Build Log: The Manhattan Project

[Mr. Fox]

 

Those look great.  I always do a really terrible job of choosing my cable combs. They always end up not working well (because they are either too large or too small for the sleeved wiring diameter) and end up being sloppy loose, or break because they are too brittle, mess up the sleeve because they are too tight, etc.  

 

Edited April 30, 2022 by Mr. Fox

[EHW Ai]

6 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

 

Those look great.  I always do a really terrible job of choosing my cable combs. They always end up not working well (because they are either too large or too small for the sleeved wiring diameter) and end up being sloppy loose, or break because they are too brittle, mess up the sleeve because they are too tight, etc.  

 

Yeah, it can be tricky to do your own cables and get all the pieces to fit together properly (wire awg, sleeving, cable combs, connectors, pins, pinouts, etc.). I'm fixing to do all the wiring (make my own cables) next for this build, matching them up to a Seasonic 1300 Platinum SSR-PD psu. I've looked at what's available comb-wise out there and given how the Atlas II is laid out, I decided to go with Clockwerk Industries black OverkillPCs Knuckle Combs. I think they'll work best in this use case.

 

[Avacado]

7 hours ago, iamjanco said:

Yeah, it can be tricky to do your own cables and get all the pieces to fit together properly (wire awg, sleeving, cable combs, connectors, pins, pinouts, etc.). I'm fixing to do all the wiring (make my own cables) next for this build, matching them up to a Seasonic 1300 Platinum SSR-PD psu. I've looked at what's available comb-wise out there and given how the Atlas II is laid out, I decided to go with Clockwerk Industries black OverkillPCs Knuckle Combs. I think they'll work best in this use case.

 

Surprised you didn't go with the carbon fiber ones from MNPCTech. 

 

Carbon Fiber PC Cable Combs

WWW.MNPCTECH.COM

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Carbon fiber conducts electricity. Carbon fiber PC Combs are intended to "dress-up" individually sleeved and insulted cables that are visible in your computer. Not for use on the backside of your motherboard...

 

[EHW Ai]

4 hours ago, Avacado said:

Surprised you didn't go with the carbon fiber ones from MNPCTech. 

 

Carbon Fiber PC Cable Combs

WWW.MNPCTECH.COM

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Carbon fiber conducts electricity. Carbon fiber PC Combs are intended to "dress-up" individually sleeved and insulted cables that are visible in your computer. Not for use on the backside of your motherboard...

 

 

Not all of the sizes of his combs are in stock (and I'm not particularly fond of the way those look). I also typically opt for closed combs because they ensure smaller sleeved wires, if the instance crops up, won't drop out of comb. 

 

I ordered a bunch of these in black:

 

 

 

Edited May 1, 2022 by iamjanco

[Bastiaan_NL]

On 01/05/2022 at 17:33, iamjanco said:

 

Not all of the sizes of his combs are in stock (and I'm not particularly fond of the way those look). I also typically opt for closed combs because they ensure smaller sleeved wires, if the instance crops up, won't drop out of comb. 

 

I ordered a bunch of these in black:

 

 

 

I could use a bunch of those

 

Also, countersinking the mounting bolts for the bracket is a great idea which I might steal, I mean borrow..  

[EHW Ai]

1 hour ago, Bastiaan_NL said:

I could use a bunch of those

 

Also, countersinking the mounting bolts for the bracket is a great idea which I might steal, I mean borrow..  

 

Have at it, that's one of the reasons why I share  You likely already have most of if not all of the right tools to do the job 

[EHW Ai]

Moved the SATA SSD cluster to the top of the PSU and added color-coordinated sleeved SATA data cables.

 

 

 

Edited May 2, 2022 by iamjanco

[EHW Ai]

Pwr to the SATA ssd cluster is done:

 

 

Edited May 4, 2022 by iamjanco

[bonami2]

Wow nice setup with bracket and shorter power cable. Kinda jealous with my duct taped 4 ssd 

 

Where did you get that bracket?

 

Edit: Do it come with the case?

Edited May 4, 2022 by bonami2

[Sir Beregond]

6 hours ago, bonami2 said:

Wow nice setup with bracket and shorter power cable. Kinda jealous with my duct taped 4 ssd 

 

Where did you get that bracket?

 

Edit: Do it come with the case?

Looks self made. Looks nice.

[Avacado]

Yea it does. Jan, where did you get that 4x SSD mount?

[EHW Ai]

I could have designed them and had them made, but it actually was quite a bit easier (and cheaper) than that (~$11 a set). I ordered two sets of them from a Chinese eBay seller, and they took two weeks to get here.  I might eventually add four more drives below the psu, raiding the lower four. 

 

 

2.5 inch HDD External Bracket Plate 4 SSD Holder Hard Disk Drive Mount Adapter

WWW.EBAY.COM

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Support 4pcs 2.5" SSD HDD. Easy to expand external connection of HDD. It works with 2.5" HDD only, not for other devices. It works like a mini PC case, and great for cooling and expand. HDD in photos is for...

 

 

[bonami2]

Gonna order one for sure!

 

Thank you

[EHW Ai]

So the cable combs from Clockwerk showed up, really nice work; and an item I've been waiting on for a while for my 'collage' did as well. Some of you may recognize it.

 

 

 

[Mr. Fox]

4 hours ago, iamjanco said:

So the cable combs from Clockwerk showed up, really nice work; and an item I've been waiting on for a while for my 'collage' did as well. Some of you may recognize it.

 

 

 

 

Any word on your order from Supercool yet? Still nothing here yet. And, they don't respond to messages

Edited May 6, 2022 by Mr. Fox

[EHW Ai]

24 minutes ago, Mr. Fox said:

 

Any word on your order from Supercool yet? Still nothing here yet. And, they don't respond to messages

 

No word yet and I did check the order's status today. I'll probably send them a message myself; and I'll wait two more weeks before putting more pressure on them.

[EHW Ai]

@Mr. FoxSo it looks like the status changed on my SuperCool Computer order to "Waiting for Delivery." Hard to say what that actually means, but at least something happened status-wise. That said I'm still not worried as my take on interacting with typical sellers in SE ASIA today is akin to how I might have interacted with them 5-6 decades ago (read: third-world like experience). 

 

[Sir Beregond]

19 hours ago, iamjanco said:

So the cable combs from Clockwerk showed up, really nice work; and an item I've been waiting on for a while for my 'collage' did as well. Some of you may recognize it.

 

 

 

Awesome! Immediately had that welcome to rapture song playing in my head.

[Mr. Fox]

8 hours ago, iamjanco said:

@Mr. FoxSo it looks like the status changed on my SuperCool Computer order to "Waiting for Delivery." Hard to say what that actually means, but at least something happened status-wise. That said I'm still not worried as my take on interacting with typical sellers in SE ASIA today is akin to how I might have interacted with them 5-6 decades ago (read: third-world like experience). 

 

Mine has had that same status since the day the order was placed. If you are on the order history/summary screen (at least on mine) it says "Preparing for shipment" but when you drill down to the order details it shows what you see.

I see it is "out of stock" so we definitely jumped at the right time. He probably makes them to fulfill orders rather than having stock on hand. That would be my guess. Otherwise, there would be no reason for it not to have already been shipped a week ago. I am not worried about not receiving it and I am OK with the idea of him making them to fill orders because it is tough running a small business and investing in product ahead of demand. I'd be content and gladly accept that as a legit response if it is accurate.

 

The part that bugs me is not the delay, but the ignoring messages  from a paying customer. I know they were read because I saw confirmation they were, but the guy is just choosing to ignore me. Maybe that is common for their culture, but I don't appreciate it from anyone, including Rockitcool and OptimusPC (both of which also have a reputation for ignoring customers for at least long enough to make them unhappy with the poor service and lack of urgency in communication). 

 

But, I digress. We put up with crappy customer service when there are no competitors for a niche product. Because we want it, and can't get it anywhere else, we put up with it when we wouldn't tolerate it otherwise.

 

Edited May 7, 2022 by Mr. Fox

[EHW Ai]

12 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

Mine has had that same status since the day the order was placed. If you are on the order history/summary screen (at least on mine) it says "Preparing for shipment" but when you drill down to the order details it shows what you see.

I see it is "out of stock" so we definitely jumped at the right time. He probably makes them to fulfill orders rather than having stock on hand. That would be my guess. Otherwise, there would be no reason for it not to have already been shipped a week ago. I am not worried about not receiving it and I am OK with the idea of him making them to fill orders because it is tough running a small business and investing in product ahead of demand. I'd be content and gladly accept that as a legit response if it is accurate.

 

The part that bugs me is not the delay, but the ignoring messages  from a paying customer. I know they were read because I saw confirmation they were, but the guy is just choosing to ignore me. Maybe that is common for their culture, but I don't appreciate it from anyone, including Rockitcool and OptimusPC (both of which also have a reputation for ignoring customers for at least long enough to make them unhappy with the poor service and lack of urgency in communication). 

 

But, I digress. We put up with crappy customer service when there are no competitors for a niche product. Because we want it, and can't get it anywhere else, we put up with it when we wouldn't tolerate it otherwise.

 

 

I get ya, bud. But I'm at that point in my life where I should be wondering what's next, but am somewhat indifferent while I wait to ride that last wave ashore. 

 

While I don't necessarily blame avocado toast, I don't eat the stuff either. 

 

 

[Mr. Fox]

3 hours ago, iamjanco said:

 

I get ya, bud. But I'm at that point in my life where I should be wondering what's next, but am somewhat indifferent while I wait to ride that last wave ashore. 

 

While I don't necessarily blame avocado toast, I don't eat the stuff either. 

 

 

He finally replied and said it would be given to DHL today, so we will both likely see it soon. I thanked him for the updated and told him I was excited about receiving it.

 

I think the sun might be setting on this hobby for me soon as well. It is getting too expensive and not as much fun as it used to be. I don't mind a challenge now and then, but doing something for pleasure starts losing its shine when it so much of it becomes difficult due to deliberate interference.

[Mr. Fox]

On 04/05/2022 at 09:12, iamjanco said:

I could have designed them and had them made, but it actually was quite a bit easier (and cheaper) than that (~$11 a set). I ordered two sets of them from a Chinese eBay seller, and they took two weeks to get here.  I might eventually add four more drives below the psu, raiding the lower four. 

 

 

2.5 inch HDD External Bracket Plate 4 SSD Holder Hard Disk Drive Mount Adapter

WWW.EBAY.COM

---

Support 4pcs 2.5" SSD HDD. Easy to expand external connection of HDD. It works with 2.5" HDD only, not for other devices. It works like a mini PC case, and great for cooling and expand. HDD in photos is for...

 

 

Those look great. Sometimes the nicest things are the simplest.

 

I can't tell from the photos or the eBay listing what they are made of. It looks like aluminum. Is that correct?

[EHW Ai]

6 hours ago, Mr. Fox said:

Those look great. Sometimes the nicest things are the simplest.

 

I can't tell from the photos or the eBay listing what they are made of. It looks like aluminum. Is that correct?

 

Material: Stainless steel

 

Thanks for letting me know about the shipment! Did he give any kind of tracking number?

[Mr. Fox]

5 hours ago, iamjanco said:

 

Material: Stainless steel

 

Thanks for letting me know about the shipment! Did he give any kind of tracking number?

I am surpised the eBay listing did not specify the material, especially given that it is stainless steel. That's awesome.

 

No, sadly he did not. He only said DHL and he has not updated my order information. Status remains the same as the day I bought it.

[EHW Ai]

1 hour ago, Mr. Fox said:

I am surpised the eBay listing did not specify the material, especially given that it is stainless steel.

 

The eBay listing actually specs stainless steel at the very bottom of the listing (scroll all the way down):