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Hard Drive Shopping

well, checking the finances, I might just get one and an external enclosure and use that to offload the junk from my server and use as the future back up. (still over budget, not counting the psu :roll:) btw, i have no problem running OpenSolaris as long as it can run Apache and torrentflux
- Teckno 187
- Post #11
- Aug 16, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Hard Drive Shopping

Does RAIDZ still require an extra drive just for parity (ie would I need 3 drives just to get 2 tbs) like raid 5? I admit thats a great deal, but 300 just on drives... I still need to buy a PSU to power the 9800GX2 I got for the new system. maybe just 2 and save for a backup solution
- Teckno 187
- Post #9
- Aug 16, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Hard Drive Shopping

Thanks for the reply, My current server is actually running Debian so it shouldn't be too big a switch to FreeBSD or maybe even OpenSolaris, I do really like the idea of ZFS, and RaidZ looks awesome. I understand the need for backups and was planing in getting an external drive down the...
- Teckno 187
- Post #7
- Aug 16, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Hard Drive Shopping

any reason not to go with this Rosewill RC-209 Its only 1.5Gb/s (not sata II) but I don't think ill get 3Gb/s anyway due to the pci bus. Sata II drives are backward compatible right?
- Teckno 187
- Post #5
- Aug 16, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Hard Drive Shopping

WD6400AAKS all round it looks like. thanks however, I was thinking more around $50-$60 for the raid card, what makes these "Media Patrol" functions so special? keep in mind my current server is and old Dell GX100 Celeron using an uber cheap IDE raid card (although its currently just using a...
- Teckno 187
- Post #4
- Aug 15, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Hard Drive Shopping

Im looking for drives for two boxes: 1. A nice Core 2 setup to replace my old AthlonXP box as my main system. Its mainly used for games and video encoding/DVD authoring. A single fast drive (but not stupidly expensive) I think would fit the bill. I'm thinking something like this Western...
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- Aug 15, 2008
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

Ahh heck with it, I think ill go retail, one less this to worry about. However, one thing im wondering about is how well would it do with older 4:3 low resolution games, I think I read somewhere that the 20WMGX2 has trouble with 4:3 ratios.
- Teckno 187
- Post #734
- Aug 2, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

The NEC 20WMGX2 looks great, however, any reasons not to get the $369.99 OEM open box one? Id rather not pay ~$100 for a fancy box
- Teckno 187
- Post #731
- Aug 2, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

My beloved CRT is starting to give up the ghost and I am looking to get (reluctantly) an LCD to replace it. The thing is that it seems that different LCD's are geared for different uses, office, multimedia, gaming, etc.. Heres a short list of the things I regularly use my computer for...
- Teckno 187
- Post #711
- Aug 1, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Samsung 971p A good multipurpose monitor?

*bump* Any input at all would be greatly appreciated.
- Teckno 187
- Post #2
- Feb 17, 2007
- Forum: Displays
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Samsung 971p A good multipurpose monitor?

Whats the general consensus on the Samsung 971p? My beloved CRT is starting to give up the ghost and I am looking to get (reluctantly) an LCD to replace it. The thing is that it seems that different LCDs are geared for different uses, office, multimedia, gaming, etc.. Heres a short list of...
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- Thread
- Feb 17, 2007
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Displays

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