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    Confused about HP Expander(s)

    Ok so i've looked at the HP Expander owners thread and i'm thinking i will buy one off ebay to go in my WHS 2003 w/PP3 build. It has a Supermicro X8SI6-F board inside. However when i go to search for the card i see alot of different numbers such as P212, P410, P411, P712....also stuff like...
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    Need help picking a 5x3 hard drive cage.

    I'm trying to finish up buying parts for my server and i see there are as few options for the hard drive enclosure. I found a decent review of 4 different cages(The Icy Dock MB455SFP-B, the Norco SS-500, the SuperMicro CSE-M35T-1 and the iStarUSA BPU-350) here...
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    Stuck on processor for htpc and server.

    Ok so my closest Micro Center(Brentwood location) is 3 hours away and i want to get a cpu for both a server and htpc build. For my server i have already decided on the X8SI6-F-O Xeon/LGA 1156 board, and the only 1156 chips i am choosing from at that store are: Core i3 550 3.2GHz Socket...
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    !st HTPC build, looking for advice to shore up the base.

    Ok i pretty much want to use my HTPC for a little bit of everything: DVD and Blu-ray rips and watching off disc, streaming with Hulu Netflix and off Nas or server, recording standard and high def cable(I have Charter and their HD tops at 720p), some pc game playing. Not sure i'll be doing...
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    1st build, need video card recommendations

    Hello all..long time listener, first time caller. I have an MSI K8NGM2-FID motherboard that has been laying around forever. Decided it might be time to HTPC it so going to get an Opteron 185 for it. Was wondering if price is no object what single video card can i get for the Pci-e 16x slot...
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    Ok am i crazy for wanting to move my storage hard drives out of my PC using Multilane

    Ok because i don't want to tatally jack or thread-cap Upriverpaddler's topic i guess i need to ask some things here. Hey Blue Fox, I'm sorry i guess my grasp of how to do NAS is limited. I didn't know those kind of cards(Areca 1130ML...multi-lane sata raid controller cards) were out there. I...
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