drmaniac
07-15-2008, 05:15 PM
Hi,
so i get asked for in a other thread/pm to post a build log of my workstation,
well, ok I do ;)
lets go:
(please over-read my english language :rofl:)
Thats my workstation (just named BigBlack ;D) for a few months:
"old" Workstation with still actual Tripple Setup...
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_172.jpg
CHAOS :D may 2008 ;) ...Q6700 was incomming....
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_219.jpg
biggest changes are now...
Fight agains the sun (lol) a very special "Windows-Mod" :D :D
Bad Sun... If outside reaches 25 Grad Celsius,
I have inside 30... and if outside is 30 than inside 35... and now... ;)
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_229.jpg
Styropor is my Frend ;) but anyway the room is full of light if the sun is shining,
positiv: now i never need an sunglas to look on my screens again in summertime ;)
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_230.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_231.jpg
========
the HDDs...
2x500Gig are de-installed... 4x1TB comming home hehe...
(First time I buyed Samsung F1 1TB HDDs... they are DIED all together in one day!
much work and time loosed! So I send them back and buyes Seagate ES.2 that drives are fine)
German Thread about the Spinpoints
-Samsung Spinpoint F1: 6 Stück gekauft. Nach 2h: 1 Defekt, 3 Smart-Fehler = nie wieder
-http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=420714
Installing Seagate HDD RAID5
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_220.jpg
============
The SDDs....
I had to store the Drives anywhere...so...I choosed this storage devices
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_243.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_244.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_245.jpg
Size comparing... and who need gold and silver :D
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_251.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_252.jpg
=====
Look inside
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_254.jpg
HDD Raid and first look where to place the ssd storage
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_255.jpg
So..then... what controller should I use...
German Thread
- Welchen Raid-5 Controller für 8 SSDs. Areca ARC-1231ML oder Adaptec RAID 5805 / 51245
- http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/showthread.php?t=501358
I had tested three :
Adaptec Series 5 for 16 Drives, 1200 MHZ Dualcore CPU
Areca 1680ix-12 for 12 Drives, 1200 MHZ Dualcore CPU
Areca 1231ML for 12 Drives, 800 MHZ Dualcore CPU
=====
Controller Contest...
Hot... yes..mega HOT ;) lol
Adaptec Series 5 Controller...
but... :(
a) only passive cooled. Had 107grad C in IDLE(!!) HOTTT like helll
the specs told maximum is 45... and with the LiIo Battery still lower
In my eyes this is a BOMB and i dont understand why adaptec sell this controller
with only passive cooler! Ever see a laptop explode? Yea... Imagine now
my Workstation lol... ;) nono
b) the Adaptec performed very bad with SSDs. with Raid 0 and 8 SSDs only 400-450MB/S. Expected 960 ...
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_256.jpg
====
Areca 1680ix-12
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_121.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_122.jpg
German Thread, warning about the poor SSD Performance with the nextGen Controllers
-> http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/showthread.php?t=503891
-> Warnung: SSDs "Low" Speed mit Adaptec Series 5 und den neuen Areca 1680-X Controllern
Ther 1680 performed poor too, so...bye bye and hello to 1231 ML ;)
====
Now... Things are changing...
Meanwhile I saw...there is something wrong...
8 x MTron Pro 7000 Raid: only 500MB/S with Areca 1680ix and Areca 1231ML? + BIG Bench
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=193619
Ob Boy. My old Gigabyte board had 2x PCIe16 but the second one was only 4xelectrical...
and due I want still run my 3 monitors AND use an 8x controller, I needet an board with 3x16...
Gigabyte Board replaced to the Asus Board.
Q6700 replaced to QX9650 (due with the new Truecrypt 6.0 which scaled like HELL with more MHZ and cores...
I dont wanted that my cpu is the bottleneck now... ;))
So I also replaced my 8800 and 8600 again two GTX280
And my XFi Soundcard....to an Xfi Soundcard... ;) PCI out, PCIe Version IN
Areca 1231ML
(Funny Thing...replacing the 256MB Cache Modul to an 1GB or 2GB one pushed the Accesstime 10-40 times higher!)
8 x SSD im Raid 0 Controller with 2GB Cache instead 256MB 10 times higher Accestime??
http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/showthread.php?t=507705
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=194045
so...back to the original 256mb modul...
Now the controller get H2O ready :D
Areca 1231ML...low space.....
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_138.jpg
=====
Things comes to an End...
Asus Striker II Extreme Mainboard. Areca 1231ML space test
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_146.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08291/controller04196.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08291/controller03645.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08291/controller02208.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08291/controller01584.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08291/controller02208.jpg
Asus Board with Northbridge
Asus Northbridge
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_137.jpg
Thinking about the water lines...
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_161.jpg
One of the four OCZ DDR3 ones
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_148.jpg
========
GFX-Cards...
GTX280 comparing... small, cool, nice again big black Monster ;)
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_149.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_150.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_159.jpg
=========
Final Impressions
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08280/bigblack_01351.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08280/bigblack_05370.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08280/bigblack_06155.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08280/bigblack_03293.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08280/bigblack_04380.jpg
The End.
ok...maybe till Nehalem :D ;)
and...
=========
Size dont matter? ;D
I think I have now here the biggest "Case Fan"? ;D hihi
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_225.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_226.jpg
PS
You can see here a little low quality (sorry about my mobile-cam :))
video from me, SSD Desktop Speed Test...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZwvtQEMIvE
PPS: the WHOLE building of my workstation can be found here
http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/showthread.php?t=294845
.
so i get asked for in a other thread/pm to post a build log of my workstation,
well, ok I do ;)
lets go:
(please over-read my english language :rofl:)
Thats my workstation (just named BigBlack ;D) for a few months:
"old" Workstation with still actual Tripple Setup...
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_172.jpg
CHAOS :D may 2008 ;) ...Q6700 was incomming....
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_219.jpg
biggest changes are now...
Fight agains the sun (lol) a very special "Windows-Mod" :D :D
Bad Sun... If outside reaches 25 Grad Celsius,
I have inside 30... and if outside is 30 than inside 35... and now... ;)
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_229.jpg
Styropor is my Frend ;) but anyway the room is full of light if the sun is shining,
positiv: now i never need an sunglas to look on my screens again in summertime ;)
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_230.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_231.jpg
========
the HDDs...
2x500Gig are de-installed... 4x1TB comming home hehe...
(First time I buyed Samsung F1 1TB HDDs... they are DIED all together in one day!
much work and time loosed! So I send them back and buyes Seagate ES.2 that drives are fine)
German Thread about the Spinpoints
-Samsung Spinpoint F1: 6 Stück gekauft. Nach 2h: 1 Defekt, 3 Smart-Fehler = nie wieder
-http://www.forum-3dcenter.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=420714
Installing Seagate HDD RAID5
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_220.jpg
============
The SDDs....
I had to store the Drives anywhere...so...I choosed this storage devices
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_243.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_244.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_245.jpg
Size comparing... and who need gold and silver :D
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_251.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_252.jpg
=====
Look inside
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_254.jpg
HDD Raid and first look where to place the ssd storage
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_255.jpg
So..then... what controller should I use...
German Thread
- Welchen Raid-5 Controller für 8 SSDs. Areca ARC-1231ML oder Adaptec RAID 5805 / 51245
- http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/showthread.php?t=501358
I had tested three :
Adaptec Series 5 for 16 Drives, 1200 MHZ Dualcore CPU
Areca 1680ix-12 for 12 Drives, 1200 MHZ Dualcore CPU
Areca 1231ML for 12 Drives, 800 MHZ Dualcore CPU
=====
Controller Contest...
Hot... yes..mega HOT ;) lol
Adaptec Series 5 Controller...
but... :(
a) only passive cooled. Had 107grad C in IDLE(!!) HOTTT like helll
the specs told maximum is 45... and with the LiIo Battery still lower
In my eyes this is a BOMB and i dont understand why adaptec sell this controller
with only passive cooler! Ever see a laptop explode? Yea... Imagine now
my Workstation lol... ;) nono
b) the Adaptec performed very bad with SSDs. with Raid 0 and 8 SSDs only 400-450MB/S. Expected 960 ...
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_256.jpg
====
Areca 1680ix-12
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_121.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_122.jpg
German Thread, warning about the poor SSD Performance with the nextGen Controllers
-> http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/showthread.php?t=503891
-> Warnung: SSDs "Low" Speed mit Adaptec Series 5 und den neuen Areca 1680-X Controllern
Ther 1680 performed poor too, so...bye bye and hello to 1231 ML ;)
====
Now... Things are changing...
Meanwhile I saw...there is something wrong...
8 x MTron Pro 7000 Raid: only 500MB/S with Areca 1680ix and Areca 1231ML? + BIG Bench
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=193619
Ob Boy. My old Gigabyte board had 2x PCIe16 but the second one was only 4xelectrical...
and due I want still run my 3 monitors AND use an 8x controller, I needet an board with 3x16...
Gigabyte Board replaced to the Asus Board.
Q6700 replaced to QX9650 (due with the new Truecrypt 6.0 which scaled like HELL with more MHZ and cores...
I dont wanted that my cpu is the bottleneck now... ;))
So I also replaced my 8800 and 8600 again two GTX280
And my XFi Soundcard....to an Xfi Soundcard... ;) PCI out, PCIe Version IN
Areca 1231ML
(Funny Thing...replacing the 256MB Cache Modul to an 1GB or 2GB one pushed the Accesstime 10-40 times higher!)
8 x SSD im Raid 0 Controller with 2GB Cache instead 256MB 10 times higher Accestime??
http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/showthread.php?t=507705
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=194045
so...back to the original 256mb modul...
Now the controller get H2O ready :D
Areca 1231ML...low space.....
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_138.jpg
=====
Things comes to an End...
Asus Striker II Extreme Mainboard. Areca 1231ML space test
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_146.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08291/controller04196.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08291/controller03645.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08291/controller02208.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08291/controller01584.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08291/controller02208.jpg
Asus Board with Northbridge
Asus Northbridge
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_137.jpg
Thinking about the water lines...
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_161.jpg
One of the four OCZ DDR3 ones
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_148.jpg
========
GFX-Cards...
GTX280 comparing... small, cool, nice again big black Monster ;)
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_149.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_150.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_159.jpg
=========
Final Impressions
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08280/bigblack_01351.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08280/bigblack_05370.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08280/bigblack_06155.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08280/bigblack_03293.jpg
http://xs229.xs.to/xs229/08280/bigblack_04380.jpg
The End.
ok...maybe till Nehalem :D ;)
and...
=========
Size dont matter? ;D
I think I have now here the biggest "Case Fan"? ;D hihi
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_225.jpg
http://www.synthetical.de/pc/2008/IMAGE_226.jpg
PS
You can see here a little low quality (sorry about my mobile-cam :))
video from me, SSD Desktop Speed Test...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZwvtQEMIvE
PPS: the WHOLE building of my workstation can be found here
http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/showthread.php?t=294845
.