Pc Setup - Chat Thread

[SoFreshSoClean]

Im going to upgrade my computer in a couple months, this is what I had in mind..

Thoughts? Comments?

(I already have an ATI 6970 video card, plus hard drives)

[Madaz]

that looks good, a little dear for a 24" inch monitor

[SoFreshSoClean]

that looks good, a little dear for a 24" inch monitor

It's an awesome monitor though, and it'll match the 20" one I have now

[Madaz]

ah ok mine is good but not in direct sunlight due to those new screens that reflect crap

its an acer G245H (some people poo poo that brand i have had no dramas)

[jrm]

righto, looking at upgrading the server case before summer hits again. currently running a thermaltake M9D.

i was looking at the lan li TYR PC-X2000B. but after killing 2HDD and 2 GPU's from heat. i need something that has good cooling properties.

at the moment there is a 40mm fan under each HDD for cooling ( 5.25 bay with a bracket) so i'm after something that has ~10x 5.25 drive bays to have enough room for the fan setup's.

suggestions?

Lian Li Armorsuit PC-P80B - 12 x 5.25" bays. Fill it with Lian-Li EX-H34 for 16x3.5" hotswap bays. Has a great cooling setup.

[oweban]

It's an awesome monitor though, and it'll match the 20" one I have now

+1, I've got one of these at work and they're great. Colour is beautiful, and adjustable height (very important).

[bozodos]

get a proper res 16:10 monitor, they look a lot sharper than your average 16:9

[SoFreshSoClean]

Yep, they are 16:10

[Madaz]

ah there ya go that's why its a little dearer

[bozodos]

its a pity how 16:10 used to be the norm, now you have to pay an effing premium for it

[Madaz]

yeah not wrong

[R31Nismoid]

Ash: have fun configuring a RAID5 with a P67 ICH controller, much lulz has been had in our office the past few weeks with RAID5, P67 and Caviar Greens

I run a modded Perc 5/i card mate, its all hardware driven, not sofrtware. Hence it's so fken fast compared to ICHRX

I've actually got 3 still here that i picked up for a steal of a price a while back.

I'll use the 2nd card for a backup server, the other two i'll probably just sell.

[R31Nismoid]

its a pity how 16:10 used to be the norm, now you have to pay an effing premium for it

Yep, i refuse to but a 16:9.

Haven't had one for 4yrs now and won't go back. I'd soooo hard to find a 16:10

I have the Sammy 2443BW as well, great screen. Had it since Nov last year

[bozodos]

haha how much is one of your PERC cards worth? software RAID can still be fairly quick for purely storage use!

Will get a 16:10 monitor when I've got my R32 running right, ATM it's more of a priority than nice things for the PC, downside of being on trainee wages!

[jrm]

I run a modded Perc 5/i card mate, its all hardware driven, not sofrtware. Hence it's so fken fast compared to ICHRX

I've actually got 3 still here that i picked up for a steal of a price a while back.

I'll use the 2nd card for a backup server, the other two i'll probably just sell.

Care to part with one? I have two - one in my fileserver, one in my esxi server - would like another for my fileserver... I got mine at a decent price on eBay with the battery-backed cache a few years back. They're rockin' cards

[R31Nismoid]

$140 would sell em, they just need ram sticks which you can get off ebay for 10c lol

Just never got around to grabbing em yet.

Also need the SAS splitter cables, but they are cheap as fk too.

[bozodos]

that's fairly cheap given the price of a new RAID card, and damn I was hoping you were going to use the ICH so you could find out about things like sector aligning the drives lool.

do you cards have internal or external connectors? Most of the ones on Ebay appear to have external SCSI connecters rather than internal SAS/SATA connectors

[R31Nismoid]

Yeah man they aren't that expensive really. Awesome value. You just need to give them a fan on 5v (cable ties FTW) and then you are laughing. I didn't put a heatsink like other crazy mofo's and mine is fine.

The 5i thread from god

http://www.overclock.net/raid-controllers-software/359025-perc-5-i-raid-card-tips.html

It's all there. They are SAS to SATA - internal

[bozodos]

haha wonder if any of the old 2850's we have lying around have some of these cards bwahahahhaaha

[Mayuri Krab]

I'm going to upgrade my computer in a couple months, this is what I had in mind..

Thoughts? Comments?

(I already have an ATI 6970 video card, plus hard drives)

Which PC store is this from?

Also what is currently the best bang for buck video card for running current games @ 1900x1200 smoothly on high/max settings?