JP Shots
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For a professional photographer, you'd think I'd know how make a nice face, but most of the time its just deadpan at the camera.
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So that's sort of what I had in mind, I had envisioned some sort of direct hard link from my tower to the laptop. Not saying that it is the best idea, just the one that came to mind from my level of expertise. But now I've got myself thinking of the possiblities of pullling files from my hardrives at work and thinking networking of some sort is probaby a better way to go
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Alright, thanks man!
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My old setup was an old phenom 940xii on a am2+ board. I used an SSD for software and OS, but all image storage was on 3 drives (1.5tb + 2x 2tb's) mediasonic raid enclosure running in RAID 5. I was using ESATA because the AM2+ didn't even support usb 3.0. When connecting to more modern setups i obviously used 3.0. My plan is to switch to 4 drives in raid 10, my plan is to replace the one 1.5tb drive with a 2tb drive, and also add another 2tb so that i will have 4 2tb drives to run in RAID 10. I don't plan on trying to simply swap them out though, I have a plan for safe transfer. I just want to simplify the system of not having an extra box hanging around for now. I live with my lady in this small apartment and i'm trying to make things as small, but also as QUIET as possible, and that has a small/louder fan in it. I obviously could continue to use the enclosure- I'm just trying to simplify/downsize.
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gotcha! Sounds like a doable endeavor, having my own NAS or Server would be ideal down the line, It'd be sweet to be able to pop in more drives as needed and be done with it. it'd also be awesome to be able to access files from work. The bitch of it is, I live in KC where most everyone has Google fiber... but not my complex. My sister uses Google drive as her default storage system... its bananas
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Pretty cool idea, unfortunately I live in a apartment and there's not a whole lot of room or connectivity for that- I also have the worst understanding of communications/networking. As far as I know, we're comunicating through the "Internet tubes" in Al Gore's basement. This seams tangible, but would it be efficient for accessing lots of large files quickly?
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So In the past I've used a raid box because my old tower was still on AM2+ and didn't have RAID capabilities- I was young and didn't know there was such thing as raid card. As a photographer, I would like to occasionally attach my laptop to main tower to edit from the comfort of my couch, However I'll be building my new rig this weekend and it occurred to me that it may be a bit more challenging to hook up a different computer to the RAID now that it will be living in my tower. Built on a ASUS Maximus X Hero z370.
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Thanks! This is more/better information than I could get from asus directly embarrassingly enough. My current plan is to go with a HAF 912 and rip out everything and put in two nf-A20's (200mm top and front) and an A14 Side fan. If I have heat issues I'll add a 120mm to the rear.
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hmm, i see. From what i had read about fans, sleeve style bearing had issues going horizontally, but i take no claim being all that informed on the matter by any means... Nor does it matter, what does matter is that Noctua fans shouldn't have a problem in either position.
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thats a good point, i didn't think about the horizontal factor. I assume you meant horizontal.
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also, I guess if i were to step down to the 912 from the 932 i would be going from a 230 side fan to a 140 side fan...
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so i've been trying to decide between a coolermaster haf 932 with huge 230mm fans, or something slightly smaller with 200mm fans (say the HAF 912 or something). Looking at pure numbers, the larger fans should be able to put out more air at a lower noise level. But it got me thinking, there's more variables, Noctua makes some damn nice fans, and and how are these other companies measuring their fans? what if their microphones are further away? Is there a standard? Could a high tech A series noctua at 200mm be better than a cheaper brands 230mm? Any thoughts?
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But are the stock 3-pin fans worth anything? Because replacing them would be another $60 ontop of the $160 case. This is the delima, I've never used fan Xpert, but I know that not all fans can be fully stopped when at lower temps and I've read that it can be a bit wonky trying to control a 3-pin fan with the mobo.
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So I'm trying to build the quietest yet cool as possible rig, I'm putting in a noctua d-15 ontop of an 8700K, I have been looking at cases with the largest fans posible and have came down to a few options, the cheesy yet very decent spec'd (and cheep) Cougar Challenger. It has 200mm fans and i'd be installing few extra noctua fans (1 200 top, 1 140 side). So it would be half 4-pin half 3-pin. The other two options are the Rosewill thor V2, and the CoolerMaster HAF 932 which run HUGE 230mm fans- BUT all are stock 3-pin fans and I cant even figure out what type of bearings they are. I'm building on a ASUS board, and plan on using Fan xpert, and I'm trying to decide what the best route would be. I figure theoretically it'd be get the HAF, and the strip out all the stock fans and replace them with better ones but thats a LOT of money on case assembly when my build is already close to 2K. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
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