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Apr 26 2015 09:34pm
Quote (ThePwnEffect @ Apr 26 2015 11:30pm)
Thanks!


Thank you! :)
Glad you all enjoy.
It was a learning experience, I've only built a few 3 dimensional things, but nothing with angles, it was fun to do!
The hardest part of all of this was soldering the wires in a cramped space (for the headunit to power supply, but it was actually not that bad. This was my first time soldering anything.
I took 3 different categories and merged them, wood, car audio, computers.
I didn't know much about car audio either, but after finding pinout diagrams and wiring diagrams for an ATX PSU and the wiring harness on the headunit, it was as easy as connecting the dots.

It could be a little bit cleaner, but I was working with limited tools in limited space.

I still don't have a garage to work out of, so I moved everything to my basement instead of loading it all into the back of my blazer and then taking it out when I wanted to build something.
I'm starting to like the basement though, I have some old cabinets from my parents kitchen remodel that I'm hopefully going to be moving down to the basement, the only thing I really need now is a nice table saw, a router, and a few other small tools.

I'm in the process of finding another hard drive, the 500GB drive I put in it is bad and won't finish a windows installation. I've tried 5 other hard drives, and the only working one is a 60GB and that just won't cut it!


buy a 60$ 120 gb ssd... if its only for music, movies, and emulators.. that is what i'd do
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Apr 26 2015 09:47pm
Quote (Funion @ Apr 26 2015 11:34pm)
buy a 60$ 120 gb ssd... if its only for music, movies, and emulators.. that is what i'd do


If I buy a 120GB ssd it's going in my personal computer lol. I'm still rocking a 64GB ssd from when they first came out.
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Apr 26 2015 09:48pm
Quote (Funion @ 26 Apr 2015 21:26)
nvm just saw the 1 case fan... lmk how well it cools with such a large space and no gpu...




Still butt hurt enough to follow my posts to talk shit.. gtfo of his thread with this bullshit


You're butt hurt? Good to know, bro. :lol:

e/

Think you could always do better w/ project OP made (maybe).

This post was edited by Muted on Apr 26 2015 09:48pm
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Apr 26 2015 09:49pm
Quote (ThePwnEffect @ 26 Apr 2015 22:47)
If I buy a 120GB ssd it's going in my personal computer lol. I'm still rocking a 64GB ssd from when they first came out.


And they said those would be dead within a year. :rofl:

SSD are the fucking shit.
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Apr 26 2015 09:53pm
Quote (ThePwnEffect @ 26 Apr 2015 19:30)
Thanks!


Thank you! :)
Glad you all enjoy.
It was a learning experience, I've only built a few 3 dimensional things, but nothing with angles, it was fun to do!
The hardest part of all of this was soldering the wires in a cramped space (for the headunit to power supply, but it was actually not that bad. This was my first time soldering anything.
I took 3 different categories and merged them, wood, car audio, computers.
I didn't know much about car audio either, but after finding pinout diagrams and wiring diagrams for an ATX PSU and the wiring harness on the headunit, it was as easy as connecting the dots.

It could be a little bit cleaner, but I was working with limited tools in limited space.

I still don't have a garage to work out of, so I moved everything to my basement instead of loading it all into the back of my blazer and then taking it out when I wanted to build something.
I'm starting to like the basement though, I have some old cabinets from my parents kitchen remodel that I'm hopefully going to be moving down to the basement, the only thing I really need now is a nice table saw, a router, and a few other small tools.

I'm in the process of finding another hard drive, the 500GB drive I put in it is bad and won't finish a windows installation. I've tried 5 other hard drives, and the only working one is a 60GB and that just won't cut it!


How do you deal with the sawdust in the basement? Lol
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Apr 26 2015 09:55pm
Quote (ThePwnEffect @ Apr 26 2015 11:47pm)
If I buy a 120GB ssd it's going in my personal computer lol. I'm still rocking a 64GB ssd from when they first came out.


not bad... I'm testing out a msata one in my en760 zbox... i love that thing... one of the silliest but neatest purchases I made
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Apr 26 2015 09:56pm
Quote (CehNehDeh @ Apr 26 2015 11:53pm)
How do you deal with the sawdust in the basement? Lol


Two layers of carpet, shopvac attachment for saw/planer, lol.
Anything not caught by the shopvac just falls on the thick carpet and blends in with the color :D

Quote (Funion @ Apr 26 2015 11:55pm)
not bad... I'm testing out a msata one in my en760 zbox... i love that thing... one of the silliest but neatest purchases I made


What is this "msata" you speak of?

I have like 40 hard drives here, but most of them are low capacity, ide, or bad. :(

This post was edited by ThePwnEffect on Apr 26 2015 09:58pm
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Apr 26 2015 09:59pm
Quote (Muted @ Apr 26 2015 11:49pm)
And they said those would be dead within a year. :rofl:

SSD are the fucking shit.


I agree with the second part
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Apr 26 2015 10:00pm
Quote (ThePwnEffect @ 26 Apr 2015 22:56)
Two layers of carpet, shopvac attachment for saw/planer, lol.
Anything not caught by the shopvac just falls on the thick carpet and blends in with the color :D



What is this "msata" you speak of?

I have like 40 hard drives here, but most of them are low capacity, ide, or bad. :(


If you're worried about cleaning the carpet: A kirby vacuum is the best and only real vacuum you'll ever have.
Works, but is generally pricey. The latest generation (Sentria 2?) is around $4k USD.


Quote (me1 @ 26 Apr 2015 22:59)
I agree with the second part


mether1'd B)

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Apr 26 2015 10:02pm
Quote (ThePwnEffect @ Apr 26 2015 11:56pm)
Two layers of carpet, shopvac attachment for saw/planer, lol.
Anything not caught by the shopvac just falls on the thick carpet and blends in with the color :D



What is this "msata" you speak of?

I have like 40 hard drives here, but most of them are low capacity, ide, or bad. :(


en760 zbox



That little chip on top of that 2.5" hdd (not the standard 3.5") is an msata ssd.. mine is only 128 gb
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