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May 27, 2011 at 10:00 AM Post #4,098 of 10,933
May 27, 2011 at 8:10 PM Post #4,101 of 10,933
 
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lazerboy2000 said:
They also have a 2TB external harddrive by Western Digital on sale for $79 this weekend. I've been needing a new external so I'll pick one up.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136471
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If it was FireWire I might have considered it but I don't like USB for storage. It's prone to issues, especially as you start using more and larger drives. I was actually considering using a USB JBOD box for my ZFS setup but the second I mentioned it everyone I was asking was telling me not to go anywhere near USB.
 
Too bad iMacs don't have eSATA.
 
May 27, 2011 at 8:46 PM Post #4,102 of 10,933
May 27, 2011 at 9:10 PM Post #4,103 of 10,933


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grokit said:
 
 
Thunderbolt!
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While a beautiful port, mine isn't being used yet at all - no gear for it.
 
I'd use Firewire right now to use external drives, it's a great port with predictable throughput that should last for a while. When Thunderbolt-enabled products show up, that's good and it's nice my Macbook Pro has the port, but it's not yet quite relevant IMO.
 
I should post my desk and setup once I have my new gear.
 
Edit: You know what, I'll post my setup as it was until yesterday and update (with some major changes too, I hope) what it's like when I get my new gear.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11612892/DSC00392.JPG
 
May 28, 2011 at 12:03 AM Post #4,104 of 10,933

 
Its only that clean because I just finished putting the desk together.
 
Specs:
Cooler Master HAF 922 case <--Highly recomended
Biostar ta790gx mobo
Phenom x3 Black cpu
ATI HD 4770 gpu (I think)
6gb of ram
2 -1tb Hdds
Thermaltake 750w PSU
X-fi USB sound card
BK ST-140 amp
Advent Speakers
 
 
I have a major case of upgrade-itis for the computer and the audio stuff. These are two hobbies that really don't go well together 
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May 28, 2011 at 12:14 AM Post #4,105 of 10,933
I actually bought an external enclosure a couple weeks ago...looking at the 2TB drive you speak of...I think anyway...man...really want some speakers though xD BUT I also really want some more storage...
 
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dfkt said:
Just get a $20 SATA dock cradle and a 2TB WD Green for $60... that's what I did for long-term storage. :wink:
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May 28, 2011 at 12:48 AM Post #4,106 of 10,933


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zarakisan said:
While a beautiful port, mine isn't being used yet at all - no gear for it.
 
I'd use Firewire right now to use external drives, it's a great port with predictable throughput that should last for a while. When Thunderbolt-enabled products show up, that's good and it's nice my Macbook Pro has the port, but it's not yet quite relevant IMO.
 
I should post my desk and setup once I have my new gear.
 
Edit: You know what, I'll post my setup as it was until yesterday and update (with some major changes too, I hope) what it's like when I get my new gear.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11612892/DSC00392.JPG
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WHAT STANDS ARE THOSE!?!
 
 
 
 
May 28, 2011 at 12:59 AM Post #4,107 of 10,933


Quote:
zarakisan said:
While a beautiful port, mine isn't being used yet at all - no gear for it.
 
I'd use Firewire right now to use external drives, it's a great port with predictable throughput that should last for a while. When Thunderbolt-enabled products show up, that's good and it's nice my Macbook Pro has the port, but it's not yet quite relevant IMO.
 
I should post my desk and setup once I have my new gear.
 
Edit: You know what, I'll post my setup as it was until yesterday and update (with some major changes too, I hope) what it's like when I get my new gear.
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I swear, I love the looks of the R3.
 
 
May 28, 2011 at 1:56 AM Post #4,108 of 10,933


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bobsayshi said:
I swear, I love the looks of the R3.  
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The P18X series made me turn to Fractal with their terrible silver front door. Seriously Antec. Even if Fractal is plasticky, the matching door looks so much better. I saw someone's black custom mod of their P182, and it's infinitely better looking, which they should have done in the first place.
 
May 28, 2011 at 2:36 AM Post #4,109 of 10,933
I probably have the best looking setup of all xD
 

 

 
I come more from a computer hardware enthusiast (overclocker) and PC gamer background though. This setup is concidered getting even a bit old for me, it's about 19 months! I often upgrade once a year or something, swap the CPU or GPU but yea I'll wait and see what happens with both the upcoming GPU 28nm offerings from AMD and NVIDIA as well as waiting to see what AMD's Bulldozer CPUs are about.
 
CPUs I've went through:
 
AMD K6-II 350 MHz (our first family comp),
AMD Duron 700 MHz,
AMD Athlon XP 1900+ 1.6 GHz,
AMD64 "San Diego" 3700+ 2.2GHz overclocked @ 2.7 GHz (my first completely own comp I bought myself in 2005)
AMD64 Opteron 165 1.8GHz overclocked @ 2.8GHz (my first dual core)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.8GHz overclocked @ 3.75GHz
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz overclocked @ 4.0GHz
Intel Core i7-860 2.8GHz overclocked @ 4.0GHz (first quad core)
 
Since 2005 I've been through 5 different CPUs. :p
 
GPUs (starting from 2005):
 
NVIDIA 6800 GT 256MB 
NVIDIA 7900GTO 512MB (GTX with only lower clock frequencies for half the price which I clocked to past GTX frequencies :p)
NVIDIA 8800 GT 512MB
NVIDIA GTX 260 SP216 896MB
NVIDIA GTX 280 1GB
NVIDIA GTX 460 Superclocked 1GB
(all GPUs were overclocked)
 
6 GPUs in 6 years.
 
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