basically this will be a media center pc which can be converted into a gaming comp for LAN parties by swapping in a graphics card from my main rig when needed, i have the RAM already so the spec will be:
ta!
basically this will be a media center pc which can be converted into a gaming comp for LAN parties by swapping in a graphics card from my main rig when needed, i have the RAM already so the spec will be:
ta!
VodkaOriginally Posted by Ephesians
*blinks*
You do know how big that CPU cooler is, right? Even if you could fit it in the case I'm not sure the airflow would be sufficient for it to run passively.
i do indeed done me research as far as that goes
VodkaOriginally Posted by Ephesians
im hoping the 3.5" cage bit is removable (i think it is) then i could put a super slow scythe on half of it at least.. but supposedly the front 120mm and psu fan do enough - some people have run it with a quad which i wont be doing but nice to know.
VodkaOriginally Posted by Ephesians
Personally I'd swap the hard drive for another make, I've seen to many hitachi travelstar's fail
Although that is the older pata ones and they may of improved.
If you can afford the extra £11 the 320gb WD Scorpio black
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/320-G...MB-Cache-12-ms
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I agree with Pob255, get a WD black drive, I have not bought another IBM/Hitachi drive since the DeathStar problems, I had 4 out of 4 drives I owned failed, both glass and metal patters. The Specs are nice on the Hitachi drives, however never again, definitively not in a non mirrored pair.
mm maybe, i was more getting the hitachi5400 to be quiet rather than money saving,
iv got a seagate 250gb 7200.4 single platter in my netbook and i would like something a bit quieter for this project, is the wd black better?
VodkaOriginally Posted by Ephesians
WD stuff is good, but...
Deathstar was quite a while ago now! They made a mistake, they found the mistake and fixed it (yes, I lost a Deathstar too).
I stopped buying IBM/Hitachi because after Deathstar their drives made a stupid noise like there was a cat trapped inside the drive. Their drives were rock solid, just annoying.
Just trying to add some balance
edit to add: For quiet, get a Samsung.
VodkaOriginally Posted by Ephesians
Ahh I was looking at performance not slience
And a draw at work with about seven 2.5" faulty travelstar drives in it. (I really should get around to scrapping thoes)
All of them are old PATA drives so it may of majorly changed just never trusted them enough to buy more hitachi.
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ill probably go for a black and cross my fingers methinks
big problem will be the revision of the 9300 boards scan have, might have to suck it and see so to speak
VodkaOriginally Posted by Ephesians
I'm using a couple of WD blacks in a file server and apart from a very faint ticking as the heads move, they are pretty quiet. Cetainly no vibration or roptational noise.
It was a toss up between the 500Gb blue and the 320Gb Black - I went for the black on performance grounds, although I suspect I probably wouldn't have noticed much difference in daily use.
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