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eelmod: G4 Cube w/ Videos worklog

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WOW!! What a great thread!! Got some good ideas already for my Cube build!!

Just curious-with your Gigabyte board, are you finding a problem with the outside DIMM slot encroaching on the touch sensor power switch?? While I'd love to use that board, I fear the interference with the sensor...and like you, I want it to be fully functional :)

I'm looking at one of the new ASRock IB boards that TonyMac says should be compatible (H77M-ITX http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=H77M-ITX ) Looks like there's an extra mm or 2 of leeway by the outside DIMM slot...

You Rock!! :headbang:
 
Yeah it is a tight fit with the Gigabyte board, I had to bend the LED leads and then trim the washer inside the case in order for it to fit and then just barely.

That asrock and then there is also an asus board, I would try to use as the memory, like you said, are positioned a tad in leaving nice bit of room.

Of course I have done some slight designs to what I originally had going on. The crappy part is I fried the touch sensor doing all the other testing for the other cubes I sent out :( . I did try to figure out another sensor solution but two sensors I bought for this application did not work.
 
eelhead said:
That asrock and then there is also an asus board, I would try to use as the memory, like you said, are positioned a tad in leaving nice bit of room.

Hmmm....every ASUS board I looked at either a) had the memory slots in a similar position as the GA board, or b) had the memory slots much more towards the middle of the board BUT had the ATX power connection between the outside memory slot & edge of the board....basically leaving me with the same issue of **something** being a bit too close to the touch sensor mechanics.

Well, the ASRock board is now officially on order & arrives Thursday - in the meantime, I've got to try & revisit your build to see how to mount the board securely in the same space where the original mobo lived :)
 
eelhead said:
This one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... _-13131840

the power plug might come close but there can always be a work around for that unlike the memory sticks

I was definitely looking at that one for sure - but alas, the proximity of the power connector sort of scared me away - I thought with the ASRock board, there was nothing in the way to worry about :)

Where's my sense of challenge, eh? LOL :banghead:
 
Stork said:
Well, at the other end of the price spectrum, is the ASRock H77M-ITX. It looks to have both memory and 24pin off sets from the edge, too. It also has Realtec audio and Ethernet chipsets. Nice at a Scottish $100.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157311

..and that is the EXACT board that I ordered for my cube build this morning!! I think my biggest worry now is getting a good homegrown DSDT that will make everything work.
 
I finally got a chance to review all your video clips--too cool!!! So here's question #1: am I correct in noticing that you have some sort of plastic panel to which you have mobo stand offs attached, then to which you have your board attached?? If so, to what is the plastic panel attached (& how)??

And on a completely different subject, I've got a 150W pico PS that I picked up from Fry's. Question #2: Do you think I'll have sufficient power if it's driving the following components?
1. i5 2500K
2. Corsair Force 3 SSD (120GB)
3. Sony Optiarc slim slot load DVD burner
4. ASRock mobo
5. One Crucial 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz

??
 
I have the plastic motherboard tray screwed to the aluminum heat sink. There are three screw holes in the middle of the original heat sink, I used them.

The thermaltake PSU calculator says 185w for all you have, just run it through again to make sure

http://www.thermaltake.outervision.com/Power
 
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