Recent content by CrankyX

Same boat, except my 920 could not reach that high of an OC I actually just gave in and sent my mobo to EVGA for the mod yesterday. Snagged a x5670 off eBay shortly after. I have heard such good things about this upgrade I couldn't justify an entire new build for near the same performance. If...

I want to keep the machine local as I stream hi-def content stored on it to several PC's around the house, local backup etc. The Air Video is just for streaming local content abroad and 2 apple tv's. A i7 3770k is actually what is going into my new desktop build. Wouldn't be a bad idea but...

I'm about to upgrade my desktop and what i've done int he past is use that leftover hardware to upgrade my server. Here's the problem. My Server has 3 duties. Data storage, Occasional Garry's Mod or TF2 Server hosting and Occasional VM's all of which it does now with an E6600. I want to...

Anyone thoughts as to if these would work properly (considering the greens do not) on an Areca 1230? They specifically call out these drives not falling out of raid, as much as i'd love to buy a pile RE4's there just too out of my price range.

I appreciate the feedback, i'm for sure going with 2 separate systems. For the server I am going to replace the case with one of the norcos. Any suggestions for Proc and Mobo? The E6600 thats there i'm not so sure is power friendly and it does not have the power to recode MKV file for Air...

The main storage server is already built. It is currently housed in a rockfish full tower (you know the good old lian li case) all 12 of the WD greens are currently housed in this case and it has 2 separate RAID 6 arrays. Overkill yes but I'm ok with it. If I keep the systems separate which I...

Just looking for some advice/ thoughts for hardware on my htpc/storage/media pc. Quick Summary Goals -Storage Space -Quiet (it's going in the theater room) -Rackmount (on an HT rack with lots of other equipment) -Energy Efficient as possible **Playback for large MKV and Recorded...

Strangely enough I am about to do the same thing. I have a closet that currently has my server in it but I want to integrate a 24u rack and want way better cooling solution. I was going to do the same as you with a ventilated closet door but decided I want to find a way to exhaust the hot air...

No still looking for a decent mirror myself...

So I do pretty much the exact same thing, except I don't use MyMovies with VMC. I just use the built in DVD Library and coupled it with DVD Library Manager (Via the Green button) From a server standpoint I use an Areca ARC-1230 for 2 raid 6 arrays. One array uses 6 500GB WD Green and the...

I'll try again tonight, Vopt9 looks interesting i'll give that a shot. When I attempted a defrag before it went for about 8hrs and moved 1%. Given it was the Windows Defrag, but still.

Another company to look into is QNAP, they have some awesome NAS products and some feature Advanced raid function like online raid expansion and online raid migration. Most of their products have lower power consumption but all around depending on your needs might be something to look into...

Might be a stupidish question but.... I am running a Raid 6 on an ARC-1230 with 6x 500GB WD Green power drives. I use this setup mainly as storage but was wondering what to do about defragmenting it. Currently it's 27% Fragmented (according to windows) and as i'm sure with a raid 6 and almost...

oh very true, my bad

Personal recommendation is the Asus P5Q Pro or above, I just got one to replace a failed Abit AW9D-MAX. Love the new board so far no issues to report, stable Q6700 at 3.4, G.Skill 1066 Kit, Dual 4850's, works fine.