stock locations. its a 3day weekend and my angle grinder and dremel are gonna have some fun hehehe.
 
mikey976 said:
if i wanted a hover craft id build it to lift 300lbs+ so my fat ass can float around in it.
but right now id like to keep it at a silent and cool dual pc/fileserver
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An MM U2-UFO has 18 fan mount locations if I recall correctly
 
a MM ufo cant be had for 125 shipped to your door. so that extra 250 i can spend on better things like the 8800gts thats enroute to me. (blast ups and thier holidays lol)
 
ok gettin my WC gear ready for the install
and just finished rebuilding my fileserver
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the rad will be mounted internally just as its shown ontop of the case. im prolly gonna cut it up in next day or so. just need to wire up the fans.
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the ultimate pump.
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and now the server .
all i really need is 3 or 4, 3in4 hd racks and i can put all my drives together.
server has 2x200 IDE and 2x160 sata.
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to keep the drives at a nominal temp
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installing my streamlined unatended win xp pro

i got the mobo from work. has a wierd bug in it, as in if u shut down the pc
it will automatically reboot. no matter what u try. owell works for me
 
well her is an update i got the watercooling in, had to install the radiatior differently. but all works cause the rad fans move fresh air thru the cash.

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the top of the case ie removable, so i made a large rectangle in the main chassis, then a hole just large enough for the fans in the top.
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mounted my EK 250 multioption. pissed cause one of the clamp arms broke off. n wasnt even full of water yet
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leaktesting, i lapped both the storm WB and my e6600 for best possible contact.
like a dummy i disassembled the storm to clean and lap it. and forgot to reinstall the
lower O-ring. put the whole mess together and couldnt figure out why it was just barely leaking thru bottom of WB. till i drained it n figured it out. all is weel now.
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my rheostats seem to get reeeeally hot. so i thought id prolong them a lil and use some ram sinks that were layin around.
im going to switch to quieter fans soon
 
Good idea on the rheostats. They DO get warm since they are a source of resistance in a circuit.
 
thanks everyone for the comments, currently thuis week the board is going for RMA,
somethin happend to pci-e based lan port and now im down to 1 lan port.
im also planning to redo the watercooling. will reverse the radiator and add a 3rd pot to the bunch. possibly make a fan control panal with the pots.
 
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