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HTPC from the i3-2120 that vacated the other computer

coolermaster elite 311 case
ASRock H61M/U3S3
coolermaster Gemin II M4
microcenter 2x4 GB DDR3-1333 MHz
samsung 60 GB SSD 830
antec tricool blue 120mm
corsair SP120 quiet edition

still need to get 3TB HD...
 
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
May I suggest a better camera as your next upgrade?
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wanna buy me an iPhone 5 to replace my 3GS?
 
-From 8GB Mushkin Redline DDR3-1866 RAM, to 24GB of Mushkin Redline DDR3-1866 RAM

-From 64GB Crucial m4 SSD to 256GB Crucial m4 SSD

-Added ASUS Xonar DGX PCIe Soundcard

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I put an iStarUSA trayless hard drive cage in. I connected it to the second SAS connector on my Adaptec 6805 with a SAS to SATA fanout cable. I did install my spare Samsung F3R 1TB in the top slot as a hot spare for my RAID 5.
For the second array, Im looking at a pair of Toshiba MG03ACA 3TB drives in RAID 1. That will be my bulk storage then. Ill probably Move all my data off the RAID 5 to it and reconfigure the Samsung F3Rs into a RAID 10 for fast primary storage. As I need more space Ill add more Toshiba's and convert it to RAID 5, first with three drives for "6TB" then 4 drives for "9TB".
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Both upgrades were on my Dell Optiplex 760 MT (w/ Intel Core 2 Duo 8400) that is my HTPC

- Fresh install to 64bit W7 Home Premium from 32-bit W7 HP
- 8GB DDR2 PC6400 RAM coming from 2GB
- Fanless Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 1GB card ($20 after MIR!) coming from Intel Integrated Graphics.
 
A couple weeks ago I combined 2 IBM Thinkpads into 1 fully working unit. In the process, I upgraded from a Celeron 550MHz CPU to a Pentium 3 rocking at 900MHz. Aw yeah.
 
Purchased and installed my Toshiba MG03ACA 3TB drives. I had them in the bay, setup as RAID 1, formatted, and had my data copying over within 3 minutes of unboxing.
These things are wicked fast.
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Instead of doing what I thought I was going to do, I did a Migration of my RAID 5 to RAID 5EE, using all five of my Samsung F3R 1TB drives. RAID 5EE is N-2 like R6, but keeps the single parity of R5. It spreads the data out across all the drives so if a failure occurs, it compresses the data back to a normal N-1 situation. Theoretically higher throughput and IOPS since you have more spindles working. I dont know if I would use it over a RAID 6 in a more critical environment. If you have a failure, it has to compress the data to normal R5, then when you replace the drive expand it back out. Very IO intensive on both sides. But, I have back ups and I like to live dangerously.

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Added the Cache protection module to my 6805.
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Pretty neat. The daughter card has 4GB NAND flash. During a power failure, the cache memory is copied to the flash, using the supercapacitor to keep the cache hot and support the copy operation.
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I upgraded my brothers computer recently.

Antec 300
Phenom II X4 965BE OC 3.82Ghz cooled with a new CoolerMaster Hyper 212+ Evo
8GB Corsair DDR3-1333
XFX Radeon HD 7770
Sandisk Ultra 120GB SSD/WD 500GB Blue HDD
Antec Neo Eco 400C PSU
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 Mobo
Gateway 20" LED-LCD Monitor
Microsoft Sidewinder X4 KB/Razer NAGA Mouse
 
Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
I put an iStarUSA trayless hard drive cage in. I connected it to the second SAS connector on my Adaptec 6805 with a SAS to SATA fanout cable. I did install my spare Samsung F3R 1TB in the top slot as a hot spare for my RAID 5.
For the second array, Im looking at a pair of Toshiba MG03ACA 3TB drives in RAID 1. That will be my bulk storage then. Ill probably Move all my data off the RAID 5 to it and reconfigure the Samsung F3Rs into a RAID 10 for fast primary storage. As I need more space Ill add more Toshiba's and convert it to RAID 5, first with three drives for "6TB" then 4 drives for "9TB".
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I didn't comment on it before but awesome rainbow dash plushie
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Originally Posted By: Nick R
Originally Posted By: Colt45ws
I put an iStarUSA trayless hard drive cage in. I connected it to the second SAS connector on my Adaptec 6805 with a SAS to SATA fanout cable. I did install my spare Samsung F3R 1TB in the top slot as a hot spare for my RAID 5.
For the second array, Im looking at a pair of Toshiba MG03ACA 3TB drives in RAID 1. That will be my bulk storage then. Ill probably Move all my data off the RAID 5 to it and reconfigure the Samsung F3Rs into a RAID 10 for fast primary storage. As I need more space Ill add more Toshiba's and convert it to RAID 5, first with three drives for "6TB" then 4 drives for "9TB".



I didn't comment on it before but awesome rainbow dash plushie


Are you talking about the Hot Topic vinyl figure, or my actual plush?
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Some nice looking rigs in here. I have no touched mine in a year or so. Still working great with my last upgrades, no intention of changing anything until at least fall.
 
Originally Posted By: Nick R
Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
OK, you guys are weird, LOL!




Pffff.
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Dont knock it 'till you try it.

On topic:
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D: and E: are on the Samsungs and F: is on the Toshibas.
 
Replaced my router:
Out:
PC P&C Silencer II 420W (80+)
DFI NFII-Ultra (upgraded capacitors)
AMD Athlon XP-M 2400+ 1.8GHz (@2.4GHz) 35W Socket A [Barton]
2x 512MB GEIL DDR-400
ATi Radeon 9600 SE
2x Intel Pro/100 ethernet
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80GB IDE
Samsung Spinpoint 40GB IDE
10X DVD-ROM
Hardened Gentoo Linux x86
In:
Antec ISK110 case
90W Delta 19V power brick + internal DC-DC 85W supply
MSI Fuzzy RS690T (improved cooling)
AMD Athlon X2 4450B 2.3GHz 45W Socket AM2 [Brisbane]
2x 2GB hynix DDR2-667 SO-DIMM
Onboard video from AMD 690 chipset
2x Marvell 10/100/1000 NIC (onboard)
Fujitsu 120GB 5400RPM 2.5" HDD
Hardened Gentoo Linux x86_64
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I built this with an SSD, a 64GB Crucial M225, but it was old when I started and failed shortly after being pressed into actual service (I stress tested the machine for several months prior to use to verify stability). I ended up scavenging a 120GB Fujitsu from an Xbox 360. I wanted to stay SSD, primarily because I am concerned the heat inside this TIGHT case will cook the HDD alive. But, I can't afford one. I still have the old machine, but I would really rather stay with this one, if I can.
Pulls 32 watts idle and 74 watts full load. The old machine was pulling 71 watts/152watts. So, 45% idle power and 49% full load. Thats what I was aiming for was to cut power draw in half. It does that and I get an extra core out of the deal. Then, they are faster to start with.
 
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Thankfully this one appears to be fine, lol

Gigabyte Geforce GTX 760/2GB (oc 1130 Core/1280 Boost) "windforce" (this card is loooonnnnnggg)

EDIT: Oh yeah, and I added a Western Digital 1TB Black too. lol
Which gives me.... A lot of storage :p Not counting the extra 2TB I added to my NAS.

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