Monty007

I'm doing the same thing with my QNAP. It backs up my emails/photos/videos when my phone is plugged in and on wifi. My QNAP is the 420 model with the 4 bays. I can also access it from anywhere using VPN or QNAP's on mycloud service.

Here is a pic of what I mean. Rest of the Pics are in this link. Pictures at the bottom of the thread.

Take a look at my updated build in my sig. I'm running 2 x 360 (1 thin and one thick) and a thin 480. I'm using a rad sandwich in the basement with the 480-fans-360.-fans Provides a significant amount of cooling surface area. Airdeano is right. PSU space was extremely tight. I had 1-2 mm clearance. My loop order is: Tube res-d5-top 360(thick)-bottom360-bottom 480-GPU-GPU-CPU-gpu-gpu-res. I'm running a parallel setup and it works great. GPU temps never go over 45 and CPU temps never go over 65. GPUs and CPU are OC'd.

have you thought of lacing the gpu and 24 pin cables? It cleans it up a lot! Or you can use the Lutro Stealth combs in black - I think it will make it look really great.

rig looks awesome! those blanking plates used on the 900D clean it up so well. Im thinking of getting them myself. well done.

I wish I went with X79 with a nice ROG board and 64 GB of ram so I could have BF4 on a Ramdisk and have potential for a 3rd Gtx780. I love the 900d but wish I had more space. Might have to go with a Caselabs case the next round.

I personally use the EK UV coloured coolant. I then dilute it with distiller water. Works great for me and has the anti fungal stuff in it.

I had just finished my 900d build. I then decided ( like and idiot) to take it outside for some natural light shots. I was anxious so I didn't wait for my brother to come over and help me. Rig is big and very heavy. It has 3 big rads and well over 3 litres of coolant. Weighs over 100 lbs. was stepping over the basement door sill and I kicked the sill and stubbed my toe. Almost dropped the whole damn thing on the floor but managed to save it. (Thank goodness). Only real damage was a partially separated shoulder.

Yeah. Running it parallel. GPUs are oc'd and so is the CPU. CPU doesn't go over 60 and GPUs stay under 45. I'm pretty happy with it. I'm planning to delid the CPU next and install it without the IHS. Naked Ivy mount and see what it does to the temps.

How likely will you be upgrading to a second 290? If so I would suggest getting it setup for a dual loop config. The case is great. You can fit 2 480s in that case (one on top and one on the bottom) and have all you need for a dual loop setup. Like mentioned above, the 290s are hungry and do give off a lot of heat. I personally like the larger tubing - I'm using 1/2" ID tubing. Link to my build in my sig if you want to see. I would recommend a kill coil.

Here is my rig named the Leviathan. I have updated it with a new EVGA 1300W PSU and a second watercooled GTX 780. I don't have any up to date pics of the new additions but here she is. Specs and link to build in the Sig.

why don't you just use a switch instead of a 2nd router. I have the same situation - I used Powerline to connect (I know its not the greatest) but then I have the NAS connected to my wifi router and I can use it anywhere in my house on my iPad or iPhone. Unless the 2nd router is in bridged mode you might run into a Dual NAT issue (both routers competing with each other). Switches are really cheap anyway and as long as your primary router has wifi capabilities, your golden! Some NAS' you can add a wifi dongle and it will connect to your network. I have a QNAP and it has that feature but I prefer it hardwired.

I have done this several times in the past. Yes, you can do it. Yus_WD is right - you void your warranty by doing this. You have to be careful about this now because newer external drives have the control board built into the drive so you can't use it for the purposes you are proposing. If the drive is a couple of years old, you might have some luck. My MacBook Pro from 3 years ago, I was able to harvest one of the external drives. I removed my DVD drive from the MacBook and replaced it with OWC's kit. It essentially doubled my storage capacity and I never used CD/DVDs anymore - everything is USB now anyway.

Thanks for the advice. The QNAP worked awesome for what I needed. Full integration with my iPhone and iPad, iTunes Time Machine (a bit buggy) and all the features of some higher end machines. I can even upgrade the network card on the back to a fiber card if I wanted. I don't think I can change the software on it. Before the firmware update, it worked perfectly! I was able to install a lot of other third-party programs like transmission, Couch Potato 2, Happy Get, etc. They all worked without a hitch. If I set it up as single disks and had the same type of failure again, would the data be more accessible? Would I be able to take those disks and stick it in my main rig and access the data stored? I tried some recovery software and was not able to recover anything.

thanks for the videos. I have seen them and used them to decide the first time I got my NAS. I'm hoping to hear some advice from others who use NAS/Servers and have gone through data loss or controller failure and some advice on setting it up. Looking at the LTT 10TB++ thread there are a lot of people with very large arrays using JBOD. Dangerous1 has over 89TB using JBOD.

Hi All, I have a QNAP TS420. I love the little unit and provides 4 bays up to a total of 16GB. It does everything I want and more. Last night I had a total loss of my data (over 4TB) due to a firmware update and failure. I have posted on the QNAP forum and created a ticket but lots of others have had the same problem and data loss was inevitable. Now that I'm starting all over again (which really, REALLY sucks) I want to get some advice on how to setup the disk structure. I had previously used 2 x 3TB WD Red drives (awesome drives) as one linear drive in JBOD. With the failure of the controlling software, data was destroyed. Even if I had it in RAID1 for redundancy, because of the type of failure I had, I assume that I would have lost the data anyway. So, should I setup the new structure as JBOD again (redundancy isn't critical for me) or consider single disks, or some other format? I'm reluctant/fearful of this happening again and want to get access to my data in case of another disaster. I always keep backups but as you know, it still takes time to build the array again and migrate the data back to the server. Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

I'm well over $1000 as well. You tend to have a high initial cost and then I kept on adding stuff which adds up to a lot over time. I think its worth it because I'm able to overclock with confidence and keep temperatures at pretty low levels.

Wow that's nuts!! Server?

awesome case. Have fun with the build. I used this case when I built a computer for my dad. space is at a premium but still plenty of room to work some magic. Love this case! Very beautiful in White.

this is stunning. You should start selling this case!! I REALLY love the Graphics card support beam you have put into this build. More manufacturers should do this.

this looks awesome bro! did you get some custom cable extensions or did you get them like that from EVGA? Are you planning to watercool with a custom loop in the future? How are the temps with that case? I was going to buy the same one but went with the 900D for rad options and air movement. Awesome looking build though!!

It is a capacitor. I have the evga 1300w and they have capacitors on them. I found a guy on OCN who did a guide to sleeving their PSU's. Here is the link http://www.overclock.net/t/1494167/tutorial-sleeving-evga-supernova-1300-g2-with-capacitors-and-stealth-lacing

Looks great. I still think you need a bigger case. Enjoy it!!

Simply Awesome! I love the Macro Shots!

I personally would not be comfortable with three GPUs on a 1000w PSU. I overclock most of my stuff and that would be really tight in my opinion. An overclocked 780 can pull almost 300w per card. Throw a CPU OC and then it's running at the limit if not over it. The price difference between the 1300 and the 1000 from evga is like a $20-30 difference. Why not buy the future expandability? Also remember efficiency of a PSU. The closer to max the less efficient. Most PSU's are efficient between 50-70%. Please look at the chart below. This is for the evga 1300w. Mind you it's in 230v so it's more efficient but you get the idea. My $0.02