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Old Jan 28, 2013, 03:10 AM   #23126
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amateur. they're still internals.
I have about 10+ more drives laying around,tons of memory sticks and 1 mini external drive.
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Old Jan 28, 2013, 03:42 AM   #23127
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I have about 10+ more drives laying around,tons of memory sticks and 1 mini external drive.
i posted mine earlier in the thread. 12 externals, minimum 1.5TB drives


(i find internals to be bad. externals can be powered on/off individually, thus extending their life and protecting the data)
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Old Jan 28, 2013, 05:51 AM   #23128
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i posted mine earlier in the thread. 12 externals, minimum 1.5TB drives


(i find internals to be bad. externals can be powered on/off individually, thus extending their life and protecting the data)
Nice amount of data.

You can turn off internals quite easy. Enable power modes, turn off hard disk after so many minutes. Mine are set to 1 min. So main drive still spins while others are 100% off till i click on them.
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Old Jan 28, 2013, 02:42 PM   #23133
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Them Qxxxx series Workstation for work still uses those things! Pretty awesome looking build.
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Thanks - Just threw it together this weekend. Those GTX 295's have to go tho...all I had lying around and they just put out too much heat.
Found these on ebay... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2...item5650861b17 Someone may get lucky... http://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-790i-LG...item19d87b361d
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Aaah those GTX 295, the double PCB ones. That's one of my all-time favourite cards. A lot of people say it looks like VHS tape, but for me its got a special charm. I am not sure what exactly lures me into this card, but those fins on the side have always looked ferocious to me. Great card IMO.
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Cooler sorta broke so I put the OEM intel one on.
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English is not my first language so I still don't understand. Oh well nevermind it's not important as long as I'm satisfied with what I got.
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I'm putting the system together now, so soon there will be pictures! I just have to say I really really really don't like the AC Accelero S1 plus. I like it, but the adhesive for the heatsinks is horrible. You get two bags you're supposed to mix for five minutes, which I did. I probably did 6 or 7 minutes or vigourous mixing. Yet the sinks for the VRM's just don't stick, they just slide around. Plus the stuff gets f'kin everywhere, so I dread the day I have to clean up around the VRMs. WHAT IS WRONG WITH GOOD OL THERMAL TAPE AC???

But yeah pics in a couple of hours when the gluethermalpoopgoo has hardened a bit.

@ krazy owl: He means Ubuntu nowadays uses Unity and he think it's bloated ie full of stuff you don't want or need. I say he talks out of his bottom. And I also say if you want a lightweight Ubuntu Lubuntu is the best imo. I like it very much.
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I want a new PSU and a new case. If only.
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I want a new PSU and a new case. If only.
Eh, work on that cable management a bit and that case will last you a bit longer
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I'm putting the system together now, so soon there will be pictures! I just have to say I really really really don't like the AC Accelero S1 plus. I like it, but the adhesive for the heatsinks is horrible. You get two bags you're supposed to mix for five minutes, which I did. I probably did 6 or 7 minutes or vigourous mixing. Yet the sinks for the VRM's just don't stick, they just slide around. Plus the stuff gets f'kin everywhere, so I dread the day I have to clean up around the VRMs. WHAT IS WRONG WITH GOOD OL THERMAL TAPE AC???

But yeah pics in a couple of hours when the gluethermalpoopgoo has hardened a bit.

@ krazy owl: He means Ubuntu nowadays uses Unity and he think it's bloated ie full of stuff you don't want or need. I say he talks out of his bottom. And I also say if you want a lightweight Ubuntu Lubuntu is the best imo. I like it very much.
It is bloated. And when you're running older hardware (P4, 2gb RAM) it makes a good bit of difference.

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Eh, work on that cable management a bit and that case will last you a bit longer
Meh cable management isn't that important to me. It's just ugly and sucky.

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It is bloated. And when you're running older hardware (P4, 2gb RAM) it makes a good bit of difference.

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It isn't bloated because you can't run it properly on older hardware. I'm not a fan of it, but I wouldn't call it bloated.

Anyway I'm not very happy with the GPU temps, they reach about 80 C when gaming, which is 10 C more than with the stock cooler. I know it's passive, but I still think it should be a bit lower than that. Airflow isn't very good though, will see if I can find a silent fan in my Murderbox of coolers. Plus I had to remove the Accelero because the VRM sinks kept falling off, so I might have botched the installation a bit there. I did find some sinks, with thermal tape on them, from another Accelero I had some years back.

tl;dr need moar brain
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Using a Star Wars ATAT Full Size Model Kit from Toys-R-Us
Using a ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe ITX mother board.
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I have cut out the 6.7x6.7 square out of Plexiglas 1/4" thick. I have installed Corsair H60 water cooling block
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I wanna get something later in the year like a Rosewill BLACKHAWK or Thor maybe something from Corsair even.

Something absurdly big that I can fill with drives and hide cables .

Here is my vote for the really big case.... you can even flip the damn thing to (R)-ATX!!!


AZZA Genesis 9000 CSAZ-9000B Black 0.8mm SECC ATX ...

AZZA Genesis 9000 CSAZ-9000W White 0.8mm SECC ATX ...


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