Black Dwarf Video Worklog Pt. 1

This is the Black Dwarf. The idea was to squeeze as many terabytes possible into a case no bigger than a shoebox. The case was built entirely from scratch and you can find the full description at:
http://www.willudesign.com/BlackDwarfTop.html

Special thanks to my sponsors:
Newegg.com
LogicSupply.com
Crucial Technologies
TTI Group

Music By Phil Lehman-Brown
http://www.myspace.com/eightieseducation

System Specifications
•Quanmax Industrial KEEX-2030 Atom 3.5" Mainboard (Intel Atom N270)
•2GB Crucial DDR2 PC2-5300 SODIMM
•Highpoint RocketRAID 2680
•Serener 120w DC-DC PSU
•8x 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green 3.5" HDD
•320GB Western Digital Scorpio Black 2.5" HDD
•30GB OCZ Vertex Series SSD
Category: Science & Technology

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Black
• Dwarf
• Mod
• Case
• pc
• modding
• hdd
• storage
• server
• willudesign
• custom
• computer
• Newegg
• LogicSupply
• Crucial
• TTI

[peacemaker0alex]

Hi Will,

Sorry for my english (I'm from Ukraine).

During the creation of the case you used electric welding. Could not tell you more about it (type, method of welding etc.)?

Thanks

[UnknownLobster]

@peacemaker0alex Thats a mig welder.  Wire feed with flux core wire. This is great because I'm just working in my garage, so all I needed was the standard 115v socket and no gas canisters required.

[lapulapu12345]

is that a sas or sata drive?

[UnknownLobster]

@lapulapu12345 Those are Sata Drives. I used a couple of SAS to 4xSata fan out cables.

[imachessnut]

So, what motherboard did you use? Processor? Power supply?

[UnknownLobster]

@imachessnut Full details on the project are available on the website, direct link in the video info.

[TheCoD456Gamer]

make a mod with a gamecube, same motherboard

[scott93257]

12 people are pissed off because they still have a 286 XD and cannot watch this video because they have 28k dialup :p

[DXXDgame]

Wish he would do more videos

[Beeino]

A camera filming a camera? Inception

[istvanbaykey]

Also, I want your workshop :)

[istvanbaykey]

Welding with the disks inside? isn't that dangerous? (to damage the disks)

[scott93257]

@DannyDethPyroManiac

Yes that too :)

[DannyDethPyroManiac]

@scott93257 If they have a 286 then they probably have a monochrome screen thats like 320x240 and like a 8MB hard drive, so not only will they not be able to watch the video, they wouldn't even be able to store it.

[SkipperEnforcer95]

you're a genius man!

[asa89aj]

WOW! I really enjoyed watching this!!!

[google0p]

Did you buy all those tools

DAMM!