SWR Staff - Executive Evaders99 Posted January 11, 2008 SWR Staff - Executive Share Posted January 11, 2008 This is a thread to talk about your computer hardware and troubles... Like mine ------------------------ My own machine I used for Windows Home Server seems to have died. The P4 in it works fine in another system, but that one does not have all the ports to support my hard drives. My requirements for a motherboard - Has Windows Server 2003 drivers for Windows Home Server- Supports Pentium 4 LGA 775 (Core 2 Duo support is a plus)- Has TWO IDE slots (ala support for 4 ATA drives)- Has FOUR SATA slots (more is obviously a plus)- Integrated graphics is a plus- eSATA port is a plus Something that I can that is available at Newegg or Fry's is preferred... at a good price. Hard to search for one with the two IDE slots, but that's a requirement for me because I'm running 4x500 GB ATA drives. Any suggestions? Evaders99http://swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Webmasterhttp://swrebellion.com/images/banners/swcicuserbar.png Administrator Fighting is terrible, but not as terrible as losing the will to fight.- SW:Rebellion Network - Evaders Squadron Coding -The cake is a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisMiggell Posted January 12, 2008 Share Posted January 12, 2008 Not really. I'm surprisingly ignorant on such areas. I'm getting a friend to build me a pc. I have a budget of about £300, i suppose that works out as around, what, $750? Any suggestions on what i should do? Doesn't need anything too special, just to be able to run games decently. Elvismiggell. Strike me down and i will become more powerful than you can ever imagine... Nu kyr'adyc, shi taab'echaaj'la Not gone, merely marching far away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWR Staff - Executive Evaders99 Posted January 12, 2008 Author SWR Staff - Executive Share Posted January 12, 2008 TechReport's system guide is a good place to start - recommendations for any budget.http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/13660 You may not find the exact parts where you are (Newegg only ships in the US I believe), but you should be able to find something similar where you are. Evaders99http://swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Webmasterhttp://swrebellion.com/images/banners/swcicuserbar.png Administrator Fighting is terrible, but not as terrible as losing the will to fight.- SW:Rebellion Network - Evaders Squadron Coding -The cake is a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_La_forge Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I'm planning to buy a 8800 card early this year, but I'm not really sure WHEN.I've heard, that gpu prices will go down rather fast, because of some new models. Anyone has info on this? I'm also planning to replace it's cooler with this baby:Zalman VF1000 LEDhttp://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=289&code=013with this:http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=318&code=013 Pretty neat stuff. But I'm still not sure, when this should happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 As far as I know, Zalmann coolers are pretty good. But there´s one thing you got to keep in mind when changing the cooler, you will loose the guarantee. Who cares at all?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytos Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I'm planning to buy a 8800 card early this year, but I'm not really sure WHEN.I've heard, that gpu prices will go down rather fast, because of some new models. Anyone has info on this?That'd be the 8800 GT, which is pretty damn cheap and thought to get cheaper. It's also pretty damn good as a graphics card, and for the price you cant go wrong (from what I've read).I've got a review somewhere ...Ah, here. Also of note, is that there's a new 8800 ... GTS coming out ... at least I think its the GTS. It's one of nVidia's top of the line cards being re-released with the new GPU core of the GT. http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1778/reloadedbannerdu8.gifhttp://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1333/3dartistbanneranimationws1.gifhttp://img154.imageshack.us/img154/4026/rebellionbannerdi2.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad78 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I'm planning to buy a 8800 card early this year, but I'm not really sure WHEN.I've heard, that gpu prices will go down rather fast, because of some new models. Anyone has info on this? I'm also planning to replace it's cooler with this baby:Zalman VF1000 LEDhttp://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=289&code=013with this:http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=318&code=013 Pretty neat stuff. But I'm still not sure, when this should happenZalman are the best. But you have to be careful with changing the ventilator since it involves a great deal of fiddling about with the card itself. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Mad78/Palpycard.gifhttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Mad78/Spamkinguserbarcopy.jpgCLICK HERE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!Click here is you like Trance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 That´s easy. Just choose the cooler which fits to your card. Who cares at all?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_La_forge Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Nice little add-on for the PC gamers:http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/speakers_audio/home_pc_speakers/devices/3549&cl=us,en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JediIgor Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Hi guys, My roommate just got this for AMD Athlon X2 5000+MSI Motherboard2GB RAM DDR800 Seeing as how I read RSS feeds for FatWallet/SlickDeals and spent the last week also looking up benchmarks, prices, etc, I am have updated my information so I am pretty knowledgeable about all this. Evaders, what is your budget? ElvisMiggell, are you rebuilding a full PC from scratch? What parts are you keeping? You might be able to squeeze in the following into $750: AMD Athlon X2 5000+, 2GB DDR2 800, motherboard, PSU, case, 8800GT 512MB, 1x500GB SATA. Lord_La_forge, wait until the Nvidia 9800 GX2 card comes out (in about a month) !! The ATI 3870 X2 came out yesterday I think and so far it has beat all 8800 cards (it is $450) or tied in all benchmarks. When the 9800 GX2 comes out it is supposed to be even faster and also for $450, which means prices all around will have to go down. 8800GT is as low as $230 AR so it can only get lower. Krytos, I believe you are referring to the 9800 GX2. It is supposed to have two 8800GT cores on the same PCB. Some general notes:AMD Athlon X2 5000+ is only $99. It has the best bang for the buck out of any other CPUs out there. If you can spare more though, get the Core 2 Duo E8400, it's only $180, faster than any other CPU except Q9xxx series, and can be overclocked to 4GHz on air. Do not buy Quad core under any circumstances since they are way overpriced for their performance, unless you are planning to be running a server on your workstation (???). 500GB SATA harddrives are usually $100, rarely $90. 750GB SATA harddrives lowest I found was $150, usually $159. I got a 500GB SATA HDD from Fry's about 4 months ago for $100, so prices have not moved at all. I doubt they will either. DDR2 800 RAM is dirt cheap right now. 2x1GB is $25 AR easily on sites like NewEgg. I highly highly suggest buying up as much of this RAM as possible if you have DDR2. Unfortunately I only have 4 slots and already have 4x1GB RAM, so I can't get more (and 2x2GB RAM is far more expensive, close to $100 for a good brand, and OCZ sucks). Laptop DDR2 667 MHz is just as cheap, I've seen 2x2GB go for like $60. Now is a very good time to buy laptop RAM if your laptop can support more RAM (unfortunately my laptop is 1.5GB max and I already have 1.5GB). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWR Staff - Executive Evaders99 Posted January 30, 2008 Author SWR Staff - Executive Share Posted January 30, 2008 Well I bought whatever they had at Fry's. The only one they still sell with 2 IDE cables actually - the Asus P5N-E. It's an nForce 650i chipset (not the top 680i) that's pretty similar in design to my previous Asus nForce4 board. But I don't need top-of-the-line for my Windows Home Server machine. It's just a big box full of hard drives. I guess no harm showing this off...http://www.swrebellion.com/evaders99/whs.jpg It's stocked with 3 of those 750 GB WD drives from Newegg at $150. I got them over holiday deals (esp one with the Paypal 20% cashback for a day). If you're looking for a backup solution and have a free computer to spare (or just want to buy a prebuilt solution), Windows Home Server may be good for you. It's a kind-of software RAID 1 - file duplication on two seperate drives, but you can place any amount of hard drives in different capacities. Evaders99http://swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Webmasterhttp://swrebellion.com/images/banners/swcicuserbar.png Administrator Fighting is terrible, but not as terrible as losing the will to fight.- SW:Rebellion Network - Evaders Squadron Coding -The cake is a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JediIgor Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 That's a formidable server Evaders, any reason why you need so many hard drives? Also when you say software RAID 1, is it on the same computer or across many computers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWR Staff - Executive Evaders99 Posted January 30, 2008 Author SWR Staff - Executive Share Posted January 30, 2008 I have acquired a lot of stuff It has a backup of all my Windows machines and acts a media server for videos, music, and photos. It's all in one computer, so yea.. it's catastrophe if the system explodes or something. But its designed to handle the failure of one disk. Even if its the system disk, you can do a server reinstall and it will rebuild the entire database through the rest of the data on the other hard drives. The only thing is it is slow. Much slower than any hardware controller. But hardware controllers are expensive and not really expandable the way I'd want. (I have a mix of various sized drives in the system) Evaders99http://swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Webmasterhttp://swrebellion.com/images/banners/swcicuserbar.png Administrator Fighting is terrible, but not as terrible as losing the will to fight.- SW:Rebellion Network - Evaders Squadron Coding -The cake is a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_La_forge Posted February 1, 2008 Share Posted February 1, 2008 I have acquired a lot of stuff It has a backup of all my Windows machines and acts a media server for videos, music, and photos. It's all in one computer, so yea.. it's catastrophe if the system explodes or something. But its designed to handle the failure of one disk. Even if its the system disk, you can do a server reinstall and it will rebuild the entire database through the rest of the data on the other hard drives. The only thing is it is slow. Much slower than any hardware controller. But hardware controllers are expensive and not really expandable the way I'd want. (I have a mix of various sized drives in the system) Really impressive Evaders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWR Staff - Executive Evaders99 Posted February 1, 2008 Author SWR Staff - Executive Share Posted February 1, 2008 You don't want to know how many asian sitcoms there are ... Evaders99http://swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Webmasterhttp://swrebellion.com/images/banners/swcicuserbar.png Administrator Fighting is terrible, but not as terrible as losing the will to fight.- SW:Rebellion Network - Evaders Squadron Coding -The cake is a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadSamaritan Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 You don't want to know how many asian sitcoms there are ... Why is it when I read that, the first thing that popped into my mind was 'he downloads tentacle porn'? Because lord knows that is some funny stuff to watch. I once knew a great man. Nothing got to him, and he always smiled. May he forever rest in peace, knowing fully well that his freinds shall remember him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_La_forge Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/article.asp?CIID=103971 nv9 series arrived this week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad78 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Uhhhh! Me wantee. http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Mad78/Palpycard.gifhttp://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Mad78/Spamkinguserbarcopy.jpgCLICK HERE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!Click here is you like Trance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_La_forge Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Now I'm really confused. I want to buy a new card soon, but I don't really know which one!nv9600gt, nv9600gt top, hd 3870,hd 3870 oc nv 8800gt, nv8000gs or even some gts or 8800gt oc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWR Staff - Executive Evaders99 Posted March 7, 2008 Author SWR Staff - Executive Share Posted March 7, 2008 Really the AMD/ATI cards cannot match the Nvidia ones. TechReport recommends the 9600 GT, it is a midrange card that does well, built on the latest technology.http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/14225/2 The next higher choice would be the 8800 GT. It has the performance of the 8800 GTS 640MB at a cheaper price. http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/14225/4 In terms of specific variants, choose the best deal. If it is overclocked (OC I guess in your acronyms), then it may perform a little faster. But don't go and spend a lot for the extras. Evaders99http://swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Webmasterhttp://swrebellion.com/images/banners/swcicuserbar.png Administrator Fighting is terrible, but not as terrible as losing the will to fight.- SW:Rebellion Network - Evaders Squadron Coding -The cake is a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_La_forge Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Alright, thanks Evaders! I think I'll wait a bit longer. Right now, my vote goes for an Asus 9600GT TOP (factory OC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budious Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 My own machine I used for Windows Home Server seems to have died. Any suggestions? You're fortunate to have me then... among some in the WHS community I am considered a foremost expert on the subject. http://mswhs.com/2008/03/13/existing-connector-software-works-on-windows-xp-x64-sp2/ Readers leaving comments found that it also worked on Windows XP x64 SP2 also. One by the name of budious said: …to my surprise, found that it detected the computer on the network as “Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition” and allowed me to perform a backup. With current patches available through Windows Update, it does appear the current version of Connector software is compatible with XP x64 using this installation command. My suggestion, any POS will do so long as it only has one hard drive... running more than one (I am and don't follow my own advice) can be a catalyst for data corruption until the drive extender software is updated at Power Pack 1 release. "In the future it will become easier for old negatives to become lost and be 'replaced' by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten." - George Lucas, 1988. [u.S. Congressional hearing testimony on film preservation.] My old Rebellion site (very web 1.0) - Bud's Korner and Rebellion Strategy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWR Staff - Executive Evaders99 Posted April 18, 2008 Author SWR Staff - Executive Share Posted April 18, 2008 I did see that post, didn't notice it was the same budious I got a new motherboard, so all is well. WHS is doing well with almost 5 TB of storage Evaders99http://swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Webmasterhttp://swrebellion.com/images/banners/swcicuserbar.png Administrator Fighting is terrible, but not as terrible as losing the will to fight.- SW:Rebellion Network - Evaders Squadron Coding -The cake is a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budious Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 5TB I need to find some new work so I can get some more drives... I'm running 2x 500GB IDE and 2x 74GB SATA Raptors in my WHS ... though 1.1TB is about plenty for my own storage needs; but I won't be judgmental about the porn stock of others "In the future it will become easier for old negatives to become lost and be 'replaced' by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten." - George Lucas, 1988. [u.S. Congressional hearing testimony on film preservation.] My old Rebellion site (very web 1.0) - Bud's Korner and Rebellion Strategy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWR Staff - Executive Evaders99 Posted April 18, 2008 Author SWR Staff - Executive Share Posted April 18, 2008 This backplane... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817995001Plus a bunch of these hard drives... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152100Gotta love Newegg Evaders99http://swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Webmasterhttp://swrebellion.com/images/banners/swcicuserbar.png Administrator Fighting is terrible, but not as terrible as losing the will to fight.- SW:Rebellion Network - Evaders Squadron Coding -The cake is a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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