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As Jerry, (Barnacules), would say, "This info is for poor people", LOL!

I had to search for days to NOT be able to find this info, so I'm posting this for anyone who has a Dell 18d1y Socket LGA 755 motherboard and needs to replace their power switch &/or case.

Nice thing to do (seriously), but it's probably quite an obscure thing now

I had to search for days to NOT be able to find this info, so I'm posting this for anyone who has a Dell 18d1y Socket LGA 755 motherboard and needs to replace their power switch &/or case.

So everything is bigger in Texas...

My eyes thank you!

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Let's say someone had given me your X51 for my birthday & it was my only rig. I would replace the parts with the ones I really wanted & sell each part as I replaced it. I do like the case.

I'd have to see some serious proof against the Silverstone PSU before I'd change that --- it's not £40 worse than an EVGA that I've yet to hear.

With everything going the way it is in gaming who would not want a 4K pass through A/V receiver tho make their gaming more in depth and get totally immersed in the quality sound of crisp real time audio. all connected to a bichin 7.1 surround sound system. 
 
Yes we all would but who knows if the Manufacturing marketing team is lying to you. 
 
Well this is where I come to humbly ask Linus to do a A/V receiver review. 
 
maybe this could be an upcoming video. 
 
 
Now before U all yell at me and tell me their is already a spot for this, well today is my first day on here and search as I may could not find the section for suggested reviews. srry in advance. 

thats the game i like. Is it gta?

Ah! The 3-question, totally biased, designed to make it easy for me to confirm the conclusions of the article I've already written, poll!

http://www.lynda.com/Programming-Languages-training-tutorials/1467-0.html?previousCategory=50
http://www.lynda.com/Game-Design-training-tutorials/1461-0.html?previousCategory=1
 
And you'll find plenty of other topics on those pages & others on Lynda.com to help you. I've found their tutorials to be very good! And a subscription is really affordable. Of course the best part is being able to learn just as fast as you can go through a video.
You should be able to find a Linus link with discount, too.

Forum ID: imfaceroll

Build Title: WATERCOOLED PC DESK MOD WITH CAR SOUND SYSTEM

Thread URL: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/184340-watercooled-pc-desk-mod-with-car-sound-system/

Description: My Liquid cooled PC desk mod with build in car audio system build from scratch, with a triple monitor set up and RGB LED lighting.

Picture URL: http://linustechtips.com/main/uploads/monthly_08_2014/post-107908-0-76883100-1408668665.jpg

 

Forum ID: Maki Role
Build Title: Vesper by Maki Role
Thread URL: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/194170-vesper-by-maki-role-3d-printed-pc-finished-final-pics-on-page-3-u20th-august-2014/
Description: This is a 3D printed case designed for an Intel NUC, the PC itself is used as my media streamer for the living room tv.  The whole framework was 3D printed using SLS nylon.  The centre piece is made from burl vavona wood that has been French polished.  It was so much fun to make as I'm not used to working at this scale (the NUC is tiny!),
 

Forum ID: ikem
Build Title: ARK
Thread URL: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/10864-ark/
Description: Pushing the limits of case design, thermal design, and power management to the limit. 10 tb of storage with 2 ssds, 2 CPUs, 2 GPUs, and watercooling in a Mid Tower Class case, CRAZY! 
 

Forum ID: jojoharalds
Build Title: Thor D3sk V2 [2014]
Thread URL: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/165373-thor-d3sk-v2-remodd-2014/
Description:Hey everyone this is my second time of the Thor D3sk,
after using the Desk i came to the conclusion of making some changes.
Some Changes:
Bigger and newer powersupply,this time i also needed to install a Drainport and fillport,(makes live so much easier to drain the loop and fill it)
Custom Crossfirebridge,kinda got a few pointers about the (not so good looking crossfire bridge),
changed the fans (corsair AF 120 LED,and also moved the led lightning to a not so seeable place(bottom)
1 Loop,all fittngs are the same,shorter legs,more Radiators,HardLine Tubing,More powerfull pumps,
And an overall conversion inside the D3sk.
 

Table of Contents
01. 2013-NOV-14: First Hardware Tests & The Noctua NH-U9DX 1366
02. 2013-NOV-16: Temporary Ghetto Setup, OS Installed
03. 2014-APR-01: PSU Mounting & LSI Controller Testing
04. 2014-APR-02: The Disk Racks
05. 2014-APR-08: Chipset Cooling & Adventures in Instability
06. 2014-APR-09: Disk Ventilation
07. 2014-APR-11: Fan Unit for Main Compartment Ventilation
08. 2014-APR-12: Storage Topology & Cabling
09. 2014-APR-26: Storage and Networking Performance
10. 2014-MAY-10: Sound Dampening & Final Pics
PDF Version of this Build Log
http://alpenwasser.net/repository/files/apollo.pdf
Hardware - Final Config
CASE:               InWin PP689
PSU:                Enermax Platimax 600 W
MB:                 Supermicro X8DT3-LN4F
CPU:                2 × Intel Xeon L5630 (quadcore, hyperthreaded)
HS:                 Noctua NH-U9DX - Socket LGA1366
RAM:                24 GB Hynix DDR3 1333 MHz ECC
HBA CARD 0:         LSI 9211-8i, flashed to IT mode (Tutorial)
HBA CARD 1:         LSI 9211-8i, flashed to IT mode
HBA CARD 2:         LSI 9211-8i, flashed to IT mode
SSD:                Intel 520, 120 GB
HDD 0:              WD VelociRaptor 150 GB (2.5")
HDD 1-3:            Samsung HD103UJ 1 TB F1 × 3
HDD 4-7:            WD RE4 2 TB × 4
HDD 8-13:           WD Red 3 TB × 6
Total Raw Capacity: 29 TB
 
Pics of Final Form - More in Final Post
 
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Wait, What, and Why?
So,   yeah,    another   build. Another   server,    to   be
precise. Why? Well, as  nice of  a system  ZEUS is,  it does
have two major shortcomings for its use as a server.
When I  originally conceived ZEUS,  I did not plan  on using
ZFS (since it was not  yet production-ready on Linux at that
point). The  plan was  to use  ZEUS' HDDs  as single  disks,
backing up the  important stuff. In case of  a disk failure,
the loss of  non-backed up data would  have been acceptable,
since it's mostly  media files. As long as  there's an index
of  what  was  on  the  disk,  that  data  could  easily  be
reaquired.
But right  before ZEUS was  done, I  found out that  ZFS was
production-ready on Linux, having kept a bit of an eye on it
since fall  2012 when I dabbled  in FreeBSD and ZFS  for the
first time. Using  FreeBSD on the  server was not  an option
though since I was nowhere near proficient enough with it to
use it for  something that important, so it had  to be Linux
(that's why I didn't originally plan on ZFS).
So,  I deployed  ZFS on  ZEUS,  and it's  been working  very
nicely  so  far. However, that  brought  with  it two  major
drawbacks: Firstly, I was now missing 5 TB of space, since I
had been  tempted by ZFS  to use those for  redundancy, even
for our media files. Secondly, and more importantly, ZEUS is
not an ECC-memory-capable system. The reason this might be a
problem is that  when ZFS verifies the data on  the disks, a
corrupted bit in your RAM  could cause a discrepancy between
the  data in  memory and  the data  on disk,  in which  case
ZFS  would  "correct"  the  data  on  your  disk,  therefore
corrupting it. This  is not exactly optimal  IMO. How severe
the consequences of this would  be in practice is an ongoing
debate in various ZFS  threads I've read. Optimists estimate
that it would merely corrupt  the file(s) with the concerned
corrupt bit(s), pessimists are  afraid it might corrupt your
entire pool.
The main focus of this machine will be:
room to install more disks over time ECC-RAM capable not ridiculously expensive low-maintenance, high reliability and availability (within reason, it's still
a home and small business server)
Modding Instead of some  uber-expensive W/C setup, the  main part of
actually building  this rig will  be in modifying  the PP689
for fitting as many HDDs  as halfway reasonable as neatly as
possible. I have not  yet decided if there  will be painting
and/or sleeving  and/or a window. A window  is unlikely, the
rest depends mostly  on how much time I'll have  in the next
few weeks (this  is not a long-term project, aim  is to have
it done way before HELIOS).
Also, since  costs for this  build should not spiral  out of
control, I will  be trying to reuse as many  scrap and spare
parts I have laying around as possible.
Teaser
More  pics  will  follow  as  parts  arrive  and  the  build
progresses, for now a shot of the case:
(click image for full res)

That's all for now, thanks for stopping by, and so long.

Ok - thanks for the clarifications.
 
So here is mine ;P Hopefully I don't sound TOO marketing-like.
 
Forum ID: lekro
Build Title: LekroNAS: 16TB gigabit-saturating network-attached storage using FreeNAS
Thread URL: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/167913-
Description: In no way aesthetically pleasing or gaming-oriented, LekroNAS stores massive swaths of data in one convenient, network-attached device accessible from anywhere desired. The LekroNAS uses server-grade components to provide a true server experience and allow for ZFS arrays up to 32TB in size, at a price significantly lesser than prebuilt NAS devices with similar capabilities.

My ghetto pc

http://www.amazon.com/Alienware-Machine-Intel-i7-5820K-Overclocked-Graphics/dp/B00Q75LET8/ref=pd_sim_sbs_pc_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=03QD2Z645XC8D4FA6KGD
$2659.00 for a case?
 
 

 

Not everybody has time for that. I am 15, and the only time I got money until last summer was my birthday and Christmas. I couldn't do any jobs because I was too small to mow a lawn and I was required to do anything that was a potential thing. I also couldn't ask any neighbors, I don't know any of them and they all have kids around my age. Now that I could potentially do some things, I have almost no time because my school is extremely difficult (one of the hardest in the nation). So no, not everybody can work to save up money. 

I get what you're saying.. 
 
...But for $20 more you could get a much better point across.

Ah, i see, sorry about that, misread your post. 
 
I think that different benchmarks results don't correlate to types of work loads (at least not gaming ones, i'm sure ones for specific applications do exist.) 
 
What I tend to do is fiddle around with an OC in valley and when its stable, I then go test it in separate games (or applications, if that was needed) to make sure it's stable in those too. Later I can tweak each OC for each game I run. 
 
Keeping one profile for stock setting (always handy to have), one for a general, all round OC that will give a small but safe and stable Oc throughout more or less everythin. And the couple leftover profiles for my most payed games with tweaked OCs. 
 
I hope this answers your question. 
 
TL;DR either go for one good over all OC, or tweak for each thing you use
 
@Demorthus covered it well too.