Recent content by Hawnted

I will post Pics when my SSD adapter is in (forgot to order it) so I don't have the guts hanging out the side. If we are going to be literal about the audible level of the fans, then no, it is not dead silent. When the case is closed up, and it is under my desk, and I am working on the...

The setup I went with is below. I just received the parts and just finished assembly tonight. Thanks for all the help with choosing the hardware. Windows Server 2008 R2 Host OS Windows Home Server Virtual OS Coolermaster RC-690 Case G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 RAM OCZ Solid 2 SSD...

I have always heard not to use the side vents because it disturbs the front to back air flow. I guess I will just have to play with it since you guys seem to be getting decent results. Where are you mounting the fan on the HDD cage?

I have 7 Yate Loot D12SM-12 at my disposal although I am thinking of only using 6. I just bought the CM RC-690 for my server case. What would be the optimal fan configuration? I was thinking of two Front intake fans Two top exhaust fans 1 Rear Exhaust fan 1 bottom intake fan PSU mounted intake...

I think I am going to go with this build. I already have 1 SSD this is a second one to dedicate to one of the VMs. Some have said to go with a bigger case and suggested the Antec 900, everything I have read seems to think this case is the same size or bigger. Which one is the better pick?

OK, I just had 5 VMs running. Looks like I am going to hit a Disk IO ceiling LONG before I need to worry about CPU or RAM. I have one OCZ Solid 2 SSD that is 60gb. I have a Raptor X. And I have 15 1 TB drives at my disposal. Where would the SSD serve me best? Is it best for the host to...

I have 2 VMs running on it now testing. They are not doing anything intensive like some of the VMs will be doing on the server, but I guess it is somewhat of a test. I have 3 cores basically idle, and one core at 10%-15% usage. RAM usage is about 3gb. Maybe some of you can help me out here...

It is a T3 Line.

I have a Q6600 OCed to 4GHz on Water, 8gb ram with VMWare Workstation installed. I have an instance of Server 2008 installed. Is there a way I could load it up and do some kind of stress test to see if the P2 will be enough?

I am not sure, I guess it would all depend on performance of the ~5 VMs. I would like to spend as little as possible and still have plenty of room for the servers to have all the resources they need (I guess that is an obvious statement). If i7 is way overkill, even though it is only 175 more...

So it looks like this changes my price by $175. I have to buy a 40 dollar vid card with the i7 setup, but the RAM is 40 cheaper with i7 so that is a wash. The RAM/mobo is 175 higher with i7. Everything else is the same. So I guess my question is, is it worth it to spend $175? Or will the...

No does not have to be modular. So does this i7 build do a lot more for my server for the ~150 more I am shelling out? Or would it be fine to go with the AMD build?

It looks like if I up my budget just 100-200 more, my options open up SIGNIFICANTLY. It allows me to go I7, with a albeit cheaper quality motherboard, but other wise pretty much the same components. The only trade off is that I would end up with 6gb of ram HOWEVER, it is upgradeable to 12gb with...

I believe the Asus 890 board has sata 3 native also. There is supposed to be a USB 3 version of the asus soon. Are you saying I won't notice much btw the 945 and 965 BE?

In the real world, how much will 125w vs 95w matter for 24/7 operation? Energy cost wise, heat etc? If your telling me its 2-3 degrees hotter with 2-3 dollars a month on my energy bill then I might as well go for it IF the performance increase is noticable If I go with a 95w CPU I would think...