I used ABS which works great. 0.2mm layer height, 20% infill.
Not at all meaning to be disparaging, but in your somewhat small image, I can see the print lines pretty plainly; is the print quality good enough at those settings to smooth (sand and/or mill) and paint to matte or gloss? I never know what I'm going to receive from a vendor, and don't mind finish work, but not if it's super-"ridge-y" and must absolutely be milled before sanding.
I used ABS which works great. 0.2mm layer height, 20% infill.
I can guarantee you that one fits, as I’m using it in mine right now—but only barely, as it scrapes up against the top of the USB port and is a very, very tight fit against those other SATA and power ports (but it does fit). I got rid of that gap to fix it, but can’t remember if I uploaded that version. It does take a bit of playing with to get it past the USB port and slid into those mounting holes, but it’s a solid fit once it’s in.
Is that more or less a function of the feature on the J2i, namely the long-slotted top-post receivers, that allow the top posts to be engaged, then slid straight back onto the MOBO posts and then slide-locked into final position, that you left out?
When I first saw your model, I thought to myself, how the heck does he install in two different directions at the same time? Is it the flexibility of the ABS that allows for this, or is it just forgiving enough to allow you to this it into place?
So if you’re ok with a tight fit, you’re good to go, otherwise if you can wait a week I will upload a new tested version that might go in easier.
I intend to modify it for left-angle (reversed) 'L' shaped top-keyhole-slots, though not the long, nearly full surface slots on the J2i; the 'L' shape will allow one to first engage the top standoff posts lifting up into the top of the 'L', then slide back to the MOBO posts, then slide to the right/rear to lock in final position (just like the J2i, just a much shorter entry throw). You may wish to modify your own next effort for this feature. (longtime machinist here; if you want more information on this type of receiver, let me know).
Thanks again for all the super helpful info; I'm trying to patiently wait for the W5700X for a BTO purchase, but I'm getting super antsy seeing everyone else have fun with their new beasts.
If you're willing, I'd be super-interested to know the precise distance from the MOBO deck to the top of the CPU heat sink cover (horizontal as you face it), and from MOBO deck to the bottom-side of the slot-post (i.e, the distance from the back of your carrier-slot-recess connecting point to the top of the heat sink), and, the thickness of the post receiver wall.
Most of the teardown don't make it clear that this distance looks to be an inch or more higher (wider) than the mounted J2i, but a 9 to 5 video gave a great rear-to-front shot that reveals a whole *bunch* of unused space.
From that, I can calculate the hard stop of the back of a carrier wall to the minimum safe distance out and still comfortably drop the MP case back on. If there's anymore space than that for the cover to drop past, that would be interesting to know, as well.
After I test flight a 3D print, and see what will really fit in there, and still cool reliably, I'm going to make a full steel hanger, probably with a removable magnetic cover and backplane. The steel will serve as a much better heat sink, and all the moving air will rapidly dissipate the drive heat I'm also pretty hopeful the drives can be rotated 90º, leaving room for a stack of 2.5" drives, as well as 3.5" spinners. If the cMP can comfortably fit a 3.5" drive sideways from SATA backplane to cover with room to spare, and on sleds, no less, it's hard to imagine this beast, with those extra-tall MPX modules, can't also squeeze them in.
I will, of course, share the plan files so a local machine shop can stamp/cut/print it (I suppose it could be ABS, if the tolerances are forgiving enough). If it works out really well, I'm considering making a custom SATA back plane for rapid drive swaps, possibly with sleds. Somebody should be making and selling this, but I'm not waiting for the next NAB or CES. I've got four internal 3.5" HDD and ten (sometimes fourteen) 2.5" SSD (eight or twelve in RAID 0 sets), not including NVMe on PCIe. Not interested in giving up very much of it. By hook or by crook, they're all going in that gorgeous case. It's going to be sad enough to take my burner external. So long, Eject button.
Cheers
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Are you running 4*10Gb Ethernet in aggregation? Wild. Is this a production house, or your home?
