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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.

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 :D

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.

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 :D

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!

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 :)

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

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 ;)

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

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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?

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