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Tithonius

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  1. So i guess this is the solution im looking for? http://www.istarusa.com/en/raidage/products.php?model=DAGE412U20-3MS is that right? would i need to wire all 3 ports in the back for this chassis?
  2. I also would like to refrain from having cables hanging out the back of my chassis, and would rather have a port and use an external cable. I could be convinced if it was not too ugly.
  3. Ok, so today I have been looking for a long term solution to my home Unraid box being full. I currently have this case. (http://www.istarusa.com/en/istarusa/products.php?model=D-410-DE8-225T) I am setup with some 8TB disks and some other second hand hardware. But the issue is that the server is really getting full. I have the black tray handles and would like to build a DAS that has the same trays, or even the same enclosures. I found that istar sells this chassis (http://www.istarusa.com/en/istarusa/products.php?model=E-490-JB) but i am not sure how exactly to make it work. I can get more of the drive enclosures and fill the chassis no problem. I have no idea how to even do something like this in a case like that. I would ideally like to just grab a bunch of the istar 5.25 to 3.5 tray-less enclosures that match my existing chassis then wire them all to have just a sff-8088 port in the back. (My server already has a sff-8088 external port on the LSI 414e that i have.) The idea is that i'm looking for something like this (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LSQOY6G/?coliid=IIFZY6G21MO0I&colid=33G0P1X5AFZZ6&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it) but with istar trays that match my server that i already have. Wont mind buying parts and building somthing, but have no idea where to even start and google has failed me. Thanks for the help!
  4. yeah will do, can i ask you one more question @jonnyGURU? Do i need a redundant psu for my unraid server? its just me and friends that use it, but it does handle all of my file management here at the house and some stuff remotely for work, just curious if i should invest in one or if they are loud and not worth it for a home server.
  5. yeah the sf750 i dont mind the silverstone, and i assume that it will be fine. the warranty is good and its should do what i need it to, i am worried about the cables being long enough tho, so idk about that.
  6. this one: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nJrmP6/corsair-750-w-80-platinum-certified-fully-modular-sfx-power-supply-cp-9020186-na
  7. well according to pcpartpicker i only have two options in the capacity and dual eps that i need. a corsair and a silverstone. and the corsair isnt sold on amazon and isnt prime, so looks like im going silverstone
  8. @jonnyGURUidk just doesnt seem "right" i dont think its founded in any sense of reality, im just being stubborn i guess. Do you have any to suggest? or any to stay away from?
  9. ok @jonnyGURUthat makes sense, i hate to have to do that, but it might be my only option. I found the FSP Twins PSU, and although I do not really need redundancy i guess it wouldnt hurt to have, and it does solve the problem with the fan situation. I wouldnt mind finding another case, but i really fell in love with it and even tho I have it here already I would be willing to go another route, i just cant find anything that is in that price range that I really like and that supports what i wanna put into it. Due to it being a fairly simple machine that isnt doing anything fancy (storage is already handled by a Unraid server in the rack) I have a hard time justifying a huge 4u or 3u chassis just for some game servers and a vm box. any suggesstions there? are the FSP twin PSUs any good?
  10. Hey all, so recently I have been building a server to use for general tasks in the homelab, some VM's and such, but I have been having a couple issues with finding a good power supply that I am happy with. The chassis that I will be using is this one here by silverstone: https://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=763&area=en despite it being 2u (which I would rather try to avoid building in as I have plenty op space in the rack) I like it alot. I got it for a really good deal from a shop here locally and am super happy with how all of my components fit in it. I think it will do an amazing job for me, but again the PSU situation. As you can see from the pictures of the chassis, the PSU that it says it supports is "any ATX psu", and i assume that means that any desktop PSU will fit, but the issue that I think im going to have is with airflow. all of the PSU units that I have found on the market are all the top fan design, and that would get choked by the fact that the case is only 2u tall. I would like to find a modern PSU that has all of the protections and modern stuff built in, but is the older, rear fan design. I am open to all suggestions as to what to choose, and would love to have somthing in the 650 to 750 watt range. It needs to be able to support dual 8-pin EPS connectors as I will be placing a dual socket board into the system with dual E5 2630 V3 chips. I have a old Asus Z10PA-D8 board that I wanna use. So all in all, i would love to know what you guys think i should do, and of course, i appreciate all the help
  11. But i also have no idea what processor would be supported, or another way of being able to find out which processors are supported, if any
  12. Yeah, the CPU upgrade "should" be possible, from what ive seen the processor can be removed. but why would it be harder? just a harder teardown to replace it? i dont have any problem with that if thats the case.
  13. Okay, so i have a big battlestation that i sit at normally and do upwards of 80 percent of all of my computing and gaming on, but i also have this laptop laying around. I would love to know what, if any, upgrades i can do with the machine, and would love input on what would be a good option for it. The laptop in question is a HP Pavilion DV7-1451nr. I like it for alot of reasons. one its a laptop that was bought for me by a family member a while ago, and it has some sintemental value to it. For two, it has ALL of the I.O. that i could ever want. I love how much i can plug into this thing and what i can use it for. Currently the machine is running the latest version of the Elementary OS flavor of linux, and it does very well with the older hardware, but leaves alot to be desired in the processor department. It has a AMD Turion X2 dual core processor in it now, and the computer is really struggling to even just do things such as watch youtube. the low amount of memory installed (4GB) hasnt really been a problem, but i think that the spec page says that it can support up to 8GB (https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c01753033) and would love to know what memory i should be looking for to upgrade this thing. I have no idea if the processor upgrade is even possible on this machine, but i would love to know your guys input. Thanks for the help!
  14. yeah im hoping your right about the bolts. and yeah, ive tried to get ahold of antec a couple times now, but they dont seem to be very willing to even respond at all. im gonna keep trying, but if all else fails, ill buy the aluminum side panel one before they go out of stock on newegg... hopefully
  15. Yeah but my worry is that I dont wanna damage the aluminum panels when i take the hinges off. i may have to drill out rivets is they are rivets. but again, i would MUCH rather just buy one with tempered glass factory. but THEY DONT SEEM TO EXIST!?!
  16. Yeah, but what i dont believe is that the case just dropped off the face of the planet. i cant find it ANYWHERE. ive looked overseas, ive looked on ebay, like it almost seems like the tempered glass ones dont even exist.. and it kinda sucks. and yeah, that was a thought i had for sure. ill have to get the hinges off the old side panels, which is something i just am not sure about since i dont have the chassis yet
  17. Okay, for a long long time now ive been inlove with the look of the Antec S10 computer case, and I really like the Tempered glass version of the chassis, but this is where I run into a problem. I cannot find the chassis anywhere online for purchase in the tempered glass variant. So i decided to contact Antec support. After i reached out to them they got back to me with a simple one sentence email. "We are sold out everywhere, and do not have plans to produce any more of that chassis" Well... Okay, i mean that was up front and direct i guess, but i was still looking for a bit more. I want to get this chassis! So I did alot more research. It looks like i should be able to just get a regular version of the chassis with the aluminum side panels and change the aluminum out with some Glass myself. But this is where I run into another problem. I have never done glass myself, and I have never really done anything this drastic for case modding. This will be the first time that I have done anything in this realm of this passion. I know for sure that I want to cut both of the left side panels out of glass, and I know that i want them to be a darker smoked glass because I will be using ALOT of RGB componnents and strips inside, and I am going to need the smoke to make it look as I want it to. Both side panels are held on to the chassis by hinges, and as far as i can tell, this is going to make the task ALOT easier. All i have to do is remove the hinges off of the aluminum panels and attach them to the glass that is cut to the same size as the panels. The panels are held to the case with a magnetic strip, that i can just install to the inside of the glass panels after i get them cut. So i guess i just need advice. I should be able to remove the hinges from the aluminum panels. cut copies out of glass. then attach the hinges back to the glass panel. To me it looks pretty straight forward, and it shouldnt be too complicated as far as i can tell. but as i have said I have never tried anything like this before. any advice? and ideas? I would love to get more imput on this mod and if its even feasable.
  18. Yeah no, its a ongoing project, i made that clear in the beginning. I'm glad to have the help I have gotten, and I am very excited to come back to it now. Its going to be a journey, and I hope that your willing to take this journey with me!
  19. Yeah real life really kinda got in the way for a long time, but i'm back to it, and am very excited to see where this can go now that i'm at a different stage in life!
  20. haha this has been a project for almost 2 years now, i encourage you to read through the entire journey and the updates. there is alot here! Its a truly amazing journey!
  21. Update #8 4/19/2017 Holy cow this is an old thing to come back to. I guess I should give a bit of an explanation on the status of this project, and what exactly has been happening. So very recently I moved to the Seattle area and have picked up a new job and place and so alot of my life has been taken up with life. I recently found all of my old CPU gear and reminded myself of this project. So to start, i just want to apologize to everyone who sent me chips, and then i kinda disappeared. I promise i still know who you are, and i'm still very very grateful, and back at it! I got very very excited about the project again, and have been loving actually getting back into the process. I've managed to get all of my processors together as well as building a spreadsheet for everyone that has been generous enough to send one over to me. Now that I am living in the city I have much better internet and so I have been able to really do alot more work on the project and able to do more research on each chip. I guess all of this is to say that I am so sorry that I've been absent from the project recently, and I am very excited to be in a place in life that allows me to do more work with the project! Expect alot more updates more frequently, as I now have more access to ALOT more processors every day. I have also come up with a new way of displaying the chips themselves. I came across another collection online, and I had an idea. I think what I want to do is use a Scrabble tile holder that has a few rows to display each family of processor. If i can collect enough, it could look really really cool, to see the progression over the years for each chip. It will be much easier to display then the mounting them flat on a board, and way easier to keep clean and nice. With all that being said, I still need ALOT of help to collect alot of chips. I'm pretty much to a point now where I am accepting all processors regardless of quality. Even if its broken, I want it! Feel free to shoot me a message if you have any laying around and we can talk about details. I am very very excited to revive this project (even tho the post is Sooo old, sorry ) I am very excited to really finally get all of these displayed and set up in my new place. Pictures of the collection as it stands now are found below for your viewing pleasure I have a new roommate now who has a really really good camera, and i'm working on getting some really cool glamour shots of some of them, and hopefully will have that up soon. But for now, i'm just glad to be back to this project!
  22. yeah, i have the card, i know its ac127 but i cannot find a driver anywhere.. i know the driver exists becuase i have downloaded it before, i have found it in my download history, but cant download it again as their website has changed
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