The Orange One
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Looks Exciting - Shinobi's are one of the best cases around to mod
Bitfenix Shinobi case mod
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HCP
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Time to unveil the next step.
This is a "shield" that goes in the front, about 5 milimeters outside the front of the case, backlit with white leds.
Dont know the colors of it yet, but probably brushed aluminium on the bottom, the black frame around and red Bitfenix logo.
Frame and logo will be CNC cut from plastic (my cnc can only cut plastics, thats why).
This will hide the wood a little, but also make the case more alive.
"Shinobium" is the project name, a little lame i know, but what the heck, i dont want to spend hours on thinking out a great name
CNC running right now, hope to get the SSD-rack and front shield ready soon!
What do you guys this about this, use it or throw it ?
Shield almost the same width as the case, and position about 5-10cm from the top (2-4 inches)
This is a "shield" that goes in the front, about 5 milimeters outside the front of the case, backlit with white leds.
Dont know the colors of it yet, but probably brushed aluminium on the bottom, the black frame around and red Bitfenix logo.
Frame and logo will be CNC cut from plastic (my cnc can only cut plastics, thats why).
This will hide the wood a little, but also make the case more alive.
"Shinobium" is the project name, a little lame i know, but what the heck, i dont want to spend hours on thinking out a great name
CNC running right now, hope to get the SSD-rack and front shield ready soon!
What do you guys this about this, use it or throw it ?
Shield almost the same width as the case, and position about 5-10cm from the top (2-4 inches)
wotevajjjj
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Great idea's, looking good.
I hope the logo's aren't blocking all the air flow, and as doc says, dustfilters would be nice
I hope the logo's aren't blocking all the air flow, and as doc says, dustfilters would be nice
arnzzz
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Another view, with other backplate. This will probably fu** the airflow up big time
are these made with plastic ?? surely you didnt do that by hand, that looks like such a professional cut
do it by hand i have to say you are very talented, i cant wait to see the progress you make on this project, its stuff like
this that brought me to this forum, i love it
HCP
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Not so much work done on the case yet, cutting and thinking mostly
Been talking to some sponsors, got some neat stuff on its way!
A new file for the CNC is ready, this will be the new "rack" for the SSD´s.
I will try to warp/twist it, like a DNA-string, but not a complete turn, the top will be twisted ~45 degrees compared to the bottom of the "thing" so i still can make baseplates for fastening the SSD´s.
Been talking to some sponsors, got some neat stuff on its way!
A new file for the CNC is ready, this will be the new "rack" for the SSD´s.
I will try to warp/twist it, like a DNA-string, but not a complete turn, the top will be twisted ~45 degrees compared to the bottom of the "thing" so i still can make baseplates for fastening the SSD´s.
The Orange One
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Looks Very Good - Can't wait for MOAR Updates
HCP
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Made a order of some components this friday.
The list...
pcs: Item: Item No.: Single price: Price:
1 x MagiCool Copper Radiator II - 240 mm WARA-091 2
1 x Akasa AK-455-5G High Performance Wärmeleitpaste ZUWA-032
2 x Akasa SATA 3 Kabel 50cm gewinkelt / gerade - black ZUSA-111
1 x XFX RADEON HD 6570, 650M Passiv 1024 MB DDR3 DUAL DVI GCXF-039
1 x Logitech G400 Gaming Maus GAMO-304 25.13 EUR
1 x Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H, AMD A75 Mainboard - Sockel FM1 MBGB-039
1 x AMD APU A8-3870K Black Edition 3,0 GHz (Llano) 100 Watt - boxed HPAM-029
2 x Intel 330 Series 2,5 Zoll SSD, SATA 6G - 120GB SSIT-011
1 x Corsair Vengeance Series Blue DDR3-1600, CL9 - 16GB Kit
Pump is a EK DCP4 and a Phobya 250 reservoar. hoses and fittings i´m going to order later.
The two Intel 330 SSD´s i will probably run in raid 1. Again, its a work-computer and i think the performance of SSD will be enough, and i dont need Raid 0.
But, on another thought, i do not keep any files on my computers, all files are stored on a HP DL360 in my closet with raid 1+0 and shared trough my gigabit lan in my home. On a disk crash i can restore a image pretty quick.
So... maybe Raid 0 is a option, suggestions ?
Im not a gamer, nor a overclocking freak, i may boost it a bit but not going to hunt for the last Mhz.
Just a stable working computer, the focus are on the case
I hope i will get some steel in the mailbox tomorrow, i have ordered alot of water jet parts for the case
The list...
pcs: Item: Item No.: Single price: Price:
1 x MagiCool Copper Radiator II - 240 mm WARA-091 2
1 x Akasa AK-455-5G High Performance Wärmeleitpaste ZUWA-032
2 x Akasa SATA 3 Kabel 50cm gewinkelt / gerade - black ZUSA-111
1 x XFX RADEON HD 6570, 650M Passiv 1024 MB DDR3 DUAL DVI GCXF-039
1 x Logitech G400 Gaming Maus GAMO-304 25.13 EUR
1 x Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H, AMD A75 Mainboard - Sockel FM1 MBGB-039
1 x AMD APU A8-3870K Black Edition 3,0 GHz (Llano) 100 Watt - boxed HPAM-029
2 x Intel 330 Series 2,5 Zoll SSD, SATA 6G - 120GB SSIT-011
1 x Corsair Vengeance Series Blue DDR3-1600, CL9 - 16GB Kit
Pump is a EK DCP4 and a Phobya 250 reservoar. hoses and fittings i´m going to order later.
The two Intel 330 SSD´s i will probably run in raid 1. Again, its a work-computer and i think the performance of SSD will be enough, and i dont need Raid 0.
But, on another thought, i do not keep any files on my computers, all files are stored on a HP DL360 in my closet with raid 1+0 and shared trough my gigabit lan in my home. On a disk crash i can restore a image pretty quick.
So... maybe Raid 0 is a option, suggestions ?
Im not a gamer, nor a overclocking freak, i may boost it a bit but not going to hunt for the last Mhz.
Just a stable working computer, the focus are on the case
I hope i will get some steel in the mailbox tomorrow, i have ordered alot of water jet parts for the case
Josh Weston
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In my opinion you'd be better of buying a 1x240gb drive. I have two Mushkin drives in RAID0 and honestly I don't think it's worth it. The speeds that are achieved with a single SSD are more than enough, and I really don't feel the performance increase with the RAID. That being said, that could be a fault on my end, so don't just take my word for it.
If I could go back in time, though, i'd definitely buy a single 240gb drive.
TRIM is also a nice feature that RAID makes you miss out on, although most SSDs have built in garbage collection which does a similar thing...I just don't think it does it as well (at least, that's what I understand from some brief googling).
If I could go back in time, though, i'd definitely buy a single 240gb drive.
TRIM is also a nice feature that RAID makes you miss out on, although most SSDs have built in garbage collection which does a similar thing...I just don't think it does it as well (at least, that's what I understand from some brief googling).
