Hello...
I am intrigued into what the best current socket A cooler is at the moment.
I had my eye on the thermalright XP-120 for the socket A, but this seems to have disappeared? :(
Ian...
This beast:
http://www.guanghsing.com.tw/proddetail.asp?linenumber=66
23 drives + 1 controller bay. Currently taking up a rather large space in my room!!! :D
Ian...
Whats everyones opinions on caddies?
I have been looking around and the cheapest I have found is £17 for a SATA caddie which for 20+ drives adds up!!!
I have also seen brackets which convert 5 1/4 bays into holding hdd's for about £4, but obviously I loose any benifit of Removeability. I...
I haven't spent anything other than the case, and I bought that as it was exactly what i wanted. My research comes from the internet, these forums and others.
I agree with what you are saying if I was building a commercial unit, but as I am not what you are saying is pointless (Not meaning to...
Make: Western Digital
Model: 40GB
Errrr... shorted off case whilst hanging off IDE cables... :D
Make: Fujitsu-Siemens
Model: 12.7GB
Sudden Death.... Unknown why...
Make: Western Digital
Model: 120GB
Partition corrupted taking my music collection with it...
Thus the reason...
Whats the best way to connect 2 PSU's together?
A few years ago I did it by soldering some link wires between the atx plugs to make both turn on at the same time. Is this this the only way, or is there a Y lead or something you can buy?
Ian...
Hmmm... Looking at that SATA card i mentioned earlier I don't think that does staggered spin ups.
Is there anyother way of getting round this i.e. without spending loads on a RAID card which I can't afford to do? Can I use a software setup to split between 3 cards (Between 8, and 7 drives on...
Case arrived this morning, and it doesn't have IDE caddies so it looks like I will be able to stick to my original SATA plan.
So I can definatly stick this PCI-X/PCI card in my mobo and it will work as long as there is space?
I am planning on using an Epox EP-9NDA3+ Motherboard, and it...
That explains my confusion over PCI/PCI-X cards.....
However due to the case I have chosen, it looks like I am going to have to go down the IDE route now, or have to replace 23 hot swappable bays...
But I am not 100% sure yet, not until I have the case in my hands.
So the question...
Has anyone got any experience of this card:
Supermicro 8 Port SATA 2 RAID Card (PCI/PCI-X)
It seems awfully cheap where I have seen them (Sorry not here :( ), so I was wondering why that may be?
Ian...
Hey,
That last one was exactly what I was after.
As much I would love to be able to afford 2 12 port cards, the costs are just far to prohibitive. I do however see a major problem with the port mulitiplier, and that is the weakness it adds to any raid setup that I have. i.e. where it...
Ok, its as simple as the title says.
I am building a new file server that I want to have the capability to take up 23 Sata hdds as thats as many as the case I am buying tomorrow can take. Now I am not putting 23 in straight away, as can't afford to do that, but I will be putting enough in to...
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