Cubit 5 project

Guardsmon

Guardsmon

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Aaaaaah. I've gone and done it... after days of if'ing and er'ing I've gone and bought a hoojum cubit 5 to sit with my cubit 3.

Now I've just got to modify it to take a mini-itx motherboard.

Thought someone might be interested. I'll try get some pics up when it arrives :D


I've started a build log as not to forget everything :D "]You should be able to find it here. I'll get some pics up in next few days[/SIZE]
 
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Where did you get it from?

I've always wanted one of them... :( If only they still made them. Looking forward to pictures.
 
ebay, was listed for £42 delivered :D I have little use for 2 cubits, so I'll let you know how things go, I'll probably be selling one soon enough.
 
Just thought I'd put a quick update. Its taken me forever to get around to finding a tape measure and actual creating the drawings.

I know it doesn't look much, but its a start which is further than I normally get :) (measurements are the hardest part)

Here is this evenings work on the backpanel. I've spent plenty of time moving m-itx motherboards and gfx cards around, but here is the drawing (slight change of plans though as I'm 5mm short of having a 2nd PCI slot)

backpaneldraft1.JPG


I've quickly coloured the areas left that need the most work.

  • Dark grey is where the PSU used to go and where I guess I'm going to have to fit it unless I go pico.
  • light grey is where the 80mm fan fits.
Now I'm up for suggestions here. I could just fit a 92mm fan, though it would limit the amount of space I have to move around - is it worth it? Do you think I should stick with the traditional feel of the original case and put the grill in as part of the panel or just leave a circle without any grill (would normall do this on other cases, but I'm not sure)?

All suggestions are welcome.

Only once the backpanel is sorted can I move to the front which I will keep as true as possible to the original though I'm going to have to change some of the input holes. Then comes motherboard tray - this is fairly easy and the hdd/optical tray at the top should give me room for a nice CPU heatsink once we're done.

Will update more as I get around to it. I'd like to have atleast some perpex templates up by the end of September. Fingers crossed!
 
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Nice to see that despite it being about 3 years since we both started our Cubit 3 projects, we're both still looking at modding Hoojum cases Guardsmon! Is your new one white then like your 3 was? I've got a black Cubit 5 sitting here unopened ready for some ITX loving but sadly I'm only having dreams due to lack of fundage :(
 
I sold me white cubti3 for £140 as I thought it was a bargain... then spent the next 3 months looking for another. So I now have a pink cubit3 (which luckily is very pale and just looks like a dirty white as I haven't got around to arranging it to be cleaned and then recoated).

My cubit5 is black, which I quite like. I did have a very odd but nice idea last night about converting the cubit 3 into a DAS. Might try it depending on how the cubit5 project goes.
I was thinking I could mount the hard drives vertically across the case, so should get 4+ in.
 
I know this is an old thread but does the Cubit 5 have mounts for a mini-ITX motherboard??

Your old link does not work any more - is there a chance you can put up some pictures of your build??
 
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