OK, onto the hardware... the motherboard, PSU, TV tuner and slim slot load DVD burner are installed and the respective cables are installed onto each device.
I don't want to bore you with every little detail of the hardware install so instead I will hit you with highlights and mainly show pictures. Below is the true back side of the mod, it is where everything ports out... the vacant space on the right is reserved for a WD 250GB hard drive.
Below shows the damned processor fan, you have no idea how tight everything is just above the processor heat sink... the CD-ROM power cable, IDE cable, sound cable and the sleeved 3 LED assembly I wired up all sit over the processor. The picture below shows my "1337 Jedi oRiGaMi SkillZ", it was an hour long pain in the ass getting everything folded up and out of the way of the processor fan.
Even though you probably didn't read the above spiel about my cable ordeal, here is a shot from the top showing the cables situated tightly above the processor heat sink.
Here's a sloppy looking shot from the monitor side of the cube, I will install the LCD, Matrix Orbital and pinhole camera shortly, the IR receiver however is final installed.
I had a black CD-ROM IDE cable that was leftover from an ASUS motherboard, it is sticking out in the picture above... I needed a black HDD cable, so with a little masking tape and some Vinyl dye I made one... and it is awesome.
The hard drives are installed and just how tight everything sits together is now made all the more evident, I'm not small at all and it's getting harder and harder to work within the limited confines of the case.
I ain't crying over making things fit, I live for a challenge. Below is a 3/4 shot showing off the freshly installed 250GB hard drives, half terabyte of storage at 8"x8"... cool.
Suck it in fatty! Below shows everything installed and the nightmare of wiring that will need to be reigned in and managed, I hate wire management.
The wiring is at this point still half assed, but I wanted to throw everything in to get a feel for things. Below is the port out side of the mod, the cables at the bottom are for the 6" LCD and the IR receiver.
Spinning... 3/4 view of the port side of the mod and the back of the motherboard tray...
Back of the motherboard tray...
Still spinning... 6" LCD, Matrix Orbital, surveillance camera and IR receiver side...
3/4 shot showing the screen side and the illusion section/DVD burner side...
Finally a shot of the illusion section in place, I will work on the wiring a bit more tomorrow and hopefully fire it up after and install Windows MCE... WooHoo!
STAY TUNED, I HAVE SUCH SIGHTS TO SHOW YOU.
I don't want to bore you with every little detail of the hardware install so instead I will hit you with highlights and mainly show pictures. Below is the true back side of the mod, it is where everything ports out... the vacant space on the right is reserved for a WD 250GB hard drive.
Below shows the damned processor fan, you have no idea how tight everything is just above the processor heat sink... the CD-ROM power cable, IDE cable, sound cable and the sleeved 3 LED assembly I wired up all sit over the processor. The picture below shows my "1337 Jedi oRiGaMi SkillZ", it was an hour long pain in the ass getting everything folded up and out of the way of the processor fan.
Even though you probably didn't read the above spiel about my cable ordeal, here is a shot from the top showing the cables situated tightly above the processor heat sink.
Here's a sloppy looking shot from the monitor side of the cube, I will install the LCD, Matrix Orbital and pinhole camera shortly, the IR receiver however is final installed.
I had a black CD-ROM IDE cable that was leftover from an ASUS motherboard, it is sticking out in the picture above... I needed a black HDD cable, so with a little masking tape and some Vinyl dye I made one... and it is awesome.
The hard drives are installed and just how tight everything sits together is now made all the more evident, I'm not small at all and it's getting harder and harder to work within the limited confines of the case.
I ain't crying over making things fit, I live for a challenge. Below is a 3/4 shot showing off the freshly installed 250GB hard drives, half terabyte of storage at 8"x8"... cool.
Suck it in fatty! Below shows everything installed and the nightmare of wiring that will need to be reigned in and managed, I hate wire management.
The wiring is at this point still half assed, but I wanted to throw everything in to get a feel for things. Below is the port out side of the mod, the cables at the bottom are for the 6" LCD and the IR receiver.
Spinning... 3/4 view of the port side of the mod and the back of the motherboard tray...
Back of the motherboard tray...
Still spinning... 6" LCD, Matrix Orbital, surveillance camera and IR receiver side...
3/4 shot showing the screen side and the illusion section/DVD burner side...
Finally a shot of the illusion section in place, I will work on the wiring a bit more tomorrow and hopefully fire it up after and install Windows MCE... WooHoo!
STAY TUNED, I HAVE SUCH SIGHTS TO SHOW YOU.