HMMM....What could this be.... ;) TC's first X8DAi Build!

[Topcat]

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The 3ware 9650 and its goodies arrived a few mins ago!!

[c_hegge]

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it wont need polymer caps with those 6 fans in action.

I have 7 case fans in my system. I'm a big fan of fans

[Topcat]

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^
The video card is about a year old. I had it in another system for a while. I'm not big into gaming, so it will be ok for a while longer.....atleast long enough to get my 200 bucks worth out of it.

[370forlife]

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video card (9600GT 1gb) = $200 IIRC

Must have been a while back

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...ce%209600%20GT

Need to do something about that, get that video card up to speed with the rest of the system. At least something like a GTX260.

Well, looks like badcaps is paying off

[weirdlookinguy]

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I recognized the drives because I have that exact same Optiarc DVDRW/LightScribe drive in my system. Make sure you upgrade the firmware on that puppy, I was getting nonstop errors burning music CD's in iTunes until I did that. No problems ever since.

I think this is the first time a computer has ever made me want to cry. Well done sir .

[Topcat]

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.....This is the FIRST system i've built for myself since 1995 that wasn't SCSI.

Read above

[willawake]

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what no scsi

[Topcat]

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So what are you putting in it? Specs, man, I want specs!

Alright, I'll spill the beans.....

Here's the CPU's (pair of them of course):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819117185

Here's the RAM I got to start. I ordered 2 of these kits (6x 4gb reg/ECC DDR3 DIMM's). This gives me 24gb of RAM, and leaves half the slots open, so I can add 24gb more later.......
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820161337

Hard drives will be:

2x 150gb Raptors in a mirror (boot and OS)

2x 1tb in a mirror for all my other crap.

The cost breakdown:
The supermicro barebones = $900 or so
CPU's = $800 or so for the pair
24gb of RAM = $790 or so
3ware 8ch SATA2 raid controller w/ backup module and batt = $600 or so
hard drives = $500 or so
video card (9600GT 1gb) = $200 IIRC
Opticals = dont remember how much they were.

Total cost = $3790 roundabout.....wowza...

Yea I know.... I overkill the hell out of my personal systems. The one I'm about to phase out was the same way 7 years ago, and now its old and slow. I'd rather have the horsepower and not need it, than need it and not have it. On top of that, I'll be using this thing for atleast 7~8 years.....and being my personal system, I don't want to mess with it. I just want to use it when I want/need it. I dont mind fixing other people's crap systems, but I absolutely can not stand fixing my own broken stuff...so overkill it is!!

[stj]

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it wont need polymer caps with those 6 fans in action.

[dood]

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So what are you putting in it? Specs, man, I want specs!

[c_hegge]

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Looks like it has all polymer caps. My GA-EP45-DS3L has all Sanyo SEPC. Not a lytic to be seen.

[ratdude747]

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wish i could afford one... but my p4 630 box will have to do... (unless i fix the athlon 64 x2 939...)

[370forlife]

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Smart choice on the 3Y 865W beast.

God I love the looks of those supermicro cases, so simple and industrial. Bet that is build like a tank.

[Topcat]

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^^
865W. I opted to not get the dual redundant, as it's not as powerful. For a personal system, a redundant PSU isn't as crucial. If this were a server, I'd have gone for the redundant, absolutely.

This is the specs on the case/motherboard.

http://supermicro.com/products/syste...YS-7046A-T.cfm

I won't be using the onboard SATA RAID. I'll be using the SATA backplane with a 3ware 9650SE-8LPML 8-Port RAID Controller. The only true hardware driven SATA raid controller in existence. It will also allow me to use all 8 bays, instead of 5~6 if I use the onboard. This is the FIRST system i've built for myself since 1995 that wasn't SCSI.

[stj]

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what psu is it?
my case like that has a double-length shell with 2 hotswap psu's slid into it.

[Topcat]

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Optiarc drives?

Yup. Have had good luck with them in the past. Top one is a plain DVDROM, the bottom is a DVDRW, both SATA.

[weirdlookinguy]

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Optiarc drives?

[Topcat]

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LGA1366

[weirdlookinguy]

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If I had to guess, I'd say that's LGA1156?

VERY nice btw! Can we get a few shots once everything arrives and you have it nice and buttoned up?

[stj]

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i like the case, well fanned-up

like a newer version of my intel sc5000 case.