After finishing my Merom Mini Cube I had temporarily installed the beta of Windows Home Server. I liked it, but that system was supposed to go to my job, and now that I finally got all the bugs out I plan on taking it there.
Since I wanted something to mess with WHS, and I have a lot of parts, and I really liked the way my cube turned out, I had the idea to build myself a nice sister to the cube. It won't have quite the power of the cube, but unlike the cube will support multiple hard drives.
If I was to clone the Merom Cube, I'd need another breadbox. So off to ebay I went and luckily found another just like my original. Got here on April 27th, and is not quite as nice as the first one I had, but will do just fine.
Pics:
That big dent on top is not a concern. I'm shooting for a 9" cube, and that dent is located just past the 9" point. I will also flip the material, the current badly scarred top will become the bottom of the case.
And then the hardware, here are the starting specs:
ECM/Avalue/Evalue ECM-5716 5.25" EBX board
Celeron-M 380, 1.6GHz, 1MB Cache, Dothan Core
MicroCool NorthPole heatsink
512MB Corsair ValueSelect DDR400
Onboard video, audio, dual 10/100 ethernet, compact flash, and even a Cardbus Slot
Promise FastTrak S150 TX2Plus
80GB Seagate SATA
80GB Hitachi SATA
180 watt MicroATX Inwin PSU
drive cooling will be handled by my last 120mm Yate Loon
Once I get everything running(and more cash), I'll probably switch to a 4 port SATA card and 4 larger drives. The FasTrak and 80GB drives are things I already have, so they'll work for now. I'll be building the case with room for 4 drives, and I could squeeze in a few more if I really needed.
Some parts pics, starting with the miscellaneous:
And the 5.25" EBX motherboard:
I've started laying out my cuts on the case. Kind of hoping I can save the part I won't need for another case. I have one of these in my stash of parts, but I'll have to wait until the WHS system is finished.
Since I wanted something to mess with WHS, and I have a lot of parts, and I really liked the way my cube turned out, I had the idea to build myself a nice sister to the cube. It won't have quite the power of the cube, but unlike the cube will support multiple hard drives.
If I was to clone the Merom Cube, I'd need another breadbox. So off to ebay I went and luckily found another just like my original. Got here on April 27th, and is not quite as nice as the first one I had, but will do just fine.
Pics:
That big dent on top is not a concern. I'm shooting for a 9" cube, and that dent is located just past the 9" point. I will also flip the material, the current badly scarred top will become the bottom of the case.
And then the hardware, here are the starting specs:
ECM/Avalue/Evalue ECM-5716 5.25" EBX board
Celeron-M 380, 1.6GHz, 1MB Cache, Dothan Core
MicroCool NorthPole heatsink
512MB Corsair ValueSelect DDR400
Onboard video, audio, dual 10/100 ethernet, compact flash, and even a Cardbus Slot
Promise FastTrak S150 TX2Plus
80GB Seagate SATA
80GB Hitachi SATA
180 watt MicroATX Inwin PSU
drive cooling will be handled by my last 120mm Yate Loon
Once I get everything running(and more cash), I'll probably switch to a 4 port SATA card and 4 larger drives. The FasTrak and 80GB drives are things I already have, so they'll work for now. I'll be building the case with room for 4 drives, and I could squeeze in a few more if I really needed.
Some parts pics, starting with the miscellaneous:
And the 5.25" EBX motherboard:
I've started laying out my cuts on the case. Kind of hoping I can save the part I won't need for another case. I have one of these in my stash of parts, but I'll have to wait until the WHS system is finished.