Some of you may have seen (or contributed to) my original thread a little over a week ago. For those of you who missed it, here is the link http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1323037
Basically I needed a file server, so I ordered some parts, slapped them together and here are the final results.
This is still a work in progress, I am planning on adding more drives at some point, I still have some cable clean-up to do, and I want to pick up some quieter fans for it.
Specs:
Abit IP35 Pro
Celeron 430 Conroe-L
2gb A-Data DDR2 800
HIS Radeon x1550
4x Western Digital 640gb AAKS
1x Maxtor 80gb (Windows Home server)
1x Lite-On DVD/rw
EarthWatt 420 ew-420 Power supply
Windows Home Server
I have not finished transferring all my data yet, but once that is done the 2 500gb usb2.0 drives are getting added to the storage pool
Pics:
The 4x 640gb drives
Case all cleaned out
Hard Drives, PSU, fans and CD drive installed
Close up of HD's and sata / ide cables
Front shot
Side shot
Home server console screen shot... gotta love empty drives
Basically I needed a file server, so I ordered some parts, slapped them together and here are the final results.
This is still a work in progress, I am planning on adding more drives at some point, I still have some cable clean-up to do, and I want to pick up some quieter fans for it.
Specs:
Abit IP35 Pro
Celeron 430 Conroe-L
2gb A-Data DDR2 800
HIS Radeon x1550
4x Western Digital 640gb AAKS
1x Maxtor 80gb (Windows Home server)
1x Lite-On DVD/rw
EarthWatt 420 ew-420 Power supply
Windows Home Server
I have not finished transferring all my data yet, but once that is done the 2 500gb usb2.0 drives are getting added to the storage pool
Pics:
The 4x 640gb drives
Case all cleaned out
Hard Drives, PSU, fans and CD drive installed
Close up of HD's and sata / ide cables
Front shot
Side shot
Home server console screen shot... gotta love empty drives