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5/11/12 at 2:52pm
Cool, please update us with how it goes, what's inside, etc.
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post #13052 of 15483
5/11/12 at 2:55pm
OK Success It's A Seagate ST3000DM001 identical to the one I got from Amazon last week for $169 bucks same as the NewEgg one I bought for $189.00 that was DOA ..add the saving PLUS the fact that the base can STILL be used as a Hot Swap USB 3.0 bay as well As the base is a completely separate unit that has a SATA interface both power & Sata connections are spaced just as a HOT Swap bay would be
Just lay any SATA drive down on it's side => plug the base in to the drive => you have power & a USB 3.0 transfer connection Cool ! . This is a Heck of a deal ..............
the ST3000DM001 is the 1Tb per platter drive
Mystery solved !!!!!!!!!!
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post #13053 of 15483
5/11/12 at 2:57pm
Pix
that's the CostCo USB drive right next to the Amazon drive
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post #13054 of 15483
5/11/12 at 3:53pm
Cool PIX ....

Look @ my New Hot Swap 3.0 USB bay L O L .....................
that's a WD HHD 500Gb & is a SATA II 3 GBs (outta my old 775 build), That puppy just transferred 7 GB Audio WAV file in 100 seconds from my new build Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe thru a 3.0 USB I/O panel port ... with the base off a CostCo Special Seagate External DESKGO drive
Cool .. Huh !
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post #13055 of 15483
5/11/12 at 4:03pm
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I want one but too expensive.

I am in at 199$

Same, I am still in my 2 2TB Samsungs I got for $65 each, last year. That's 4 TB for $130! When are these prices going to come back down?!
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post #13056 of 15483
5/11/12 at 4:51pm
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Cool PIX ....

Look @ my New Hot Swap 3.0 USB bay L O L .....................
that's a WD HHD 500Gb & is a SATA II 3 GBs (outta my old 775 build), That puppy just transferred 7 GB Audio WAV file in 100 seconds from my new build Asus P8Z77-V Deluxe thru a 3.0 USB I/O panel port ... with the base off a CostCo Special Seagate External DESKGO drive
Cool .. Huh !

Awesome. Great job! I have a bunch of similar "docks" in my ever gorwing misc parts/cables box from all the hard drives I have harvested as well.

I think I have Eight 2TB drives in my house now (with the exception of the Goliath server that I am building which by itself has 7 drives inside) and an occasional 1TB here and there.

Oh yeah I have a 3TB Seagate external as well ($121 with Staples PM and coupon). I was going to turn it into a parity drive for my server but decided against it for now.

In any event great pics! Sure to help someone else!
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5/11/12 at 4:53pm
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Pix
that's the CostCo USB drive right next to the Amazon drive

That's awesome! Great pics- I am heading out now to Costco!
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post #13058 of 15483
5/11/12 at 5:45pm
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That's awesome! Great pics- I am heading out now to Costco!

thanX ,I got TWO of them now ..
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post #13059 of 15483
5/11/12 at 7:55pm
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I've been invited to write a few articles over at Streamernation.com

This is my first entry.

http://www.streamernation.com/
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post #13060 of 15483
5/11/12 at 8:08pm
I must state as a disclaimer If Anyone buys that Costco external drive removing the drive from the enclosure will VOID any warranty , So make sure that the drive works WELL before you tear into the case .

I know myself that I voided my warranty but I had used the drive for days & all was well . The 2nd drive will be used/abused for at least a couple of weeks before I tear that one open as a precaution . the next build of mine is a few weeks off & I will use the intact one everyday till then. Cover your butt ,make sure a external works well before you open up a case on one of these drives.
I wanted to make sure that everyone understands what is at risk ..
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post #13061 of 15483
5/11/12 at 8:25pm
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FYI I think most external drives fail because of the crappy enclosure that they are in. Those things get hot.

And of course you are bumping jostling a mechanical drive using it as an external many times which doesn't help as well.
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post #13062 of 15483
5/11/12 at 8:42pm
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FYI I think most external drives fail because of the crappy enclosure that they are in. Those things get hot.

And of course you are bumping jostling a mechanical drive using it as an external many times which doesn't help as well.

Yeah the ventilation on that external was really bad , It would get real warm real fast .
the only shock absorbers were 4 hard small rubber blocks
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post #13063 of 15483
5/12/12 at 6:35am
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I have 2 of the P8Z77-V Deluxe setting up as HTPC right now , Very Nice MoBo's, a hoard of Cool features , dual WiFi & Bluetooth on board .. the WiFi can be set-up as a WiFi Hot Spot....

You get what you pay for:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5833/a...-know-your-sku
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post #13064 of 15483
5/12/12 at 7:18am
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FYI I think most external drives fail because of the crappy enclosure that they are in. Those things get hot.

And of course you are bumping jostling a mechanical drive using it as an external many times which doesn't help as well.

When I was searching for a guide on how to tear apart my Staples external that's what I was reading as well. Apparently that enclosure causes some sort of clicking noise in some cases, although its not the click of death.
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post #13065 of 15483
5/12/12 at 7:24am
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I've been invited to write a few articles over at Streamernation.com

This is my first entry.

http://www.streamernation.com/

That's terrific. I was wondering what you were going to do with all your spare time.

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post #13066 of 15483
5/12/12 at 8:43am
+ 1 , Congrats Assassin . I haved book marked !

"spare time " .... that was funny
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post #13067 of 15483
5/12/12 at 8:49am
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That's terrific. I was wondering what you were going to do with all your spare time.


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+ 1 , Congrats Assassin . I haved book marked !

"spare time " .... that was funny

Thanks guys.

Post a comment there if you like to let people know you were there!
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post #13068 of 15483
5/12/12 at 9:57am
Post a comment there if you like to let people know you were there![/quote]

Done !

Looking forward to seeing new ground breaks in a different venue .
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5/12/12 at 10:39am
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thanX ,I got TWO of them now ..

Same here! I previously posted that the guide I saw about what was inside them said to switch to GPT and then format when using it internally. But, I believe that is only if you want to put your OS and boot off of it? Otherwise, just leave it as MBR- is that correct?

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I've been invited to write a few articles over at Streamernation.com

This is my first entry.

http://www.streamernation.com/

Congrats on your Streamer Nation articles Assassin- I posted a comment over there as well!
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post #13070 of 15483
5/12/12 at 10:45am
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Thanks guys.

Post a comment there if you like to let people know you were there!

Been there. Done that.
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post #13071 of 15483
5/12/12 at 5:02pm
Assassin,

What case is that you are using on the custom build on your blog that has a screen on the case?
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post #13072 of 15483
5/12/12 at 5:09pm
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Assassin,

What case is that you are using on the custom build on your blog that has a screen on the case?

OrigenAE S21T

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post #13073 of 15483
5/12/12 at 6:33pm
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Same here! I previously posted that the guide I saw about what was inside them said to switch to GPT and then format when using it internally. But, I believe that is only if you want to put your OS and boot off of it? Otherwise, just leave it as MBR- is that correct?

I just reformatted them as the 2nd drive & the lead drive as my SSD,any D/L's ,saves are directed toward the 3TB . haven't yet set-up the HTPC stuff yet (got a Wad of reading to do ) & want to figure out how to manage my DirecTV as well , before preceding
building 3 identical HTPC/Power PC's , living room ,bedroom, my office
the bedroom HTPC/powerPC must also be totally handicap usable/functional for the wife as she can't sit at a desk anymore more due to a bad back . So that has to be set-up for media center / office that she can work & watch movies on the same rig. The reason all the PC's must have wireless/Bluetooth access as well .Hope to have a andriod remote tablet control each . Lots of research to be done by me . I know nothing about tablets & the like ...
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post #13074 of 15483
5/12/12 at 6:37pm
Just want to say this section of AVS is a Godsend to me........ Thanks everyone !
Assassin thanX Big Time for the guides !
I like that New site your on .. I'll leave some kind words over there
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post #13075 of 15483
5/12/12 at 7:37pm
Assassin, I need a hand...

My old HTPC is in need of an upgrade. I just bought another Intel i3 2100 and Asus P8Z68-M Pro Absolutely love this combo. But have never upgraded a computer before like this. I usually build them from scratch and install an OS.

So my question is Can I upgrade my HTPC with a new mobo and CPU without loosing all my programs?? Basically using the same C drive.

Thanks,

Xzener
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post #13076 of 15483
5/12/12 at 7:40pm
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Assassin, I need a hand...

My old HTPC is in need of an upgrade. I just bought another Intel i3 2100 and Asus P8Z68-M Pro Absolutely love this combo. But have never upgraded a computer before like this. I usually build them from scratch and install an OS.

So my question is Can I upgrade my HTPC with a new mobo and CPU without loosing all my programs?? Basically using the same C drive.

Thanks,

Xzener

That's a tough one. You can try but I would worry about old registry settings being wrong, drivers incorrect, etc.

I know it takes longer but I am a proponent of re-installs for the OS when adding major hardware pieces, cloning a hard drive to SSD, etc.

If you use my guides this is one of the perks. You can use all my links and steps to cut down your time dramatically during a reinstall.
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post #13077 of 15483
5/12/12 at 8:42pm
Update on my recent migration from Media Center Master to Metabrowser.

So far, so good. I love the functionality of it. It doesn't rename anything that I don't want it to rename, and it doesn't use up unnecessary CPU when idle. I like the metadata fetching options a whole lot more. You can use it to extract thumbnails from tv shows that may not have thumbs on thetvdb.com, and also can fetch mediainfo for TV episodes.
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5/12/12 at 9:29pm
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OrigenAE S21T

Wow, that thing is bada$$. 10 harddrives! We're you able to get it for $333 from some of those online retailers or the full $1190?
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5/12/12 at 9:43pm
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Wow, that thing is bada$$. 10 harddrives! We're you able to get it for $333 from some of those online retailers or the full $1190?

The customer asked us not to disclose any financial details of his build.
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5/13/12 at 6:43pm
Hey assassin - I saw you got an HDHR prime -- are you using WMC/MB for livetv/movies mostly. Or have you ventured into the XBMC pvr/liveTV build? Just curious if you have, how they are? Thanks .
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