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  1. 2.5 Is Good For Raid Setups by gasmonso · · Score: 3, Interesting · on 2.5" Drives On the Desktop

    You can pack quite a few 2.5" drives in a desktop to create some neat raid setups. An example would be http://www.maxpoint.com/home/products/perph/spec_p g/es-252/index.htm

    You can also find solutions that will hold several more drives. This could be usefull for small form factor setups that people (myself included) use for pvrs. Small, reliable, cool running.

    http://religiousfreaks.com/
  2. Re:Is there a laptop harddrive RAID array? by Mike+Quin · · Score: 4, Informative · on How Do You Use Your Spare Drive Bays?

    What, like One of these?

  3. Re:Air cooling is fine, until.... by cloudmaster · · Score: 1 · on Building a Silent, Air-Cooled System

    I just picked up an Enermax CS-718 case. The whole front is a giant vent, and there's a giant knowb on the front that'll adjust the speed of 4 fans (2 of those are the front and rear 120MM fans). There's a knob on teh power supply to adjust the speed, too, and the supply will magically bump the speed up if it gets too hot. The thing's pretty quiet, and the nifty wind tunnel thing (remember the two 120mm fans? The blow through a tunnel over the processors) keeps the system plenty cool.

    Also, it's about the nicest case design I've ever used - the drives all install with really nice rails, the edges are all round, and the case looks pretty neat. I recommend it (though, it costs $200 from newegg, and more elsewhere). I coudl do without the LED fans, and should probably replace the fans with some Vantec Stealths like I generally do, but it's just fine as-is for now.

  4. Re:Ummm... what about the HDs? by michrech · · Score: 1 · on 5 Simple Steps to a Quieter PC

    After less than 10 seconds of 'googling', I found: This.

  5. What about small drives for SOHO? by Speare · · Score: 1 · on Itty Bitty SCSI Hard Drive Arrives

    I'm more interested in larger capacity at home without having to think much about it. I like the idea of hot-pluggable RAID1 appliances. I've seen two models. Anyone have first-hand feedback on them?

    DynaBacker 2x2.5" RAID1 on FireWire/USB2

    MediaBank 2x3.5" RAID1 on FireWire

  6. Re:600W Enermax EG701P-VE SFMA by nmos · · Score: 1 · on Windows XP-64 Delayed Into 2005

    Unfortunately ATX12V and EPS12V are different animals. If you want to go with Enermax you'd probably want something like EG651AX-VH(W)FM.

    http://www.maxpoint.com/products/pow_supp/spec_pg/ 851ax/index.htm

    Check out the pictures of the plugs at the bottom of the page. In particular the main motherboard plug and "ATX12V" plug have additional pins.

    We used the Antec True Power 550EPS. Do yourself a favor and have a spare handy because we fried one during remodeling and no one in town had a replacement. Luckly I was able to move the hard drives etc. into another machine and keep going until a replacement PSU arrived.

  7. 600W Enermax EG701P-VE SFMA by mosel-saar-ruwer · · Score: 1 · on Windows XP-64 Delayed Into 2005

    They do require EPS12V PSUs and are physically fairly large but nothing unusual for a dual board.

    We were hoping to standardize on the Enermax 600W "Noisetaker":

    http://www.maxpoint.com/products/pow_supp/spec_pg/ 425sfma/index.htm
    It's supposed to be "Intel ATX12V Ver. 1.3", but I'll have to make sure that that's the same thing as "EPS12V".

    You know, in the good old days, it seemed like matching a power supply to a motherboard wasn't such a royal pain in the ass.