Operation: Open Air

[Noobular]

This is Operation: Open Air.

This is a case/dual rig that because the ridiculous heat in Michigan recently and especially in the room of this machine is getting so hot that I needed to take these machines out of their natural habitat and migrate them into an open air case...  Now I personally love open air mining rigs because the simplicity and I love the way computers internals look and a near sealed case removes the techy look to the components. So with both of those in mind (and also one rig Is meant for mining) I created this project and here's how it went. I had some random angle iron in the garage, marked it up, waited a week for my brother to finally cut them and then realized none of it was actually 90' and this would be the most frustrating build I've ever done. So drilling into this was a pain as the metal is so thicc and it doesn't like to be penetrated which eventually led me during the build process to be so angry I threw the entire thing across the garage and a beam went half way into a cardboard box... How inspiring. Eventually frustrated with the problem of wood splitting and the metal being so thicc and hard to work with I said screw it and moved to wooden pillars vs metal as it was relatively easier to work with. Now that it's (relatively) completed, I do like the way it turned out and that means I will be redoing the entire top portion of the case because it has many issues, there is a lot of sag and it's uneven the edges look terrible but other than that it's a great case.

 

Purpose of machines

   - Main Machine

         - Gaming

         - Programming

         - General Youtube / internet browsing

   - Alternative Machine

      - Mining

      - Server (If needed for the programming on the main machine)

 

Current Specs

   - Main Machine

         Motherboard       Asus Z87-C

         RAM                     [DDR3]  PATRIOT Viper Extreme (x2) 8GB    &   (2x) 8GB  PNY  (Not sure the exact model for these, got them from my dads old rig)

         GPU                     XFX R9 270X

         CPU                     i7 4770k  3.5GHz (3.9GHz w/ Overclock)

         PSU                     [currently unknown]

 

   - Alternative Machine

         Motherboard       Unknown

         RAM                    [DDR3] GSkill 4GB 

         GPU                     XFX HD 6750

         CPU                     AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1035T 2.6GHz

         PSU                     Unknown random Dell PSU from a batch of old machines for a business

 

   - Case

      - Fans

         - x2 Delta Server Fans (when room temp is above 70-80')

         - Soon to be a row of misc random fans, unless I purchase / get a sponsor for fans

 

 

 

If you have any ideas for this that you think would be cool additions let me know!

 

Future Plans

   - Rebuild top of the case

      - Completely uneven/looks bad

 

   - Create wall of Orange LED Fans

      - Cosmetics

      - Temperature Dispersion 

 

   - Complete Repaint

      - It looks terrible, Scratched to hell during build process

 

  - USB Risers

      - They look better than ribbon cable risers.

      - They are also safer than ribbon cable risers

 

[This thread will be showing my progress, so if you'd like to follow it I would be honored!]

 

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Updates 

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8/5/17

   Changes:

      - a new switch and moved the old switch 

         - New switch is for the LED strip so I can sleep without it being noticable

      - Moved Fans

         - Fans were overpowering the CPU fan, changed direction of them to cool everything better. 

 

 

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

you may want to look to get the new risers that use usb B instead of the ribbon cable ones ive lost cards to the dam ribbon cable ones

Edit: whoops you mentioned usb risers 

 

[Noobular]

1 minute ago, Alaradia said:

you may want to look to get the new risers that use usb B instead of the ribbon cable ones ive lost cards to the dam ribbon cable ones

Edit: whoops you mentioned usb risers 

 

Yeah i know, i got them for free just had to pay shipping thanks to a BTC Buddy! they are quite expensive which is why i haven't yet and just received these roughly a week ago.

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

Just now, Noobular said:

Yeah i know, i got them for free just had to pay shipping thanks to a BTC Buddy! they are quite expensive which is why i haven't yet and just received these roughly a week ago.

with only 2 gpus why are you running 2 computers? you could do 2 on one computer 

[Noobular]

16 minutes ago, Alaradia said:

with only 2 gpus why are you running 2 computers? you could do 2 on one computer 

 - Main Rig

      - Gaming

      - Programming

      - Off time miner

 

   - Secondary Rig

      - Mining

      - Possible server if i need to run one for anything programming related on the main

 

the main which is the flat rig with a R9 270x is my gaming rig but i mine on it when idle because the other card is basically useless for mining , HD 6750 i believe ... literally useless it does about 160/s cryptonight basically meaning it returns about $0.25 a day, and cost about $0.20 to run in power , but if the price goes up in btc then it'll be additional, but it's a hobbyist machine currently until i can afford cards lol.

[Noobular]

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