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I am consolidating systems, using virtualization to fulfill my needs for boxes running older operating systems for testing purposes. I also am seeking greater thermal/power efficiency. As a result, I have a number of systems that need to go. Now parting out :( Much of this stuff, if unsold, will...

http://www.storagereview.com/php/benchmark/suite_v4.php?typeID=10&testbedID=4&osID=6&raidconfigID=1&numDrives=1&devID_0=297&devID_1=325&devID_2=316&devID_3=318&devID_4=295&devCnt=5 Hahaha...Dadgumm. Best 7200RPM drive to date. Within 1% of the 7K500 in the Office DriveMark, 2% in FarCry, and...

What I need: Guitar Hero I disc. Have controller for Guitar Hero II, presume that it works with first one as well, just need game disc for GH I. Will give $15 here PS2 Memory Card. 8MB is fine. $10. DVI>VGA adapter. Shipping kills here, would like to get a package deal here. Will give...

Shopping around today, saw three T7K500s listed on ZZF (250 and 320GB SATA units and a 400GB PATA), no 16MB buffer ones though :( Newegg's got a 400GB 16MB SATA unit in stock.

The Terms: 1) Heat 40-0-0. Contact douglite 4t insightbb d0t c0m, PM here. PayPal to [email protected] (I can take credit cards), USPS Money Order also accepted. 2) I am in Greenwood IN. Local pickup is available in the Indianapolis metro area, Columbus, or Bloomington. 3) Buyer pays...

It gives me great pleasure to announce that Toymachineman19 has guessed what will be in the Prize Rig for [H]orde|Bowl II. I will be providing an X2 3800+ for it. Continuing with the theme of "Two,", p[H]ant0m has also really stepped up and is providing an Asus A8N-SLI, with two PCI-E X16...

http://www.hardfolding.com/index.php?go=1106&id=264&id1=366 I passed him sometime earlier this week. P4 2.8 doing most of the work, a PIII 733 chipping in, and one core on my X2 3800+ when it's on. May add more. Anybody here been to Manchester? I hear it's about half the size of Toledo. If...

The Terms 1) 37-0-0 Heat. Contact douglite 4t insightbb d0t c0m, I don't check PMs here too often. PayPal to [email protected] (I can take credit cards) 2) I am in Greenwood IN. Local pickup is available in the Indianapolis metro area, Columbus, or Bloomington. 3) Buyer pays actual...

I'm looking to upgrade my flagship rig with an eye towards Core 2 Duo/Conroe. However, I need support for two PATA ATAPI DVD-RW drives on separate cables. Want PCI-Express, and am resigned to needign DDR2 for such a project. Also needs at least four SATA ports, although six would be a plus. I...

GAME: First system in my sig. WD 250GB 16MB, Maxtor 300GB 16MB, 400GB Seagate 16MB, 250GB Samsung 8MB. All SATA, drives appear in that order from top to bottom in the pic, this rig is in the Terabyte Club. WGSS (WGSS stands for Weasner's Get-Served Server). Fourth system in my sig. Also...

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Had to shut down the War Room today. Power clicked off about 9:00 this morning. Thought to myself "More than likely gonna be off for some time." Had church at 10:00, so I had to decide if I was gonna gamble on the utility power coming back online before my UPS batteries ran out, or shut down...

(Yes I know this is cross posted in Disk Storage, but it's also very much of interest here) The WD5000KS :eek: Not bad for a 500GB four platter drive. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article617-page1.html SPCR had to double check their measurements the power and noise measurements in AAM...

by the WD5000KS :eek: Not bad for a 500GB four platter drive. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article617-page1.html SPCR had to double check their measurements the power and noise measurements in AAM mode were so jaw droppingly low. Still suffers from a little bit of vibration, but grommets...

PM me here, or e-mail douglite 4t insightbb d0t c0m. Yes, I am the same DougLite that used to be a moderator here, but please no questions about that, thanks. I'll drive just about anywhere in Central Indiana to pickup gear (I'm in Greenwood, just south of Indy) With that, out of the way...

Former Mod here, 35-0-0 HeatWare. PM or e-mail douglite 4t insightbb d0t c0m I can take CC PayPal. Money orders also accepted. You may pickup items in any county surrounding Indianapolis, Columbus, or Bloomington. Make offers on anything if you like the gear but don't like the price CPUs...

EDIT: Old thread, but alive again! - $88.00 shipped ground, $89.99 shipped 2 day :cool: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101220-12 Under $100 for a very cool and fast 16MB buffer 250GB Hard Drive. Even the Maxtors (routinely the cheapest 7200RPM drives) are going...

http://www.centrix-intl.com/details.asp?productid=620 I've already bought three of these, mine shipped same day. Good seller, at least in my case. These cards support jumbo frames up to 4000. They work in 3.3V PCI-X slots, 5V 64 bit slots, as well as 5V 32-bit slots. Mine came in sealed...

Under Construction Cooling After market cooling poll OC&C forum GPU air cooling guide Water Cooling introduction Power and Power Supplies Power supply current draw calculator and recommendations [H]ard recommended PSU brands and models Drivers ATI driver page Nvidia drivers page...

Pics, GenMay subscription required (but so worth the $5): http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1012382 Well, I've got DC clients installed on all but two of my rigs. The holdouts are a Prescott 2.8A that has cooling issues and a crapper C3 800. 3700+ sig system: UD 3800+ X2: FAH 1x...

Update 02-01-2006 This was posted on January 20. Four days later, the Administrators deemed round the clock coverage necessary in the Video Card forums. Since then, we have had several members lose their posting privileges. We are quite serious on these matters. Period. End of story. If you...

Terms: I have 25-0-0 Heat: DougLite, good mix of buy/sell/trade I may ask you to ship first if you have little (<5) or no refs I have non-CC PayPal with a confirmed shipping address ready to go. PM me or e-mail [email protected] with offers. PM preferred and faster. USPS Priority...

I have a server box, relevant [H]ard|Ware: Tyan S1862, 2x PIII 550 Katmais, 512MB of RAM Voodoo 3 :rolleyes: Antec True430 Fujitsu MAP3367NP 36GB 10K SCSI (~1A on +12) IBM DDYS 18GB 10K SCSI (~1.2A on +12) 2x Seagate ST173404LCV 73GB 1.6" 10K SCSI (~1.5A +12 each, on staggered spinup)...

Relevant [H]ard|Ware: DFI LanParty NFII Ultra B (SoundStorm FTW!) 35W 2400+ Mobile Barton (2.0GHz/1.42V for now) 1GB RAM AIW 9700 Pro PVR-250 160GB Hitachi 7K250 NEC DVD-RW Sony DVD-ROM XP Pro Yamaha RX-V1400 w/ 5.1 sound Hitachi 65G500 65" CRT HDTV Install was a breeze...

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Clicky, check out the bar graph towards the bottom of Eugene's post. SR will be posting a pretty comprehensive article on RAID, hopefully soon. The graph is a selection from the results obtained for that forthcoming article. Even running _four_ WD740GDs in RAID-0 is not enough to match the...

In the past, I have seen many questions to the effect of "Why can't the UPS driver just leave my package?" I will do my best to answer these questions. http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/service/tracking/delivery_attempts.html DISCLAIMER: These statements are offered as general...

SR comparison of WD360GD to three 250GB 7200RPM drives in the same price range. Note that although the WD360GD delivers far and away the swiftest seek times of any of the compared drives, it does not manage to win any of the single user DriveMarks. As a matter of fact, the WD360GD places dead...

Fujitsu MAP3036NP on Adaptec AHA2940U2W Ultra2 SCSI it's in my Dual PIII 550 box. In the pics, my 18GB IBM DDYS drive is in green, 18GB Fujitsu MAG in yellow, and my MAP (my flagship drive) is in teal. Sorry for the poor quality, 256 color BMP is hte only way to get them to a manageable size...

U N D E R - C O N S T R U C T I O N Designing a [H]ard|Drive is a difficult balancing act. The major storage makers must all balance cost, reliability, environmental factors, and performance. One bad design can spell doom for a storage maker, witness IBM's fire sale of their HDD division to...

I did a quick search (looked both here and in GenMay) and couldn't find it, so I ask this now: What was forum number one? Overclocking and Cooling is number 2 (www.hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2), and Video Cards is number 3 (www.hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=3), but looking for #1...

Having reassembled my gaming rig around a new (to me) DFI LP UT NF4 Ultra-D, I got the chance to experiment with the mobo's CPU fan control. I am using a 3700+ San Diego, 1.5V, 250x11. I have a ThermalRight XP-90C, 92mm Panaflo, and AS5 on this unit. I set it to off at <30C and full speed...

The first is a revision to the WD740GD (00FLC0, older Raptors were 00FLAx) with about a half-millisecond quicker seeks than the older FLA SKUs. Performance is up across the board ,but it still falls short of the 7K500. Anyone have one of these newer Raptors? Next up is a Maxtor DiamondMax10...

Well, you may have seen my thread in GenMay about my Black Friday disaster. The center of it was two motherboard/CPU combos from Fry's: A P4 511 and X2 3800+ - that both came with ECS motherboards. The first was a Via P4M800 based MicroATX, the second an NF4 full ATX. When he called me at 630AM...

Well, what is the best way? We saw in the recent [H] X1800XT article, discussion on temperatures. However, the review team noted inconsistencies that made readily comparable temperature measurements difficult. I'd like to make a suggestion on what is in my judgement a better method ...

... in SR's Office DriveMark 2006 :eek: It also soundly defeats the WD4000KD in all tests :eek: The MAU still holds the lead in the High-End and Gaming DriveMarks, and WD740GD has a slight edge in Gaming performance over the 7K500, but make no mistake about it - the 7K500 SATA is the biggest and...

Boo!! Hiss!! Seagate is cheating every reviewer out there with the 7200.9 launch. A little background on this issue: When the Barracuda 7200.8 was launched, reviewers noted an abnormally high seek time, despite the 7200.8 having a seek time estimate of half a millisecond less than its...

Clicky - Samsung will be moving to *gasp* three platters, with up to 133GB on each, for a new flagship capacity of 400GB. Hopefully this move will not impact Samsung's reputation for near silent operation - they state that maintaining silent operation is one of their design goals. If the wait...

Both Seagate and Maxtor make mention of improvements to the error-recovery procedures on their nearline drives. From the SR previews of the drives: "The "Pro" designation is Maxtor's way of indicating that the line finally incorporates enterprise-style features such as improved error recovery...

Clicky - forgive me for including all of that useless performance data, scroll to the bottom. Here we have typical idle/seek power consumption, as well as peak +5 and +12 draw, for four contemporary ATA hard disks. Looks like Barracudas need 2.5A on +12 for spinup :eek: Hitachi is frickin...