So, I got some new guts for Ginger.
Its a Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI motherboard paired with a 2550K ivy-bridge i5 3.4Ghz CPU 4GB DDR3 RAM and replacing the GTS450 with a GTX560Ti , the other thing carrying over from the old rig is the SSD drive.
In the pic above the video card is an GIGABYTE R9-390 Windforce G1 Gaming (8GB) , but I didn't feel like having a bunch of video adapter cables so I plucked the 560 off the shelf.
I was never super happy with the way the wiring turned out:
So I pulled everything out, drew wiring diagrams and labeled everything as best I could. I figure, I made it work once, I can make it work again even if I mislabel something. Onve thing I really hated about the old wiring (other than how messy it is) is that I used red and black for both power and ground. I'm going to rectify that mistake!
Side note, I used a metric ton of lath screws!
This is the plan for the computer foot print:
BUt Im not quite sure how to run a "beam" for the 3 rear solenoids (for the pop bumpers) or how/where to mount the solenoids if I don't run a beam.
I may do 1 behind the mobo, one to the right, and one in the corner. Right now, I'm undecided. I could always rotate the mobo 90* and run a beam *shrugs*
I also took the time to rewire the IPAC2:
I did have 14 gauge wire before , this time I cut wires off a cheapy eBay JAMMA loom.
There are other surprises too, but I'll get them more complete before spoiling anything.