Fantastic looking build.
I noticed from your parts list that you set up your OS using two 150 Raptors in a RAID 0.
It's up to you, but that's a pretty risky way to go IMO.
Very nice build out on this machine. Congrats!
Fantastic looking build.
I noticed from your parts list that you set up your OS using two 150 Raptors in a RAID 0.
It's up to you, but that's a pretty risky way to go IMO.
Very nice build out on this machine. Congrats!
Its fine, I have been using a similar RAID0 setup going on 3 years now and have never had a problem with it. User Data, Program Installs, and Game images are all on separate Hard drives. I also have a backup image for the OS using Achronis. If anything ever did go wrong with the RAID, I would just replace the damaged drive and reinstall the image to be up and running again in less than 30 min.
RAID0 can be risky, but I have taken appropriate measures to safeguard my data. Plus the speed benefits of two Velociraptor drives in RAID0 outweigh the possibility of an error. Like I said, 3 years now using speedy Raptors and now even faster Velociraptors in RAID0, no problems to date.
Project Turambar: Corsair Obsidian 800D Liquid Cooled Dual Loop System
Corsair 800D ~ EVGA X58 Classified W/C EK-FB EVGA X58 Full Board Block ~ Intel i7 Core 970 @ 4.2Ghz W/C Swiftech APOGEE-XT Extreme
12GB Corsair Dominator @ 1600MHz ~ Corsiar HX1000 ~ EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper (x2) SLI ~ EVGA 9800GT (PhysX)
SSD(OS) Intel X-25m 160GB ~ HDD(User Files) Segate 500GB ~ HDD(Game Installs) Samsung Spinpoint F4 1TB ~ HDD(Storage) Seagate 2TB
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty ~ Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ~ Dell Ultrasharp [ 20"][ 24"][ 20" ]
You do know you just doomed yourself right? =)
J/K
Gratz again on the nice rig.
just hack the os to allow you to do RAID5
--j
I've been doing the same thing with my Western Digital black edition 640's. So far everything's been quite speedy and quite stable. All the important stuff is backed up on the server, just in case.
Although I need to quit being lame and do two things:
1. Install my real copy of Windows 7 Ultimate
2. Move all the innards into my new 800D that's been sitting here for weeks...
Workstation/Playstation: i7 920 D0 @ 3.8, TRUE, EVGA x58, BFG GTX 295, WD 640x2 in RAID 0, 12GB OCZ DDR3, ATCS 840, Dell 24" & Samsung 19", Razer Lycosa and Logitech G9r, HTO Striker, Windows 7 Ult. 64, Antec TruePower 1000w.
Wife's Computer: E4500 @ 3.0GHz on 1.36v, Rocketfish CPU Cooler, Foxconn, 4GB Corsair, Sea 250, Antec Sonata w/500w, ATI 2400, 17" Samsung, Vista Ult. 32.
HTPC: X2 2400BE, 500GB + 750GB + 80GB, ATI 3450 Hybrid CF w/Asus 780G, 4GB A-Data 800MHz DDR2, 32" Westinghouse, XBOX 360 HDDVD (w/o xbox), Aver DTV Tuner, Huappage DTV tuner, Windows 7 32 bit.
PDAs: iPod Touch 16GB and Samsung Omnia
See my work log here: PROJECT ATCS 840
I am getting sick of waiting for the GT300 (Fermi) cards to at least get officially announced.
Hopefully by CES we will have a better idea of an actual release date so I can buy two EVGA 380GTX (or whatever they call them), get their waterblocks, and be able to finally finish my build.
Project Turambar: Corsair Obsidian 800D Liquid Cooled Dual Loop System
Corsair 800D ~ EVGA X58 Classified W/C EK-FB EVGA X58 Full Board Block ~ Intel i7 Core 970 @ 4.2Ghz W/C Swiftech APOGEE-XT Extreme
12GB Corsair Dominator @ 1600MHz ~ Corsiar HX1000 ~ EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper (x2) SLI ~ EVGA 9800GT (PhysX)
SSD(OS) Intel X-25m 160GB ~ HDD(User Files) Segate 500GB ~ HDD(Game Installs) Samsung Spinpoint F4 1TB ~ HDD(Storage) Seagate 2TB
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty ~ Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ~ Dell Ultrasharp [ 20"][ 24"][ 20" ]
My Scythe Kaze Server fan controller just died on me. Only 1 of the 4 fan controllers is working. Currently bypassing the controller and running all the fans at their max rpm, and I am not liking how loud it is. Temps are great though!
I'm gonna head to MicroCenter this weekend and swap the Kaze Server out for a new one.
On a different note... anyone else anxious to see some specs on the Nvidia Fermi cards, and maybe even a release date at CES?
Project Turambar: Corsair Obsidian 800D Liquid Cooled Dual Loop System
Corsair 800D ~ EVGA X58 Classified W/C EK-FB EVGA X58 Full Board Block ~ Intel i7 Core 970 @ 4.2Ghz W/C Swiftech APOGEE-XT Extreme
12GB Corsair Dominator @ 1600MHz ~ Corsiar HX1000 ~ EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper (x2) SLI ~ EVGA 9800GT (PhysX)
SSD(OS) Intel X-25m 160GB ~ HDD(User Files) Segate 500GB ~ HDD(Game Installs) Samsung Spinpoint F4 1TB ~ HDD(Storage) Seagate 2TB
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty ~ Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ~ Dell Ultrasharp [ 20"][ 24"][ 20" ]
Sorry about your fan controller - was hoping the server model was more robust than the regular Kaze Master.
Yep - looking forward to seeing what might come out of CES.
Well, we at least know the card is real now. Check out the link below for more info:
NVIDIA Shows off GF100 at CES 2010
Looks like the single GPU variant uses a 6-pin and an 8-pin. They have it running the Haven DX11 Benchmark, but what I really want see is some 3DMark numbers or something similar.
Hopefully we can get more details at Nvidia's Editor's Day in Las Vegas right after CES 2010. Specs and benchmarks would be nice, along with a release date.
Project Turambar: Corsair Obsidian 800D Liquid Cooled Dual Loop System
Corsair 800D ~ EVGA X58 Classified W/C EK-FB EVGA X58 Full Board Block ~ Intel i7 Core 970 @ 4.2Ghz W/C Swiftech APOGEE-XT Extreme
12GB Corsair Dominator @ 1600MHz ~ Corsiar HX1000 ~ EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper (x2) SLI ~ EVGA 9800GT (PhysX)
SSD(OS) Intel X-25m 160GB ~ HDD(User Files) Segate 500GB ~ HDD(Game Installs) Samsung Spinpoint F4 1TB ~ HDD(Storage) Seagate 2TB
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty ~ Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ~ Dell Ultrasharp [ 20"][ 24"][ 20" ]
I'm ready for the release dates, prices, and availability numbers. My new build hinges on these new cards - my 8800GTX is starting to show it's age
You know, x58 supports ATI cards too .... :P
Workstation/Playstation: i7 920 D0 @ 3.8, TRUE, EVGA x58, BFG GTX 295, WD 640x2 in RAID 0, 12GB OCZ DDR3, ATCS 840, Dell 24" & Samsung 19", Razer Lycosa and Logitech G9r, HTO Striker, Windows 7 Ult. 64, Antec TruePower 1000w.
Wife's Computer: E4500 @ 3.0GHz on 1.36v, Rocketfish CPU Cooler, Foxconn, 4GB Corsair, Sea 250, Antec Sonata w/500w, ATI 2400, 17" Samsung, Vista Ult. 32.
HTPC: X2 2400BE, 500GB + 750GB + 80GB, ATI 3450 Hybrid CF w/Asus 780G, 4GB A-Data 800MHz DDR2, 32" Westinghouse, XBOX 360 HDDVD (w/o xbox), Aver DTV Tuner, Huappage DTV tuner, Windows 7 32 bit.
PDAs: iPod Touch 16GB and Samsung Omnia
See my work log here: PROJECT ATCS 840
PDXLan attendee 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,10.5,11,12,12.5,13,14,14.5,15 ,(16),(16.5) - Ad Infinitum
Heatware is nlancaster - http://heatware.com/eval.php?id=50777
Project Turambar: Corsair Obsidian 800D Liquid Cooled Dual Loop System
Corsair 800D ~ EVGA X58 Classified W/C EK-FB EVGA X58 Full Board Block ~ Intel i7 Core 970 @ 4.2Ghz W/C Swiftech APOGEE-XT Extreme
12GB Corsair Dominator @ 1600MHz ~ Corsiar HX1000 ~ EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper (x2) SLI ~ EVGA 9800GT (PhysX)
SSD(OS) Intel X-25m 160GB ~ HDD(User Files) Segate 500GB ~ HDD(Game Installs) Samsung Spinpoint F4 1TB ~ HDD(Storage) Seagate 2TB
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty ~ Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ~ Dell Ultrasharp [ 20"][ 24"][ 20" ]
You are such a fanboi....
As for ATI not supporting their cards .... It went through FOUR GTX 295's before I finally got one that works properly. Each time, the manufacturer's service was good, but they were also stumped as to what was happening. They honored their warranty very well, however, and each time they were able to verify that the hardware was indeed defective.
I am still proud to have it in my rig. And it took almost a year for ATI to come out with anything faster, so I'm not bashing nVidia, but I've built dozens of builds in just the last two years, many with ATI dedicated cards, nVidia dedicated cards, and various integrated solutions. Honestly, graphics have ALWAYS been the least of my worries, and continue to be that way. The only recent problem I've had with ATI was with a 4850 I sold to a friend, and it took about 30 seconds to employ the easy "fan speed fix" (something I've had to do with nVidia cards before in similar fashion). Perhaps my luck is just wonderful, but I have always felt like I've received excellent support and compatibility updates from both parties over the years. Sometimes proper updates have taken longer than I'd like, but neither party has ever disappointed noticeably more than the other.
Perhaps your ATI experience has not been as positive, but that doesn't mean that ATI never supports what they release. A blanket statement like that based on your experience alone is not representative of the whole situation.
You can find bashers on both sides, though.
Lol.
Workstation/Playstation: i7 920 D0 @ 3.8, TRUE, EVGA x58, BFG GTX 295, WD 640x2 in RAID 0, 12GB OCZ DDR3, ATCS 840, Dell 24" & Samsung 19", Razer Lycosa and Logitech G9r, HTO Striker, Windows 7 Ult. 64, Antec TruePower 1000w.
Wife's Computer: E4500 @ 3.0GHz on 1.36v, Rocketfish CPU Cooler, Foxconn, 4GB Corsair, Sea 250, Antec Sonata w/500w, ATI 2400, 17" Samsung, Vista Ult. 32.
HTPC: X2 2400BE, 500GB + 750GB + 80GB, ATI 3450 Hybrid CF w/Asus 780G, 4GB A-Data 800MHz DDR2, 32" Westinghouse, XBOX 360 HDDVD (w/o xbox), Aver DTV Tuner, Huappage DTV tuner, Windows 7 32 bit.
PDAs: iPod Touch 16GB and Samsung Omnia
See my work log here: PROJECT ATCS 840
Project Turambar: Corsair Obsidian 800D Liquid Cooled Dual Loop System
Corsair 800D ~ EVGA X58 Classified W/C EK-FB EVGA X58 Full Board Block ~ Intel i7 Core 970 @ 4.2Ghz W/C Swiftech APOGEE-XT Extreme
12GB Corsair Dominator @ 1600MHz ~ Corsiar HX1000 ~ EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper (x2) SLI ~ EVGA 9800GT (PhysX)
SSD(OS) Intel X-25m 160GB ~ HDD(User Files) Segate 500GB ~ HDD(Game Installs) Samsung Spinpoint F4 1TB ~ HDD(Storage) Seagate 2TB
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty ~ Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ~ Dell Ultrasharp [ 20"][ 24"][ 20" ]
Workstation/Playstation: i7 920 D0 @ 3.8, TRUE, EVGA x58, BFG GTX 295, WD 640x2 in RAID 0, 12GB OCZ DDR3, ATCS 840, Dell 24" & Samsung 19", Razer Lycosa and Logitech G9r, HTO Striker, Windows 7 Ult. 64, Antec TruePower 1000w.
Wife's Computer: E4500 @ 3.0GHz on 1.36v, Rocketfish CPU Cooler, Foxconn, 4GB Corsair, Sea 250, Antec Sonata w/500w, ATI 2400, 17" Samsung, Vista Ult. 32.
HTPC: X2 2400BE, 500GB + 750GB + 80GB, ATI 3450 Hybrid CF w/Asus 780G, 4GB A-Data 800MHz DDR2, 32" Westinghouse, XBOX 360 HDDVD (w/o xbox), Aver DTV Tuner, Huappage DTV tuner, Windows 7 32 bit.
PDAs: iPod Touch 16GB and Samsung Omnia
See my work log here: PROJECT ATCS 840
Ok. I have been adding a few things here and there to my build, but have been really lazy about posting the updates. Nothing major, but updates none the less. For a full update and more pictures, head to post number #22
- New Intel X-25m 160GB SSD
- New EVGA USB 3.0 PCIe Card
- New XSPC Acrylic Dual 5.25in. Reservoir for Two Pumps
- New Scythe Kaze Master Pro 5.25" Fan Controller
- Added a few heat sinks to varoius "hot-spots" on the motherboard
- Added 4 Koolance QDCs (Quick Disconnects) to my loops. Makes draining and refilling a breeze.
Here is a preview of the new set up with the QDCs installed.
I just looks a bit cleaner, and as I stated before, its much easier to drain, clean, and refill now.
The next thing I want to do is finally get an SLI or Crossfire set up going. I have been "ready" to do it a few times now, but keep getting cold feet because of rumors of new hardware and such. I know that by playing that game, I will always be waiting for the next best thing, but I am for sure going to pull the trigger after these new 6000 series AMD (it still doesn't' seem right to call them AMD...) card are supposedly released in October.
I don't know if I will do an AMD Crossfire setup, depends on how the new cards perform. If nothing else they will bring down the price of the GTX 480
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Project Turambar: Corsair Obsidian 800D Liquid Cooled Dual Loop System
Corsair 800D ~ EVGA X58 Classified W/C EK-FB EVGA X58 Full Board Block ~ Intel i7 Core 970 @ 4.2Ghz W/C Swiftech APOGEE-XT Extreme
12GB Corsair Dominator @ 1600MHz ~ Corsiar HX1000 ~ EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper (x2) SLI ~ EVGA 9800GT (PhysX)
SSD(OS) Intel X-25m 160GB ~ HDD(User Files) Segate 500GB ~ HDD(Game Installs) Samsung Spinpoint F4 1TB ~ HDD(Storage) Seagate 2TB
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty ~ Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ~ Dell Ultrasharp [ 20"][ 24"][ 20" ]
Usually T-lines put me off a bit... yours looks so natural and great together like that!
Signatures make my posts look huge... but I'm not humble enough to completely remove my signature, so I kept this note explaining it.
Patiently waiting for the EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Coppers to be back in stock in EVGA's online store. Getting two for SLI, and my i7-970 should be in next week as well. Finally going to finish my build.
Project Turambar: Corsair Obsidian 800D Liquid Cooled Dual Loop System
Corsair 800D ~ EVGA X58 Classified W/C EK-FB EVGA X58 Full Board Block ~ Intel i7 Core 970 @ 4.2Ghz W/C Swiftech APOGEE-XT Extreme
12GB Corsair Dominator @ 1600MHz ~ Corsiar HX1000 ~ EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper (x2) SLI ~ EVGA 9800GT (PhysX)
SSD(OS) Intel X-25m 160GB ~ HDD(User Files) Segate 500GB ~ HDD(Game Installs) Samsung Spinpoint F4 1TB ~ HDD(Storage) Seagate 2TB
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty ~ Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ~ Dell Ultrasharp [ 20"][ 24"][ 20" ]
Impressive system.
Outstanding home office / study
Overall I was pretty happy with the PrimoChill liquid, but after a while I did start to notice some build up. It wasn't anything major, more like the residue you get if you have hard water in a home. Nothing near the levels that would clog someting up, but enough to make me try something else. Now using Feser One, and so far so good after about 6 months.
Just ordered some more to change out the fluids when I add my 580s and new i7-970 to the build this week. I will let you know how it looks once I drain it.
Project Turambar: Corsair Obsidian 800D Liquid Cooled Dual Loop System
Corsair 800D ~ EVGA X58 Classified W/C EK-FB EVGA X58 Full Board Block ~ Intel i7 Core 970 @ 4.2Ghz W/C Swiftech APOGEE-XT Extreme
12GB Corsair Dominator @ 1600MHz ~ Corsiar HX1000 ~ EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper (x2) SLI ~ EVGA 9800GT (PhysX)
SSD(OS) Intel X-25m 160GB ~ HDD(User Files) Segate 500GB ~ HDD(Game Installs) Samsung Spinpoint F4 1TB ~ HDD(Storage) Seagate 2TB
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty ~ Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ~ Dell Ultrasharp [ 20"][ 24"][ 20" ]
Well I have Great news, good news, and bad news.
The Great news is that my Hydro Coppers came in today!!
The Good news is that I got a shipping notification that my Intel i7-970 is on its way...
The Bad news is that is is shipping from China and won't be here til Monday.
Looks like I won't be upgrading anything this weekend Hopefully I can do it Monday or Tuesday night. Depends on work, and how much time I can sneak away from the wife and kids.
Project Turambar: Corsair Obsidian 800D Liquid Cooled Dual Loop System
Corsair 800D ~ EVGA X58 Classified W/C EK-FB EVGA X58 Full Board Block ~ Intel i7 Core 970 @ 4.2Ghz W/C Swiftech APOGEE-XT Extreme
12GB Corsair Dominator @ 1600MHz ~ Corsiar HX1000 ~ EVGA GTX 580 Hydro Copper (x2) SLI ~ EVGA 9800GT (PhysX)
SSD(OS) Intel X-25m 160GB ~ HDD(User Files) Segate 500GB ~ HDD(Game Installs) Samsung Spinpoint F4 1TB ~ HDD(Storage) Seagate 2TB
Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty ~ Windows 7 Ultimate x64 ~ Dell Ultrasharp [ 20"][ 24"][ 20" ]
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