PunyPower Rig

[WarHeaD]

CUD

Hey Christie, Sn00zE said he's going to get a 690 so that I can buy his 680 for my 680 sli setup. Neh Sn00zE?!!

Hahahaha.

 

[Sn00zE]

WaRn00b! GTX690 at 280mm that is going to be one damn very tight fit for this PC-Q08! hahaha Maybe soon WaRn00b, maybe soon!

 

[milkshakes]

cud...once it takes hold...there. is. no. return.

 

[Compitum]

You can always buy a new 680...I still have...only 2 though...so better jump Q

 

[yourang]

ahaa i see 4x2.5 drives

hmm this is really tempting

 

[Sn00zE]

is that 4 drives I see in it?

Yes hereticangel, 1x OCZ Agility 3 240GB SSD and 3x Seagate Momentus XT 500GB's All drives are 2.5" The performance of these are awesome!

 

[Sn00zE]

As a small side project I have added a drive rack to my HP MicroServer!

I have received my Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E for my HP Micro Server and installed the Vantec EZ-Swap 4x 2.5" Mobile Rack in the HP Microserver. Added below is some pics!

The Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E - Thanks LawrenceZA, Will be putting it to the test soon!
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Here is the Vantec bay installed and you can see the other 4x 3.5" bays
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In this picture at the top you can see the extra SATA cable running from the outside eSata port routed to the inside where i will add an additional 2.5" drive which will be the OS drive to control them all!
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[yourang]

4x3tb and 4x1tb , gogo

 

[Sn00zE]

4x3tb and 4x1tb , gogo

Yea that's about what i'm looking to add! Hard drives just just lank expensive these days! Will be adding them month by month.. CUD got me bad the last month!

What is the best value for money now 2TB or 3TB?

The 2.5" drives is going to be a tricky one, either 5400rpm 1TB drives or 7200rpm 750GB drives!?!? All they will be used for is media streaming so I guess 5400rpm wouldn't have such a huge impact?! Copy speeds will be the biggest impact!

 

[yourang]

yeah get 5400rpm, they are fine for media usage.

3tb i would go for the cheapest one, make sure you flash bios or firmware or something so that the MS server supports 3tb, otherwise just use 2tb's