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[Xion X2]

Thats some beautifull work man. I think i might need to subscribe to this thread.

Thanks!

Here are a few more pictures taken from last night.

[slytherock]

Wow; great job so far. Not only the project is cool and fun, but your work is really clean. Your pics are well taken and well instructed.

I haven't been spoken much lately (still watching the forum at least 4 times/week) but this project catch my eyes. Cant wait to see more of this. Great job so far.

[Xion X2]

Wow; great job so far. Not only the project is cool and fun, but your work is really clean. Your pics are well taken and well instructed.

I haven't been spoken much lately (still watching the forum at least 4 times/week) but this project catch my eyes. Cant wait to see more of this. Great job so far.

Thank you for the kind words, sly! Much appreciated.

There's much more to come, so stay tuned. In fact, what I feel is the central 'WOW' factor has not been revealed yet and, I believe, will tie the entire theme together with a fine seam. This will not surface for another few weeks at least, but it is coming.

Another update should be coming soon. In the interim, here are some more hardware pics that I hope you'll enjoy.

[mDust]

OH MAN! You'd better be faking that pile of SSDs!

(I want those.)

I'd probably do something stupid with 'em though...like make a 6 drive raid 0...

Professional much?

[Airbozo]

Thanks for the info. I was actually thinking of building one from some 2x4s and a heavy duty piano hinge. Seems simple enough. Anyhow, can't wait to see more. The mod's looking great.

FYI: I have made my own brake with 2x4's and a piano hinge, but due to the rounded edge of the 2x4's and the fact they were construction grade pine (soft), it did not work very well. I could never get as clean of lines as Xion has achieved with his brake. Mine were either crooked or rounded.

Xion, Thanks for sharing this worklog. You have done some really nice work here. Can't wait to see what's next!

Love the zero G drive bay.

[msmrx57]

FYI: I have made my own brake with 2x4's and a piano hinge, but due to the rounded edge of the 2x4's and the fact they were construction grade pine (soft), it did not work very well. I could never get as clean of lines as Xion has achieved with his brake. Mine were either crooked or rounded.

A couple of pieces of 1" or larger angle iron should give a nice edge. Just a thought.

Very nice work so far! + REP and definitely following this.

[Xion X2]

OH MAN! You'd better be faking that pile of SSDs!

(I want those.)

I'd probably do something stupid with 'em though...like make a 6 drive raid 0...

Professional much?

I'll have to settle for a RAID0 x 4 configuration for now as two of those SSDs are in my renderbox.

FYI: I have made my own brake with 2x4's and a piano hinge, but due to the rounded edge of the 2x4's and the fact they were construction grade pine (soft), it did not work very well. I could never get as clean of lines as Xion has achieved with his brake. Mine were either crooked or rounded.

Xion, Thanks for sharing this worklog. You have done some really nice work here. Can't wait to see what's next!

Love the zero G drive bay.

Thanks, Airbozo.. I appreciate the kind words.

Yeah, some bends will definitely test the brake, so it's better that it's made of steel than wood. Some of the smaller bends like the 1/2" bends on the back required more work since you had less leverage.

A couple of pieces of 1" or larger angle iron should give a nice edge. Just a thought.

Very nice work so far! + REP and definitely following this.

Thanks for the +REP, msmrx. I'm glad that you're enjoying the project.


Much more to come later. Until then, here are a few more hardware pics.

I'll be running the HK 3.0 for my CPU block.

refleXion will be running two GTX 275s in an SLI configuration. These are special edition GTXs with 1792MB of VRAM apiece.

[Xion X2]

My new radiators came in, two MCR220s by Swiftech. These will be replacing the XSPC RX240s because they're thinner and will fit on the inside of the case. The profile of the RX240 was too fat and was hanging over the motherboard when installed inside the case.

One will be set on each loop.

Loop 1 = CPU, NB
Loop 2 = GPU1, GPU2

:thumb:

[p0Pe]

nice rads! personally i prefer hwlabs but thoose are also nice
bitspower always equals win

[Loki]

What kind of camera are you using to take those incredible pics?