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  • katzdvd
    Lord of Digital Video
    Lord of Digital Video
    • Feb 2006
    • 2198

    #31



    I was looking at cases w/ 5+ drive bays , several come w/ 80 - 120 mm fans (noisy ones?) & power supply.

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    • Chewy
      Super Moderator
      • Nov 2003
      • 18971

      #32
      4 external 5.25's should be enough, avoid the raidmax power supplys, they are trouble

      go for a decent no frills case with options for 2- 120 fans

      the video card will determine how much you need to spend on a power supply

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      • katzdvd
        Lord of Digital Video
        Lord of Digital Video
        • Feb 2006
        • 2198

        #33
        4 external 5.25's should be enough,
        I was considering putting 6 burners in this one. I know, 2 would be on a card, bad news! Guess I should probably rethink that...

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        • NightTran
          King of Digital Video
          King of Digital Video
          • Aug 2005
          • 4224

          #34
          I like internal burner if you can get the big case
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          • jm1647
            An Eagles Fan, A MenuShrinker
            • Apr 2005
            • 3661

            #35
            Originally Posted by Chewy
            any good cas 2 name brand memory will do

            course the best deals seem to stay out of stock
            @Chewy - How about 2 of these 512 MB ballictic Crucial 512MBhttp://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...7&sku=C19-4246 $100.97 shipped with no tax and no rebate. They only charge tax in FL, IL, and NC

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            • Chewy
              Super Moderator
              • Nov 2003
              • 18971

              #36
              jm,

              quality control on the ballistix is so good, you should be safe with 2 single
              sticks bought from same batch, that's what I did when I got my 256's for 26$
              each, the matched pairs were gone and they had been 100$ over a year ago

              I ended up testing 4 sets of ram in my box, my son has my 512's cas2(gamer)
              durn newegg warehouses I get hit too

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              • jm1647
                An Eagles Fan, A MenuShrinker
                • Apr 2005
                • 3661

                #37
                Originally Posted by Chewy
                jm,

                quality control on the ballistix is so good, you should be safe with 2 single
                sticks bought from same batch, that's what I did when I got my 256's for 26$
                each, the matched pairs were gone and they had been 100$ over a year ago

                I ended up testing 4 sets of ram in my box, my son has my 512's cas2(gamer)
                durn newegg warehouses I get hit too
                I seen they were not a kit so I figured I ask ya Thanks, I just ordered them

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                • doctorhardware
                  Lord of Digital Video
                  Lord of Digital Video
                  • Dec 2006
                  • 1907

                  #38
                  My son's fancy computer case sits on top of his desk. He also ha UV lights mounted inside of that case and the UV reactive round IDE cables.
                  Star Baby Girl, Born March,1997 Died June 30th 2007 6:35 PM.

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                  • katzdvd
                    Lord of Digital Video
                    Lord of Digital Video
                    • Feb 2006
                    • 2198

                    #39


                    11 DRIVE BAYS !!!! oHHH, Be still my beating heart!!!

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                    • doctorhardware
                      Lord of Digital Video
                      Lord of Digital Video
                      • Dec 2006
                      • 1907

                      #40
                      Must be a server case!
                      Star Baby Girl, Born March,1997 Died June 30th 2007 6:35 PM.

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                      • jm1647
                        An Eagles Fan, A MenuShrinker
                        • Apr 2005
                        • 3661

                        #41
                        Great picks for the CPU and MOBO Chewy

                        I got this email from Newegg

                        Thank you for shopping at Newegg!

                        We thought you'd like to know that your recent purchase contains one or
                        more items currently nominated for Newegg's Customer Choice Awards:

                        Newegg Sales Order Number: ---------
                        Sales Order Date: 2/8/2007 3:46:24 PM
                        Nominated Item(s) Purchased:
                        MB ASUS A8N5X NF4 939
                        CPU AMD|A64 4000+ 2.4G 939 1M 90N %

                        Nice picking Chewy, Thanks Again!!! Not one of them, but both are nominated for Newegg's Customer Choice Awards
                        Last edited by jm1647; 21 Feb 2007, 11:03 PM.

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                        • Chewy
                          Super Moderator
                          • Nov 2003
                          • 18971

                          #42
                          just a "bang for the buck" thing I have

                          I hope all goes well for both of you in this endeavor, building and loading your own computer is not the easiest thing to do

                          My son has been training for 6 years now but he still wanted me to help him do the OS/driver load

                          Damn technology keeps changing so fast

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                          • jm1647
                            An Eagles Fan, A MenuShrinker
                            • Apr 2005
                            • 3661

                            #43
                            Originally Posted by Chewy
                            just a "bang for the buck" thing I have

                            I hope all goes well for both of you in this endeavor, building and loading your own computer is not the easiest thing to do

                            My son has been training for 6 years now but he still wanted me to help him do the OS/driver load

                            Damn technology keeps changing so fast
                            Me too, with the bang for a buck thing. I guess the ice storm we had slowed things up a bit, I'm still waiting for the RAM and HSF and I gotta mod the case still. But we know where you are, if we need help

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                            • jm1647
                              An Eagles Fan, A MenuShrinker
                              • Apr 2005
                              • 3661

                              #44
                              @Chewy, The HSF and the Crucial Ballistix RAM came today in a box with a blue Crucial sticker on it sealing the box. The 2 512 sticks were standing up in a neat little cardboard holder. Pretty gold heat spreaders, the prettiest RAM I ever seen. I wonder if it was a matched pair? I put 'em in the blue slots in the MOBO.


                              I'm using an old, built like a tank, Gateway case with lots of room for 3 1/2" drives and 3 5 1/4" drive bays. I have just about everything in but the HSF (and what a monster it is ) after attacking the case with a Sawzall and a Dremel for the rear outputs and PSU I'm using one of them free Ultra V 500 Watt PSU from Frys.

                              This case has a Power Button, green LED and yellow LED but no reset button. No reset button, no big deal, I can always get a momentary contact switch to put in.

                              The 2 leads coming from the PB are blue and white/

                              The 2 leads coming from the Green LED are black and red

                              The 3 leads coming from the yellow LED are black, orange and green

                              They are all in a 14 pin plug I can't use, the Asus has 20 pins. I have 2, 3 and 4 pin plugs I was gonna splice/solder them to to connect to the Asus mobo.

                              I also have a lil 2" speaker I had laying around to use with a red and green wire.

                              I figured it this way but wanted to check with you and make sure

                              Looking at the front panel pinout of the Asus:

                              I figure PB (2 leads) blue and white to PWRSW

                              green LED (2 leads) red wire to PLED +, black wire to PLED -

                              yellow LED (3 leads) orange wire to IDE_LED +, black wire to IDE_LED -, green wire to a ground. Are all the pins not marked grounds or just the two that are marked ground near the speaker pins?

                              Red speaker wire to Speaker +5v and green to speaker

                              Asus pinout pic and description attached

                              Whatcha think and THANKS!!!
                              Attached Files

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                              • Chewy
                                Super Moderator
                                • Nov 2003
                                • 18971

                                #45
                                The 2 leads coming from the PB are blue and white/
                                was the old case an at or an atx

                                at uses an on off switch, atx just shorts the contacts momentaryily to turn on the switching power supply

                                at switch will not work

                                just make sure the plus on the led's is right

                                I just hook up the power led, not the sleep

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