AMP_US wrote:
You are definitely going have to make the PSU external. Even an SFX PSU is going to be hard pressed to fit in there.
I would do an Impact with a full cover block and then something like a Fury Nano or Fury X with a block and then offset it with a PCIE extension. The top vents on the XB1 should be perfect for a 240mm rad which should be enough for the entire system.
WHAT?? have you seen this already?
well hello again. let's tear apart the casing shall we.
so everyone see all these plastic lines/spacers. they need to go.
So lets grab a dremel and start cutting away. (sorry for no in progress shot)
so that's the initial cut where I made room for the mobo and io shield, also yes those screw's are going to be the mobo stand off's.
After this I had to do a test fit with the mobo to see if I've messed up.
And it fits like a charm, so lets get going on the top panel.
that's a nice beginning however there's one more problem.
the entire shroud needs to be exposed without cutting in to it.:o
so let's hope I've got a steady hand and the right technique.
Seems to be going alright.
so how I managed to do this is put a screwdriver in between the panel and mesh to keep them separated and cut away little bits at a time:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I messed up, not to bad though:
and mostly finished here:
not bad if I may say so myself. In the end there were only 2 mis cuts and you can barely see them, so mission accomplished.
so now lets get back to the bottom panel because we where not done yet.
we need to drill some more holes in order to cool this machine.
first let's see how far we want them seperated:
seems to be alright, lets draw some more and start the tedious work.
luckily I don't need to use a hand drill because that would be murder to my arm.
and yes that is a really old machine.
and then now the finished result
now I'm almost done because I decided to change it up a little bit, so some more drilling and cutting was necessary.
and done. at least for now.
If you are wondering about those wire's, I'll need them as a ground since I don't use a metal case on the inside.
now last but not least the front-panel, I really wanted to keep the touch sensing so I had to make something up for that.
So I bought some touch sensors to mount to the front ribbon cable.
So i got those but it doesn't work like that sadly enough. so lets get creative.
I needed to tap into the capacitive sensor so I could wire it to the ribbon cable, I had 2 options, number one solder a wire to this little pin:
But that thing is so tiny you would almost need a magnifying-glass in order to solder on it.
so option 2 it was, actually quite simple, drill a hole, scrape away some solder mask on the front, feed a wire through and solder it on there:
then all I needed to do is mount it to front ribbon cable:
but it still doesn't work, I need to power the thing and make it work with thew mobo.
so grab a servo wire mount it to the sensor and remember what color is what.
then grab a relaid and wire it up to the sensor.
Now the last part about the front panel, lighting up the xbox logo:
seems like a perfect fit to me.
now here is the finished result, I just glued the led that's why the tape:
Power to the touch sensor comes from the on-board usb 2 header, because those things have standby power. and I definitely need that.
Lets leave it at that for now, was already more than planned
😉