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by bobbyto
Tue Apr 12, 2011 4:09 am
Forum: Newcomers Briefing Room
Topic: Quiet PC Plan
Replies: 57
Views: 21970

Re: Quiet PC Plan

I have a similar configuration in an Antec Solo : Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 gigabyte EP45-ud4P Asus DirectCu 6850 Enermax Modu82+ 520w 1 OCZ vertex 2 120Gb 1 Samsung F3 1Tb 1 Samsung F2 1.5Tb (5400rpm) noctua NH-U12P 2xNoiseblocker SE2 92mm (4 years old) Antec Solo with 120mm tricool on Low I can confi...
by bobbyto
Thu Dec 23, 2010 1:49 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: AMD & Asus DirectCU Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Cards
Replies: 51
Views: 36628

Re: AMD & Asus DirectCU Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Cards

Hello, Just bought this Asus DirectCu after long reflexion : trade my Antec Solo for a new case in order to support longer,more powerful, and more expensive cards, or be reasonable and buy only this 6850 My pc : Core 2 QuadQ9550, Gigabyte P45 UD4, Enermax Modu 82+ 520, Noctua NH-U12P, Ocz vertex2, S...
by bobbyto
Wed Dec 15, 2010 7:22 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: AMD & Asus DirectCU Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Cards
Replies: 51
Views: 36628

Re: AMD & Asus DirectCU Radeon HD 6850 Graphics Cards

Yeah finally an interesting card to replace my aging Gainward 4850 GS : higher performance than the 4850, lower idle power consumption, nearly the same power consumption at load, silent and not too expensive (bought my 4850@140€).

And the most important : fits into my Antec Solo :twisted:
by bobbyto
Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:12 am
Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
Topic: Low-power Seedbox/File-Server/NAS?
Replies: 21
Views: 11485

If you want redundancy, mirror a couple of large disks. This is not 1990 so it's just insane IMO to do RAID5 any more. If I have terabyte or so of data, it's probably something that matters to me enough not to expose it to the dangers of RAID5. I've seen enough failures of RAID-5 arrays for one lif...