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post #1 of 102
3/18/12 at 9:43am
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Sneak peek of a build that we have been doing for a customer that MFusick requested pics of...





4TB Hard Drives


More pics soon (maybe)
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post #2 of 102
3/18/12 at 12:09pm
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A few more pics...

Yes, that's a 512GB SSD and here you can see the two 4TB drives listed as 8TB (this was setup per the customer's specific request)







The touchscreen panel/front...


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post #3 of 102
3/18/12 at 12:49pm
Very nice photos.
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post #4 of 102
3/18/12 at 3:12pm
What did you do jusdt span a few drives together to get that 7 tbs? Or did you set up some sort of drive pooling?
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post #5 of 102
3/18/12 at 3:18pm
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What did you do jusdt span a few drives together to get that 7 tbs? Or did you set up some sort of drive pooling?

Spanned per customer request. Despite the over the top parts this is a htpc and not a pc first and foremost.
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post #6 of 102
3/18/12 at 4:47pm
I like how you did that sata cable. What cpu/gpu is in there?
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post #7 of 102
3/18/12 at 5:01pm
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I like how you did that sata cable. What cpu/gpu is in there?

i7.
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post #8 of 102
3/18/12 at 5:20pm
Is that not a graphic card in the top pcie slot?
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post #9 of 102
3/18/12 at 5:20pm
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Is that not a graphic card in the top pcie slot?

It is indeed.
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post #10 of 102
3/18/12 at 5:28pm
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It is indeed.

Well what is it.

Crazy ssd in there too. Whats he going to do with all that space?
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post #11 of 102
3/18/12 at 5:37pm
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Well what is it.

Crazy ssd in there too. Whats he going to do with all that space?

Gtx 560 Ti.

Not sure. But the space is there and its lightning quick.
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post #12 of 102
3/18/12 at 5:42pm
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I like how you did that sata cable. What cpu/gpu is in there?

Speaking of SATA cables I've been using these on recent builds.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812119378

I know they are all the same transfer rate. But I use them to tidy up the case and they are much easier to work with.
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post #13 of 102
3/18/12 at 6:14pm
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Gtx 560 Ti.

Not sure. But the space is there and its lightning quick.

Thats a beastly htpc either way. I'm sure it cost a pretty penny.
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post #14 of 102
3/18/12 at 7:04pm
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Thats a beastly htpc either way. I'm sure it cost a pretty penny.

Can't disclose the price on this one.
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post #15 of 102
3/18/12 at 8:10pm
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Can't disclose the price on this one.

No worries I didn't except you to.
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post #16 of 102
3/18/12 at 8:13pm
What'd you use to organize the sata cables like that? Very nice.
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post #17 of 102
3/18/12 at 8:47pm
Hope that customer knows that a single drive failure will result in a loss of all 8tb of data....
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post #18 of 102
3/18/12 at 8:56pm
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Hope that customer knows that a single drive failure will result in a loss of all 8tb of data....

Of course. It's not how I would use that 8tb but it's also not my personal htpc.

He had some very specific requests. A spanned drive was one of them.
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post #19 of 102
3/19/12 at 5:05am
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Speaking of SATA cables I've been using these on recent builds.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812119378

I know they are all the same transfer rate. But I use them to tidy up the case and they are much easier to work with.

Good call on those. The ones that came with my mobo was bent up the wrong way which made it completely useless for my build. I had to dig up some cables I had leftover from an old build but it didn't look nearly as clean.
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post #20 of 102
3/19/12 at 8:04am
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Of course. It's not how I would use that 8tb but it's also not my personal htpc.

He had some very specific requests. A spanned drive was one of them.

Gotta make the customer happy....even if they are wrong.
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post #21 of 102
3/19/12 at 2:46pm
I guess the case is an OrigenAE S21T.If so that's a nice case with a not so nice $1,200 price tag.
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post #22 of 102
3/19/12 at 3:06pm
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I guess the case is an OrigenAE S21T.If so that's a nice case with a not so nice $1,200 price tag.

Wait what?? Holy ****, thats insane. You could build two sweet htpc's for that price.
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post #23 of 102
3/19/12 at 3:20pm
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Surprised it took this long for someone to notice.
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post #24 of 102
3/19/12 at 3:40pm
If that case uses iMon for the screen software then they would have to pay me $1,200 to use it. Say hello to HDMI handshake issues.
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post #25 of 102
3/19/12 at 5:13pm
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Surprised it took this long for someone to notice.

I don't mind paying a little extra here or there for some nicer components, but $1200 for a case is so far out of my league, I wouldn't even recognize it if it were right in front of me. Heck, even $300 for a spectacular case would be too much of a stretch for me to justify.
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post #26 of 102
3/21/12 at 6:55pm
WOW- NICE !!

Looking pretty slick.

512GB SSD's are indeed lightning quick.

if your accustomed to using a plain crappy 64MB cheapo that are common under $100 bucks nowadays... You should notice a difference for sure. A top Tier 512SSD is a different animal for sure.

Bigger the SSD the faster they are.

I like. I like. I like.

Excess wins.
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post #27 of 102
3/21/12 at 7:08pm
Assassin,

What is left for you to do ?
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post #28 of 102
3/21/12 at 7:22pm
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Assassin,

What is left for you to do ?

Tweaking some software settings.
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post #29 of 102
3/22/12 at 5:37am
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WOW- NICE !!

Looking pretty slick.

512GB SSD's are indeed lightning quick.

if your accustomed to using a plain crappy 64MB cheapo that are common under $100 bucks nowadays... You should notice a difference for sure. A top Tier 512SSD is a different animal for sure.

Bigger the SSD the faster they are.

I like. I like. I like.

Excess wins.

64MB isn't going to get you too far either, that's like two or three raw photos from my camera.
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post #30 of 102
3/26/12 at 7:41am
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64MB isn't going to get you too far either, that's like two or three raw photos from my camera.

Most use a HDD for that stuff though...
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