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Recent content by EmergeTW

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    Motherboard and Proc choice

    I am thinking of either going with Choice A: Asus K8V SE Deluxe ( via ) w/ Athlon 64 3200 for ~$330 Choice B: Asus K8V E Deluxe ( Nforce3 ) w/ Althon 64 3200 ~$350 Choice C: Asus P5AD2 Premium w/ P4 3.4 ($motherboard + $455 proc) I am thinking either A or B since they are much...
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    Building a new box

    I am looking to build a new box and I am having a little trouble with finding a suitable motherboard, as after I figure that out getting the other equipment will be much easier. I am looking to get a motherboard that supports PCI Express, DDR2, AMD 64 proc's, and SATA. I have seen a couple...
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    Which external hard disk enclosure?

    After reading Ice Czar said, I am looking at getting a external drive with a 2.5" drive. I would like to get an 80 gig, however, the largest I seem to be able to find are 40 gig and they are around $400. Does this sound right to you guys?
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    Which external hard disk enclosure?

    Iomega makes there's so that it requires no powersupply. But those are overly expensive. It might just be that I will have to use one that requires a power plug, that would be alright if it is neccesary. As far as throughput I would be looking to dump a large amount of data at once onto the disk...
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    Which external hard disk enclosure?

    I am looking for an external hard disk enclosure and am having a hard time finding what I am looking for. I was wondering if any of you guys had suggestions of a model to look at with these specs: both firewire and usb2.0 support does not require an external power supply ( ie. it gets its...
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    3 3.5" hard disks in 2 5.25" bays

    Those/that doesnt look removable... thanks though
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    3 3.5" hard disks in 2 5.25" bays

    slight clarification. It held 3 hard disks in seperate removible trays in one unit that took up 2 5.25" slots. Actually just like this does... but he did not pay $174 for it. I think he paid like 40 or 50.
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    3 3.5" hard disks in 2 5.25" bays

    I was at a lan party once and saw a guy that had a removable drive tray that held 3 drives in 2 5.25" bays. Have any of you guys seen any of these on the web? I have been unable to find any. I have found several 4 drives in 3 bay units. But that will not fit my purposes as well. Thanks...
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    Car mp3/media player (Install Pending)

    Is that case welded shut? It sure looks that way
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    Case for raid 5

    I am getting a case for my server that I will ahve raid5 in with 6 IDE drives, ( 1 is the hot spare ). I want to have space on the front of the box for drive trays, either 6x5.25" or 6 3.5" so I can quickly swap them out. Preferably I would still like to have another 5.25 or two availible to put...
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    P4 3.2 w/ hyperthreading vs AMD 3200+

    Seeing as the search function is off, I cannot search for prior responses on this comparison. Up until tonight I was a huge advocate for the Athlon's but every benchmark I see except for AMD's themselves shows the P4 in the lead. Have I just been in a dream world on this? What do you guys...
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    $500 server

    Alright, it seems I am a bit to far behind to express exactly what I am looking for to recieve help from yall at the moment. Thank you for the replies though. I am going to just spend a couple days reading and catching up on some of the pluses and minus of different hardware then post a couple...
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    $500 server

    A complete system. However, if it need be I can do it in chuncks. And spend maybe close to $500 on just the 1st chunk. 1) Motherboard/CPU's, memory 2) hard disks/controller card 3) case At this point I think I have ditched the idea of amd64's. It looks like it is between dual Athlon XP's...
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    $500 server

    on pricewatch I can get a amd64/motherboard combo for 375, though I do not object to using a Athlon MP or XP. I just want the best for $500. Not $500 retail value, but $500 "holy crap that's a good deal" kind of $500.
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    $500 server

    I have not kept up with hardware as of late and I am looking to spend about $500 on a server. I am doing research but there is so much to catch up on. I was wondering if some of you could help guide me in the right direction on this purchase. I definately want to run raid5 I would prefer to...
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