Chillin
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Schwenksville, PA
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Re: Rate My Build. Making any mistakes?
said by asdfdfdfdfdfdfdf :
Ideally you should use all 8 pins of the aux 12v connector.
If it is running stable you could just leave well enough alone. It should be ok.
I will plug it in on next reboot then. Thanks!
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asdfdfdfdfdfdfdf
@Level3.net | reply to Chillin
Ideally you should use all 8 pins of the aux 12v connector.
If it is running stable you could just leave well enough alone. It should be ok. |
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Chillin
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said by Shado1  :Look at page 2-36 in your motherboard manual. Yes I had read that, but it reads like bad stereo instructions to me. I am sorry for the noobie question. Do I connect just 1 or 2? I have a 650w power supply that has both plugs. Currently running just one of them.
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Shado1
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Saint Louis, MO | reply to Chillin
Look at page 2-36 in your motherboard manual. |
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Chillin
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Question.... I noticed my motherboard has the 8 pin (2 x 4 pin) plug for the power supply. Most boards you just use 1 4 pin? The board shipped with the second set of 4 pins covered so I just used 1 of the 4 pins. My power supply does have a plug for both.. should I be using both?
Its running fine right now with one set plugged in.
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Chillin
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I run 2 back ups actually. I have a 1tb external that copies my "data". I have a HP Media Smart server with 2.5tb copying the whole PC also. Both of these happen daily.
Still not sure ill try the raid out. Maybe on my next format.
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VegasMan
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join:2002-11-17
Schaumburg, IL
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said by sdgthy :said by Chillin :Pros/Cons of each way? Pro: Might be faster, depends on the controller. Con: Double the likelihood a drive failure will take out the partition. Yeah that is a con but with all of the drive space he has on other drives it only makes sense that he be running a back-up plan.
If I was running RAID I would always have a full back-up and keep it up to date weekly.
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sdgthy
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said by Chillin :Pros/Cons of each way? Pro: Might be faster, depends on the controller.
Con: Double the likelihood a drive failure will take out the partition. |
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VegasMan
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2 edits | reply to Chillin
Ghost over to your 1TB drive include MBR and then re-image after you setup the two Raptors as Raid.
You will need to setup your BIOS to show it which drives you are using as RAID and what configuration you are using RAID 0.
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Chillin
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said by VegasMan :said by Chillin :said by jouno53 :If you haven't already RAID 0 the raptors and you're looking at some crazy speed. Ive never played any with RAID... so probably above my head. What kind of speed increase would I see? To late now to do it probably since computer is already done? Speed on load will fly. It shouldn't be hard to do now just create an image of your current HD and then just setup the two raptors as raid and then flash the image on to them. Depending on how much space you system takes now shouldn't take more than an hour to do. Sounds easy enough. One of the Raptors is already the OS drive.
How would I "flash the image" to the other one? Ghost? Then what? is this something set up in the bios or do I need a standalone controler or software or what? Pros/Cons of each way?
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jouno53
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said by VegasMan :said by Chillin :said by jouno53 :If you haven't already RAID 0 the raptors and you're looking at some crazy speed. Ive never played any with RAID... so probably above my head. What kind of speed increase would I see? To late now to do it probably since computer is already done? Speed on load will fly. It shouldn't be hard to do now just create an image of your current HD and then just setup the two raptors as raid and then flash the image on to them. Depending on how much space you system takes now shouldn't take more than an hour to do. ^This - he explained it better than I could have
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said by Chillin :said by jouno53 :If you haven't already RAID 0 the raptors and you're looking at some crazy speed. Ive never played any with RAID... so probably above my head. What kind of speed increase would I see? To late now to do it probably since computer is already done? Speed on load will fly. It shouldn't be hard to do now just create an image of your current HD and then just setup the two raptors as raid and then flash the image on to them. Depending on how much space you system takes now shouldn't take more than an hour to do.
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Chillin
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said by jouno53 :If you haven't already RAID 0 the raptors and you're looking at some crazy speed. Ive never played any with RAID... so probably above my head.
What kind of speed increase would I see? To late now to do it probably since computer is already done?
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jouno53
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If you haven't already RAID 0 the raptors and you're looking at some crazy speed.
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Chillin
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said by MnR :Hi, Nice build! But one question, Are you sure that you have enough fans.....  LOL!!!! MnR HAHA thanks, no im not sure, I actually have a spot for 1 more 120 or 140mm fan. The case seems cool inside it. So I figure ill let it be.
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MnR
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Iron Mountain, MI | reply to Chillin
Hi,
Nice build! But one question, Are you sure that you have enough fans..... LOL!!!!
MnR
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asdfdfdfdfdfdfdf
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Sounds like you are enjoying it.
Glad everything went smoothly. |
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Chillin
No i7, no care.
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Some pics!
Final Specs:
i7 920 Quad Core
Asus P6T V2 Motherboard
12gb 1333 DDR3 Ram (2gbx6)
2xDVD Supermulti drives
300gb WD Velociraptor 10,000 rpm HD (main OS and programs)
1tb WD Black 7,200 rpm HD (main data)
750gb WD 7,200 rpm HD (additional data)
1tb Maxtor One Touch (Data Backup)
Nvida EVGA GTS 250 1gb DDR3 Graphics Card
650w Power Supply
Cooler Master Case with 5 120mm fans, Nvida Edition.
30 inch Samsung 2560x1600
24 inch Dell 1920x1200
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Chillin
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Schwenksville, PA | reply to Chillin
Went well. Its a rocket, still installing all my programs and such but so far I love it.
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Chillin
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| reply to asdfdfdfdfdfdf
said by asdfdfdfdfdfdf :If this is what you are looking at: » www.microcenter.com/single_produ···=0308440yes the OCZ3P1333LV12GS should be ok. The 6GB kit version is also on the qualified vendor list for your motherboard so you should have good luck with the 12GB kit. Yup, thats the one! Thanks. I am leaving in a couple hours to get all the parts. Hopefully it goes without a hitch. Looking forward to having a beast.
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