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That's not what WD told me, but it seems your are quite correct. Poor phone support. :p Anandtech has a good review.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6157/...eview-are-nasoptimized-hdds-worth-the-premium

WD phone support, just like most phone support these days, are idiots. The only thing their good for is getting paid return labels when WD ships me back fault drives from RMA.:roll:

I like the no head parking, it does make the drive a little quicker when coming back from idle(another thing that RAID controllers freak out about). But even still, in a desktop computer you don't really have to worry about the drive banging around enough to cause a head crash, and the higher performance drives don't park the head that much either, so it is no big deal.
 

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In all honesty, I think his main downfall of this rig is the motherboard chosen. If he can, he should RMA through the retailer and opt for another motherboard.
 

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Well fack! So basically only issue with this build is the board. Frankly I only got it because it was in an combo deal with the CPU haha. I can send it back, and get a H67 though. That should cure all problems.

And then for doing remoting into it, I was told by one of the guys I work with to be able to remote into it, I just have to assign it a static IP, and then TS into it by the IP. Obviously have it TS enabled too.

I probalby should Have researched this stuff a little bit more, but i got to excited to build a computer haha.

Sorry for puttin yall on blast.
 
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WD phone support, just like most phone support these days, are idiots. The only thing their good for is getting paid return labels when WD ships me back fault drives from RMA.:roll:

At least they had the rest right. :p
 

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Well fack! So basically only issue with this build is the board. Frankly I only got it because it was in an combo deal with the CPU haha. I can send it back, and get a H67 though. That should cure all problems.

And then for doing remoting into it, I was told by one of the guys I work with to be able to remote into it, I just have to assign it a static IP, and then TS into it by the IP. Obviously have it TS enabled too.

I probalby should Have researched this stuff a little bit more, but i got to excited to build a computer haha.

Sorry for puttin yall on blast.

This is false. The PC can have any IP it wants as long as its on the same subnet, You can enter the hostname in teamviewer and it will connect. Make sure you have teamviewer set to accept LAN connections.
 

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Well fack! So basically only issue with this build is the board. Frankly I only got it because it was in an combo deal with the CPU haha. I can send it back, and get a H67 though. That should cure all problems.

And then for doing remoting into it, I was told by one of the guys I work with to be able to remote into it, I just have to assign it a static IP, and then TS into it by the IP. Obviously have it TS enabled too.

I probalby should Have researched this stuff a little bit more, but i got to excited to build a computer haha.

Sorry for puttin yall on blast.

Yeah, the board is definitely the weak point. You can either return it, or save yourself the hassle and get a dedicated RAID card like I posted.

Personally, I prefer a dedicated RAID card to onboard anyway, that is what I have all my RAID arrays set up with. The main advantage of the dedicated RAID card is if the machine dies for some reason, you can take the card out with the drives and put it in any other PC and have access to the data in minutes.
 

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This is false. The PC can have any IP it wants as long as its on the same subnet, You can enter the hostname in teamviewer and it will connect. Make sure you have teamviewer set to accept LAN connections.

Won't it have the same subnet if its connected to the same local network?
 

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Won't it have the same subnet if its connected to the same local network?

Most private networks use a 192.168.1.x or 192.168.0.x and more than likely this is the case. Just let the machine get an IP from the DHCP server then all you will need to access it on the network is the machines hostname.
 

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Yes.

Are you using Teamviewer or Remote Desktop?

Id like Remote Desktop because it looks normal, and I know how to use it since I use it here at work on the daily.
 

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Id like Remote Desktop because it looks normal, and I know how to use it since I use it here at work on the daily.

Its very easy to setup and works very well with VMWARE. This is how most of our servers we install here at work are setup.
 

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Id like Remote Desktop because it looks normal, and I know how to use it since I use it here at work on the daily.

Yeah, you don't need a static IP(though with a server I'd set one anyway as I hate using hostnames). If possible set the staticIP through your router, not on the PC itself.

If you plan to remote into the server from the outside world then you definitely want a static IP, and forward the RDP port to the server as well.
 
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Yeah, you don't need a static IP(though with a server I'd set one anyway as I hate using hostnames). If possible set the staticIP through your router, not just on the PC itself.

Yes DHCP reservations are good to setup if you like using one IP or you have software that only see the server by IP. Most routers have this capability but its is the task of finding it and setting it.

This bind's the PC's MAC address with a IP address you assign.
 

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Yes DHCP reservations are good to setup if you like using one IP or you have software that only see the server by IP. Most routers have this capability but its is the task of finding it and setting it.

This bind's the PC's MAC address with a IP address you assign.

Yep, this is better because that way the router doesn't try to hand out the IP address that you are using on the server. Plus if you take the server someplace(ie a LAN Party) then you won't have to worry about the server not getting an IP address from the new LAN's DHCP or not getting a LAN connection.
 

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Also Phenon since we are dishing out some networking tips for you. Below is a good way to find your share folders on the network.

//Hostname/
//IPaddress/

MAP your new drives to a letter

NET USE [devicename | *] [\\computername\sharename[\volume] [password | *]]
[/USER:[domainname\]username]
[/USER:[dotted domain name\]username]
[/USER:[username@dotted domain name]
[[/DELETE] | [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]]

NET USE {devicename | *} [password | *] /HOME

NET USE [/PERSISTENT:{YES | NO}]

To map to the next driver letter use

net use * \\Ip\Sharename
 

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Alright thanks guys. Ill have to think more about either swapping boards, or get a dedicated Raid card.
 

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Alright thanks guys. Ill have to think more about either swapping boards, or get a dedicated Raid card.

Bad things about dedicated raid is that they can be picky with some boards and are limited (The low end cards) to 2 slots. In all honesty, I would RMA the board for a different one.
 

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Bad things about dedicated raid is that they can be picky with some boards and are limited (The low end cards) to 2 slots. In all honesty, I would RMA the board for a different one.

That is why I recommended the Highpoint, I've never really had any issues with them. Being limitted to 2 ports does kind of suck though.

I guess it all comes down to how much he's saving with the Board/CPU combo and if he ever plans to use more than 2 drives in RAID. They might even make him send back the CPU as well since they were bought as a combo, or at the very least take off the combo discount from the amount RMA'd, they might even hit him with a 15% restocking fee since there is nothing wrong with the board.

You figure the board is normally $65, minus $10 for restocking fee, minus $10 for the combo discount, minus anouther $10 to ship it back, he'd only be getting $35 back for the board. At that rate, if I was him and was going to get a new board, I'd just keep the H61 or throw it up on ebay, and just buy a new board outright.
 
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That is why I recommended the Highpoint, I've never really had any issues with them. Being limitted to 2 ports does kind of suck though.

I guess it all comes down to how much he's saving with the Board/CPU combo and if he ever plans to use more than 2 drives in RAID. They might even make him send back the CPU as well since they were bought as a combo, or at the very least take off the combo discount from the amount RMA'd, they might even hit him with a 15% restocking fee since there is nothing wrong with the board.

You figure the board is normally $65, minus $10 for restocking fee, minus $10 for the combo discount, minus anouther $10 to ship it back, he'd only be getting $35 back for the board. At that rate, if I was him and was going to get a new board, I'd just keep the H61 or throw it up on ebay, and just buy a new board outright.

That is what I might do. Im looking at this board to replace though.

GIGABYTE GA-B75M-D3H LGA 1155 Intel B75 HDMI SATA ...

Actually more this one.

Can't tell if it does hard raid though.
 
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That is what I might do. Im looking at this board to replace though.

GIGABYTE GA-B75M-D3H LGA 1155 Intel B75 HDMI SATA ...

Raid is not supported on that board.

I recommend this

ASRock H77M LGA 1155 Intel H77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB...

Its cheaper and has a better power structure.

 

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Damn all the gigabyte boards are expensive, and I wanted to stay with gigabyte too. :mad: :banghead:
 
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