Hack Pro Take 2, its time to upgrade (its almost done)

[tjjensen]

Re: Hack Pro Take 2, its time to upgrade

Ok so I worked on the Sata harness from the case today getting the power wired up. Mooner has a link to where you can get a matching plug to the apple one but I decided to do something a little different. Apple only uses 2 voltages 12v and 5v so a standard 4 wire molex power plug will do. So I found some in my parts bin off of cable adapters cut the ends and wired drives 1 and 2 to one and 3 and 4 to one so now if I ever upgrade the PSU it will be plug and play.

I also picked up the Mini SAS to Sata adapter that Mooner discovered so I can use the apple SATA with out having to cut anything. I tested it out using a sata to firewire adapter box and it came right up.

I did test the wires to be sure of the order so for anyone trying to do this mod later:

Starting from the outside edge of the apple connector it goes
Yellow 12v
Black Ground
Red 5v
Black Ground

PT, Nice build!! Excuse me for being an idiot, but did you use the existing apple mini connector(8 pin Molex) that Mooner said he would have if he had to redo his build? If so with the clip on top looking at apple's male mini-molex 8 pin, what would the pin-out be?

Excuse my crude molex representation but the # is the securing clip at the top of the Apple Male mini 8pin molex that is already attached to the existing Apple hard drive cables.

#
(1234) 1=Yellow(12v) 2=black 3=red(5v) 4=black ???
(5678) 5=Yellow(12v) 6=black 7=red(5v) 8=black ???

I'm planning on using two molex power plugs from my power supply instead of using my sata power cables. 1st is this ok? and 2nd I was planning on using one for (1234) and one for (5678). What do you think? I'm waiting for the sata cable adapter to come in that you and mooner used, so I'm trying to finish the power side first.

 

[ptmays]

tjjensen

I didnt use the 8 pin plug that mooner recommended I decided to graft on 2 four pin female molex plugs that way it would work with any PSU. I dont know what order the wires are in on the 8 pin plug, but based on the diagram I show you can trace them back to the plug. Also if you dont have a multimeter that can test continuity it is well worth spending $20 to get one. Each power wire goes to 3 pins on the backplane plug and the last 3 are unused they are where 3.3v would go. I hope that helps.

 

[ÆONWANG]

Re: Hack Pro Take 2, its time to upgrade

Ok so I worked on the Sata harness from the case today getting the power wired up. Mooner has a link to where you can get a matching plug to the apple one but I decided to do something a little different. Apple only uses 2 voltages 12v and 5v so a standard 4 wire molex power plug will do. So I found some in my parts bin off of cable adapters cut the ends and wired drives 1 and 2 to one and 3 and 4 to one so now if I ever upgrade the PSU it will be plug and play.

I also picked up the Mini SAS to Sata adapter that Mooner discovered so I can use the apple SATA with out having to cut anything. I tested it out using a sata to firewire adapter box and it came right up.

I did test the wires to be sure of the order so for anyone trying to do this mod later:

Starting from the outside edge of the apple connector it goes
Yellow 12v
Black Ground
Red 5v
Black Ground

Congrats on the great work!

Hi, I'm doing a similar mod but I'm stuck at the moment with soldering the cables as I have no experience in soldering. So I took it to the local PC workshop and they aren't very willing to do it. In your diagram can you please explain more detail about the YBRB for the 2x 4 pin molex power to the sata harness? I am a total Noob in electricals and soldering, I just have no idea what to do at the moment and I seem to be stuck in this current project. I am also stuck with the ATX cable mod and Sata to USB header cable.

Thanks for reading and hope to hear from you.

 

[ptmays]

watch this and practice on some scrap wire, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLfXXRfRIzY

I will work on putting up a better diagram and explanation, you need to remove the offer to pay someone to do it, it is against the Forum rules.

 

[ÆONWANG]

Thanks for the tip. I'll try to practice on some spare cables first thing tomorrow. The small cables makes it harder though especially the SATA cable. Wow that guy makes it look so easy.. Actually, I learnt to tip the soldering iron first before soldering. Gotta love the accent by the way, Solder "Soder" lol. Wouldn't mind a better diagram. Much appreciated. Thanks.

 

[neilhart]

ptkmays what are you seeing as temps (Idle and 100% CPU load)?

I have followed your builds and appreciate your sharing the details of the projects.

neil

 

[ptmays]

neilhart

with the h50 liquid cooler in a push pull can config I have never seen it go past 65c with all core going 100% load with a turbo overclock of 4.2ghz

I am amazed at how well the 2600K handles over clocking and how well and quiet the H50 cooler is. Now they have the H60 H70 H80 and H100. If I was buying for this case again I would do the H100 it uses 2 120mm fan bays and I could hook it up in the front fan holder with out much work. I may try some higher OC's but for right now 4.2 is amazing.

I just ordered a SSD for the system one of the OCZ Solid 3 120Gb, I will keep you posted on how it does in the system.

On geekbench the system scores 14000. My 2010 13" MBP only gets a 4000.

 

[ÆONWANG]

My CPU never goes past 30 degree Celcius. Coldest on a winter day was 15. Amazing with water cooling.

 

[neilhart]

neilhart

with the h50 liquid cooler in a push pull can config I have never seen it go past 65c with all core going 100% load with a turbo overclock of 4.2ghz

I am amazed at how well the 2600K handles over clocking and how well and quiet the H50 cooler is. Now they have the H60 H70 H80 and H100. If I was buying for this case again I would do the H100 it uses 2 120mm fan bays and I could hook it up in the front fan holder with out much work. I may try some higher OC's but for right now 4.2 is amazing.

I just ordered a SSD for the system one of the OCZ Solid 3 120Gb, I will keep you posted on how it does in the system.

On geekbench the system scores 14000. My 2010 13" MBP only gets a 4000.

Okay. You have me looking at the coolers. My G5 PM hack has an ASUS P8P67M-Pro MB with the i7 2600k and I see 60C under full load at standard clock.

neil

 

[ptmays]

and my H50 is the first gen of this type of cooler so the newer ones should do better