I'm a grown man with work and family taking most of my time. When I have a few moments to myself I like to play some games. I want a new card so I can make the most of my gaming time and witness all the sweet eye candy these games have to offer.
I've got a handfull of brand new Seagate 7200.9 SATAII 500gb hard drives in retaill package (includes sata cable, power adapter, etc.). The going price on Newegg is $275 shipped for an oem drive which doesn't include any cables.
My price is $240 + $10 shipping.
Add an extra $5 shipping for...
I'm building a media server with the following.
1 HD for OS
7x500gb Seagate drives (RAID 5 or 6)
Areca 1220 PCI-Express 8 port card
Thermaltake Armor
Antec NeoHE 500watts
It'll be running 24/7 so I'd like something stable with relatively low power consumption.
I'll have at least 2-3...
can we get a deal on the 500gb sata hitachi
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=150540
or the WD 400gb SATA drive
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=150467&Category_Code=SATAHardDrives
I built the system in my sig last night and have been doing my first attempt at OC'ing today.
I've got my Opteron 170 at 2.6Ghz on stock voltage.
Ran memtest with no problems and used OCCT to max out the CPU for the 30 minute test. The temps hovered around 40C during the test and stay...
I bought my retail opt 170 from mwave for $387 last week and got the 0530 version like most of you. I'm switching from a Dell XPS 600 with an Intel Pentium D 840.
Here are the parts I ordered, The processor, ram, hsf and case came yesterday. Now waiting on the rest.
Antec P180
Antec HE500...
I'm currently running a raid1 using my intel motherboard with 2x250gb drives. Storage capacity is becoming an issue so I'm trying to figure out what is best. I already have 1x500gb SATAII drive.
Buy a Raid card and another 250gb drive then do a Raid5
or
Buy another 500gb drive and just...