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    This is the last update for a few weeks (Holiday time :D) however I've made quite a large amount of progress As can be seen from the photos I finally sorted out the graphics card, fitted the waterblock and installed the card into the system along with some 90° fittings to help plan and measure my tubing runs. I must admit that the nickel GPU and CPU waterblocks do look very suave. The next port of call was to measure some test tube using acrylic as a template for my glass cuts. I actually cut 3 pieces however one of them was for another run which ended up changing and being too small, the other cut smashed due to an imperfection where the score had run over so when a small amount of force was applied is smashed in the fitting Finally the mid plate is almost finished with all the pass through ports in line with each other and the cable holes cut out, the cable holes are going to have combs fixed on the top to cover where they are as originally I wanted the cables to use the plate as a comb however this didn't work due to the holes merging with each other.
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    Another update, hopefully they should start to flow faster now that everything excluding the reservoir has arrived So first port of call is my first tubing cuts, these are two templates that have been cut out of acylic so I can cut the glass tube to the correct lengths. I'm very pleased with the overall look of the tubing and mid plate together. Now for the best news, the GPU arrived (Thank you to rIcK). Obviously I had to test the GPU out by playing some BF4 on the new monitor. I was very impressed (Ultrawide definitely beats 4K hands down :D) And here is where things went pear shaped. I removed the stock cooler and attempted to install the waterblock. Issue one was the thermal pads not adhering to the waterblock and falling off meaning/moving everywhere so I had to order more. Second issue was during the test fit the thermal pads appeared to not make contact with the VRMs and RAM chips Hopefully this should be solved when the new pads arrived tomorrow
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    Thanks It has been a massive pain with all the delays as the build was supposed to be finished by now however having the extra time has allowed me to work out new plans and change my ideas. Feel free to send me as many ideas as you can think of as I want to make sure the build is the best that it can be
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    This update is quite a big one, I'm hoping to get moving on the assembly of the system next week now that most of the parts have arrived.:D All the fans have arrived along with the rest of my glass tubing, the Hue+ and my glorious waterblocks. Another bit of good news is that thanks to rIcK I now have a Palit GTX 1080 for the waterblock to go on which is quite useful I also finally decided on a colour scheme for the cables, since the coolant will be a dark blue/deep purple colour I chose the gradient blue for the cables. As for constructing the cables that will be done by PexonPCs (Thanks guys) Finally for this update the cherry on the top of the whole system will be a custom cut glass window for the CaseLabs S5. This was from my local glass cutters So that's all for this update and I will be testing the system tonight to make sure it all works
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    So after ordering some more parts I'm almost ready to start however I've had to have a "re-jig" of the system loop due to the case not being able to hold the radiator in my desired position. Plan No. 3 Run the tubes in parallel like previously planned but have a straight run on each length before the 45 angle fittings. Plan No. 4 Run the tubes in parallel like previously planned but have only vertical and horizontal runs with 90 fittings. I would just buy all the fittings but what with prices my pocket cant cope Without possessing the fitting this is the best I can do for a comparison, luckily someone from another forum took a picture of the EK-HDC 12 fitting and option 1 and but they didn't have the other fitting I'm looking at so I only have a generic photo for the (AC fitting) other option. I'm still not sure In other news, my glass tubing, Hue+, waterblock and glass panel for the side of the case (I'll get photos next week)
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    This would be a really cool gadget for a mini outdoor cinema in the summer
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    Right, so if I wanted something expandable then storage spaces is a better alternative. Also the server is only 4 slots but it only has 4 full speed SATA ports so if I wanted a boot SSD I'd need an extender card or if I wanted to add more HDD's in the 5.25" bay
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    Which LSI card would you recommend as I'm on a tight budget and they're all so expensive over here. Also can someone explain storage spaces to me
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    Is their a software implementation of MDADM then as this server will be used by less experienced users since it's a home server It is a backup server but I would like the extra security that redundancy offers Okay, noted So would I be best avoiding the Windows implementation?
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    But are they as good as ZFS for redundancy?
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    Like I say, I'm looking for a safe data storage setup
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    I can get my hands on Server 2012 R2 (Dreamspark) so that's not a problem. I would have thought that something like NAS4Free would have been better though which is confusing me. Is it due to the high RAM requirements?
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    So would I be better with a Server 2012 R2 install (I don't want to use anything too outdated)
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    True but this seems like a bit of a "botched" implementation and since this is for a backup server I could use the extra reliability
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    Ideally I would like this to be a backup server using some kind of RAID or ZFS system for redundancy in case a drive fails
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