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I wish I would have known about that. The reason I didn't have a raid is because I was planning on getting (4) 4 port cards (only because I didn't look on ebay, just newegg) and that would have wasted a lot of space having 4 RAIDS. I would have much rather have gotten what you got. Although I...

So I started this project to give me some excercise to allow my arm to recouparate after surgery after I broke it on vacation. Now it's finished (Jason just replaced the last cable) and I'm recouporating from surgery from breaking my leg in three places in a bike accident last weeked. I've...

By the way - That's what it used to look like.

Here's the computer with the cables mostly cleaned up. I have to get a longer IDE cable and move two more cables around the back, but it's time to go to sleep for now.

Does anybody have any links on nice looking bolts, thumbscrews, etc?

I'm trying to clean up all the cabling now. It's the least fun part of the project. I want to do another project badly, but I don't have the money to fork out for the possibility of selling right now. I decided to make the next project a 3 part modular system - one part for the amp and cable...

Thanks. The controller was fine, it was my mobo I kept messing with that went flakey.

Here's the "my computer" screen. It comes out to just under 2.7 TBs. I am going to buy a 8x SATA controller so I can add the last 2 stack of 4 hard drives. I imagine that the last 8 will average out to be about 500GBs each as I buy them over the next 3-5 years. Has anybody read anything...

I call it The Tower of Power. 120 gb - system and applications 9 x 250 gb - data 1 320 gb - data Nothing's RAID. I am buying a 8x SATA controller card and will be putting in 8 more drives as I need them. I imagine that the average of the 8 new drives will be 500GB as I buy over the...

What does power cycle mean?

But if I hook up a regular monitor (15" not 6x9) to the tower, it works fine as well. Also, does anybody know of a PCI extension and what the cable distance restrictions might be? Here's a link to one that I found, but it only has less than a 4" cable. I need about 8" to add in a firewire...

Are there any updates on this? I put in a water cooler in my system, and the GPU block blocks one of my PCI slots. I had this slot reserved for a 4x SATA controller when I needed it. I have room in my system for 2 more stacks of 4 hard drives and I have one more open PCI slot. I don't want...

Hey all. It's been a while since my last post. Been enjoying the new system and my friend Jason took my camera with him for a couple weeks while he was in New Orleans fighting the good fight. Here's a link to his blog that chronicles the events. He was able to do a variety of things...

What are good temperatures and what are bad temperatures to have for the CPU and GPU? Thanks

I have a Gigabyte 6800 128M GV-N68128DH video card with a passive cooler on it. I took of the heat sinks on both sides and there is a copper plate covering the chip. I don't see anyway that this is attached to the card anywhere, but it is firmly attached. I imagine that the thermal paste is...

How about Hollywood in a box?

I'm new to this, so forgive any stupid questions. When using DVD decryptor, the ISO files are compressed. Is there a codec used to do this? The reason I ask is I heard there is a new divX out and I would like to make sure I am taking advantage of every possible means to keep the movies in...

Thanks for this. I'll hopefully get to a video example by this weekend. Thanks for the link. I think I will go with this. I ordered the parts tonight. I got a standard kit, but I'm sure I'll be modding it soon enough. I guess I don't have the mother board grounded, then. I...

It works! I decided to replace the motherboard, as the old one went through hardships (me). I got a Gigabyte GA-K8NSC-939. Although it only has 2 SATA connections on the motherboard, while the old one had 4, we got the second RAID controller working. The old motherboard's internal sound card...

That's a pretty cool idea. I'd definetly like to see it when it's ready.

Also, I'd like to put in a link of a small video to show the lighting effects, etc. Are there any free places to host video (like photobucket hosts pictures)? Thanks

Alright, things are coming to a finish nicely. The system is mostly complete. The only things left to do are to get the second RAID card working (haven't had time to process that problem to success yet but thanks for the input), get two tuners to work at once, put mesh up on the side fans...

Motherboard: MSI K8N neo 2 Platinum RAID Cards: (2) Highpoint 1640 (4 channel SATA) I also have a Hauppage 500 dual tuner and soundblaster audio card. I can't put the tuner card into slots 1 or 2 because it won't fit because of the motherboard chipset fan. I've moved the cards around...

Thanks. The satine is really heavy. It's very dense. I had never used it before and was really happy with the final color under the shellac. I would say that it's about 125 pounds. I'm not a great judge of weight, though. The electronics are coming along great. Still having problems with...

[Left] Jason soldered an extension onto the 4-pin auxiliary power cable. [Right] We decided to parallel split the power switch from the motherboard to both power supplies. We used a 4-pin Molex terminator for quick disconnections. [Left] The main power switch and light. An...

So I burned out my sound on my mother board. Everything else works fine it. I got a sound card for it, and that works. So far I have the video card, sound card, 1 RAID controller and a hauppauge dual tuner card. I have an empty slot left, but when I plug in a second RAID controller, the...

[ [Left] The back and the last of the trim is on. It's all sanded and ready for the finish to be applied. [Right] The back of one of the bottom doors. [Left] The router bits used to make the raised panel doors. [Right] This is only time I had to write out the math. It was to...

[Left] This is a self-centering drilling jig. I used it to drill holes for dowels for the side trim. It's really quick and easy. I bought it at Rockler woodworking. It has four different sized holes for various sized dowels. [Right] A side trim piece with a dowel inserted. This...

Hello Everybody. This is my first real computer build. I decided to go the HTPC route and didn't need an entertainment center, so I've started building a new "PC case" that will house my PC, amplifier and cable boxes in a cabinet style piece of furniture. My friend Jason is co-building this...