90mm, yes, but they also have to be 3 pin and they have to be thin or else they wont fit The only company I can find who makes silent ones are SilenX, but they don't have a great rep for airflow.
d'oh!
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90mm, yes, but they also have to be 3 pin and they have to be thin or else they wont fit The only company I can find who makes silent ones are SilenX, but they don't have a great rep for airflow.
What would ou be doing with tha 36gb raptor? fs?
I knew you were going to do 5.0!5.0 status is - Stalled/Scrapped
4.0 status is - Revamp / Make more efficient. Possibly more of a 4.5 due to some changes.
The new Green Drives are great.
Project to do update:
- Going to be replacing the two 600w SeaSonics with a SilverStone OP1000 I have laying around and re-wiring the system.
- Since I will have one PSU, I will be able to mount more drives in the rear of the case - Goal is 4 to 10 more drives
- The new addition drives will be backup drives for duplicating critical data with existing drives
- Adding window to the case
- Adding the new WD Green Drives and replacing the smallest drives
- Replacing the system drive (Old Raptor 36) with a Raptor 150
- Looking into dual Gigabit NICs for load balancing
- Possibly replacing the controllers with Multilane breakout cables, this will future proof the setup for a Galaxy 5.0 Introduction.
The Seasonic (I assume S12-600) PSU is great. That's what I have in my computer. But was 600 W not enough for all the HDDs you're going to put in there? Or did you just want more headroom that the 1 kW PSU will provide?
I knew you were going to do 5.0!
Are you still planning on no RAID?
Ockie had 2xSeaSonics 600W in there.
You're right, I missed the "two" part. So he's technically downgrading from 1,200 W to 1,000 W. But he has fewer components in the case (therefore less heat, etc.), which he said he'll use for more HDDs.
I haven't checked out Seasonic's Web site in a long while. I wonder if they make any PSUs greater than 600 W. Back when I bought it (2005), they didn't.
LMAO alcuin. I was more thinking of "MyPrius"
Keep in mind I am also going to be replacing the processor with a 45w variant and I'll be replacing the smaller drives with large green drives... so consumption should be significantly less.
Yes, seasonic makes bigger psu's, but I have a SilverStone OP1000 extra here... so I can reuse it
Ockie, how many of the green drives are you going to be getting?? I assume you are getting the 1tb models..??
Your power consumption should be great
Are you able to do staggered spin-up so you don't put suck a stress on your PSU during startup?
That's great, so you'll have more processing power and storage capacity but still use less power in the end. Even better you can recycle one of you existing parts (that SilverStone PSU).
The newer generation controllers I have waits for eachother to boot first, so in effect they are staggered. The two older ones I have boot at the same time, but that is not a big deal.
Yes, that is awesome!...
I can more than double my capacity and will use nearly half of the electricity. IMO this is awesome.
I'm too lazy to look through the entire thread, what controllers do you have again?
So, how much storage do we have to look forward to in less than a month?
So, how much storage do we have to look forward to in less than a month?
Also, what kind of credit card statement does he have to look forward to in less than a month?
I hear you. But some CCs do have decent incentives, such as 1% cash back. However, that's a double-edged sword. I've been getting $25 checks back way too often, which means I'm spending way too much!...
I'm so done with credit cards, the interest and the fact that you have to pay it back kills the rewards of having it early. It's like paying for an old thing
I hear you. But some CCs do have decent incentives, such as 1% cash back. However, that's a double-edged sword. I've been getting $25 checks back way too often, which means I'm spending way too much!
I may just add a couple TB to get me going, ideally I want to add in 6 of the new 1TB green drives so I can populate those 6 expansion spaces... this would allow me to shuffle existing drives around and get them replaced.
^ Nice, Okie!
The case reminds me of Black Box.
Are you going to post pics of those WD 1TB "green" HDDs?
Enjoy your upgraded project!
Looks [H]ot, as usual.
Have you made the move to 16-port PCI-e controllers yet?
Too bad those green HDDs shot up in price, but they'll eventually come back down. Good luck w/ the Raptor.Those green drives I used in my HTPC.
Anyways, right now I am quite dissapointed since the price of those shot up to the normal MSRP of $349
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Now that you have been using the new enclosures (4.0 vs galaxy 3.0) for a while, do you like them better? If so why? It looks like you got quieter fans for them also, how are they holding up? Were they easy to swap out?
Do you have anything you would change if you were to build 4.0 again (different PSU, different case, etc...)? (and I'm not talking about 5.0)
BTW, not sure where you guys are looking, but Memory Labs has the 1tb WD HD's for $285 http://www.memorylabs.net/wedihdwd31tb.html
The new hot swap units are way better, much smaller in depth, much lighter, much quieter, and also availible in smaller units for my other pcs so i can just swap in and out.
No, the fans are still original, the fan swap is super easy, but either I have to cut or mod the units to take regular fans or I have to get thin fans... which are hard to come by. SilenX offers the fans I'm looking for, but I don't trust the brand and the claims.