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scotsdragon

scotsdragon

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Im hoping to be able to make a new media pc the old one is well old no usb3 support and only has sata 2 compatibility, I was thinking about something like

YOUR BASKET
3 x Western Digital Caviar Green 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD40EZRX) HDD £119.99 (£359.97)
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Desktop Kit - (MZ-7TE120KW) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-4 Quad Core 4300 3.80GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £71.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi Midi Tower German Edition Case - Black/Red/Gold £59.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £53.99
2 x Antec TrueQuiet 140 140mm Case Fan £12.98 (£25.96)
2 x Antec TrueQuiet 120 120mm Case Fan £7.99 (£15.98)
Total : £831.35 (includes shipping : £11.25).





I basically thought of something like this for storage capacity, raid ability and quiteness.

The ssd would be OS and then a few 4 tb's for raid 5 any better suggestions all opinions would be greatly appreciated :D (THANKS TO TED FOR THE CASE )
 
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But doesn't micro, mean that the amount of storage i can put in or upgrade to later will be reduced i have 3 tb worth of data now that will be tranfered over, i would obviously like to be able to do raid 5 for storage drives so ill need minium 4 HDD spaces one for OS 3 for raid 5.
 
ExRayTed said:
That case..

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Its not for looks mate its for HDD space, cooling and price if you can suggest better then please do so lol
 
i like the shinobi thanks ted, can anyone tell me if the 4tb drives are supported by this mobo? some reviews say yes some are not so sure so id rather ask :)
 
im thinking of buying the LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i kit Ocers sells to give me more raid capability/scalabity in the future.

Would I have any heat issue in the shinobi also are the lsi cards good/worth it ?
 
i thought pile driver had a inbuild gfx if not i have a 560ti 1gb kicking about i could use, the psu i would pick nearer the time of the build once i have everything finalized :)
 
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Every other website and thread say that raid cards can get hot and require a case with good airflow? as for onboard raid it may be cost affective but if I lose the board the raid is lost (I may be wrong why I ask advice) but if the card dies I can buy a new one and raid will be fine?

I was going to use an after market cool the 15 pound Rajeks is supposed to be nice
 
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