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System Name | Will of D |
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Processor | Intel 980x |
Motherboard | EVGA Classified E759 Limited Edition |
Cooling | Water bitches |
Memory | 6GB Corsair Dominator GTX2!!!!! |
Video Card(s) | 2x EVGA 580 Superclocked |
Storage | 40GB Kingston V-series SSDx2 in RAID0, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 |
Display(s) | NEC 3090 and 2x NEC P221w's |
Case | Custom (mountain mod like) |
Audio Device(s) | Asus Xonar D2X |
Power Supply | Anter 1000W TruePower Quattro |
Software | Win 7 x64 Pro |
Really thinking about upgrading my main rig around the time when the i7 930 comes out.
Current rig:
Q6600 @3.2
Asus P5Q-e
6GB G. Skill Pi DDR2-1066
2x ATI 4850's
Dell Perc 5i raid card
40GB Kingston V series SSD
4x Hitachi 1TB HD in RAID5
2x Samsung 1TB HD (not in RAID)
old Seagate 250GB HD and old Hitachi 400GB server drive
I want to move all these hard drives to a file server and probably add some 2TB drives (most likely in RAID5). I am thinking about using my current rig as a file server (I have another case to throw all the stuff in when I upgrade), but I don't think I need all that power for a file server.
My main question is about which motherboard to choose? Doesn't really need be the latest and greatest, but it needs to be stable. The PC will be in my basement storage room so noise and space won't be an issue.
So this is what I want in a server:
- at least 3 PCI-express slots (one for video card if necessary and the rest for RAID cards)
- can be AMD or Intel (just needs to be fast enough to stream HD videos)
- I have an extra full tower case, but I may want to eventually go to a rack mount (so if anyone has rec's on a rackmount case let me know)
Any suggestions???
Current rig:
Q6600 @3.2
Asus P5Q-e
6GB G. Skill Pi DDR2-1066
2x ATI 4850's
Dell Perc 5i raid card
40GB Kingston V series SSD
4x Hitachi 1TB HD in RAID5
2x Samsung 1TB HD (not in RAID)
old Seagate 250GB HD and old Hitachi 400GB server drive
I want to move all these hard drives to a file server and probably add some 2TB drives (most likely in RAID5). I am thinking about using my current rig as a file server (I have another case to throw all the stuff in when I upgrade), but I don't think I need all that power for a file server.
My main question is about which motherboard to choose? Doesn't really need be the latest and greatest, but it needs to be stable. The PC will be in my basement storage room so noise and space won't be an issue.
So this is what I want in a server:
- at least 3 PCI-express slots (one for video card if necessary and the rest for RAID cards)
- can be AMD or Intel (just needs to be fast enough to stream HD videos)
- I have an extra full tower case, but I may want to eventually go to a rack mount (so if anyone has rec's on a rackmount case let me know)
Any suggestions???