storage review normally stores some stats on failure rates of different drives...

this is the only site that i trust for fan reviews...so i'll wait till mike gets some figures together

never trust manufacturer specs.

it matters a fair bit to me... i've got a quie(ish) fiel server with 9 HDs in it... you can't hear the HD whine as the PSU runs a little hot and fast... but the PSU fan noise is actualyl a lot less annoying than the HDs...so i'm always in two minds whether to fix the airflow issue to cool it down...

http://www.modellersmate.co.uk/products.htm

i saw this for the uk which stocks evergreen sheets...

i think this is what i'm going to go for...will put pics up of my rig, once i'm ready...

generally this is not possible unless the raid chip supports it...i doubt it'd be readable by any SMART utility anyway... no idea why, but i've never seen it in my experience of raid setups... i use a server raid card from areca that has its own temp monitoring, but that doesn't link automatically w...

as an actual reccomendation try looking through the papst series...they can provide good airflow and ramp down nicely if you don't need the extra cfm....

also what res are you outputting to that HDTV?

looks sweet...

what hard drive config have you got...

strange choice from a silence perspective? (possibly...i've never used those drives...but the consensus seems to be WDs of Samsungs...i personally go for samsungs...very cool running...)

i keep reading rumours its about 6000 RPM...

i even saw a posting about people over-volting the drive to get more speed!

maybe that's the future for us silent freaks...undervolting out hard drives...

brilliant! thanks for all your advice!

...i think i'll hunt around for some styrene...as i'm planning on putting acoustic insulation on it, and i think the sturdyness would come in handy (as i'm planning making a large duct for my PSU

hi i was wonderign what people advised for ducting material...

any advice on what to get, and where to get it (i'm in the UK)

it's clearly aimed at a market which (on thw whole) is still under the impression that more RPMs are better (not this forum obviously) but have a look round some other computer hardware forums and see how many 15000RPM Hds you see bragged about with 2000W PSUs no doubt... so i think they thought the...

Firetech...can you post us your temps?

i was looking at it for my raid 6 array...but at the moment waaay too poor to spring for 8 of these... looks like its the way to go... storagereviews db ratings are nonsense (way too close)...but their subjective analysis seems pretty good + you can compare to the other drives... they seem to think ...

are the samsung / wd drives even available yet? has anyoen doen a comparison?

i heard they may be available in the states...i've seen pre-orders over here for some of the drives...

i'd love to know how they compared to a 501LJ of 5000AAKS

sorry what model number is that?

does it come in SATA?

i don't know if i'm just abusing my drives, but i will not buy a WD drive again... i have had 4 5000KS drives fail on me and so i moved to Samsung 501LJs (which are going ok so far) also does anyone know what's up with the temps on these drives? i have one 5000KS left and it idles around 50C (in a 4...

i guess the mini ninja takes care of my cpu heatsink issues... any ideas about the VGA card i mentioned? - EDIT: sorry just saw the thread posted above...looks like i'm good to go! anyone else got any cool suggestions for heatsinks / components (or one's that definitely don't fit) Do most people agr...

Hi i was just wondering if people could drop down compatible heatsinks / VGA cards

and incompatible ones too!

i was personally interested if the Thermalright 92mm tower fit or their brands of VGA coolers.

Also the MSI passive 2600XT?

anyone who has any thoughts on this i'd be most grateful....

maybe you should look at CD duplicator cases... will need some modding... if you find anythign better let us know...but i've been looking at doing something like that for ages... also if you're spending a fair amount on your raid card + 5* hotswap caddies you might want to look at an all-in one encl...

make sure you get a new 6600 at least...there's 10w TDP difference in the new stepping... i'm a bit unconvinced about the new intel chipset boards.. if you're going to stack it full of ram, i'd be tempted to go for a workstation class board HD...i'm leaning towards samsung these days... PSU Seasonic...

i second the hd comment...

WDs GP series looks interesting from both a silent and eco pc perspective....

if you want reliability i'd advise getting a pro-sumer one as the support is in a different class...

i've got a wireless gigabit router from linksys at the moment (though there was a an issue with whine from the hub - but i got a new one which didn't exhibit the problem)

ahh i'm in the uk

hi doesn't anyone know of anywhere i can buy sheets of air filter type material (which i can then cut to size)

i think you're airflow woud probably decrease... but the noise would decrease more rapidly... as a newcomer to this, i think you'd find either of those fan options fine (there really isn't much between them) i'd also recommend the scythe series as well. I used the D series with a fan controller that...

cycleback...for some reason i never saw your comment... i am loving my SR107...i'm using an ATX m/b at the moment...but as i'm using SATA the cable elnght and routing is no issue... i think it could get messy with IDE because of where the 120mm fans are (behind the HDs - not at the front of the case...

to be honest i'd go for a sonos for usability...although i have slim kit at home at the mo...it's a bit of a geek toy compared with the sonos... sonos also doesn't need a dedicated server...works fine off a nas... anyway..regarding the Sqeezebox..i find the interface pretty good on the units themsel...

i got a 7600gs model from xfx (for my server box) - works ok...

dual dvi (which is what i needed) but small heatsink / crap gpu so hopefully not pumping out too much heat into my case...

maximum length of a sata cable is 1m according to the spec...

esata should be 2m