Recent content by BenLoomis

Can anyone think of a good motherboard that will support a 2.8E-775, PCI-E, DDR2, and also be able to fit in a MicroATX. I had the chip stable for a friend in a MSI board @3.5, now we have a chance to replace the motherboard and he wants a smaller case. I Would like to get the same overclock...

I have acquired 3 old Dells. Specs are as follows. GX240s 1.7 Ghz 128mb sdram no hard drives I was wondering if anyone can think of any reason to keep these machines? They would make great web browsers, but I don't really need another box for browsing. I will of course get more...

Cool Thanks for the input guys. It seems I will stick with the 512 I currently have.

I am currently building a file server. It will serve mostly multimedia files; basic streaming and disk image mounting. I am going to have either Linux or XP Server 2003, havent decided yet: That might change your opinion on your answer to my question. I am debating on how much memory to put...

Ghosting is a great idea. I am currently using 2 80gb hard drives in the machine as it is. They are not sata II, but I dont think that will make that much of a difference.

Thanks guys. Yeah I purchase most of my products through Newegg and I have noticed how the packaging has gotten cheaper and cheaper over the years. I have gotten products from ZipZoomFly, but I don't think they were HDs. So far it seems like I will keep my current build and purchase a...

Quote: Originally Posted by BenLoomis Now, what is the likelyhood of getting 6 hard drives all the same and all of them functioning? Nearly 100%, if you're buying new drives. I said that because almost everytime I buy drives in pairs, atleast one is DOA. One time I bought 2 80gigs...

ok, well I guess this post has gone south. I do understand everything you are saying. Seriously, if I had a natural disaster the only way I could keep my data would be to have it stored on a remote server somewhere. But to upload at 40-80k a sec would take a long time. (roughly 60-120 days)...

Thanks guys. I really didn't need to know all the backup solutions, since backing up 600 - 800 gigs of data on a weekly or even yearly basis would take way too long and I don't need that much security or backup for the information. I can always pull the info off my cds and dvds again...

Thanks for you input. I didn't think that the CPU would make a difference. For your input in the Hard disks, I am confused. The reason I want to put the disks in redundancy is for back up purposes, correct? That was my idea. I was only asking if raid 5 would be beneficial. If not then...

I am currently looking into building a file server for my network. I have been using multiple computers to store numerous files across my network for it's entire existance. When ever I try to condense them to one computer I come accross the same issues, space and of course the files always end...

Has anyone tired or know of anyone who has tried this trick with a PCI Express version? Would that even make a difference?