noxious89123

I personally wouldnt ever open a HDD... too much risk. Plus with where your mounting them you wouldnt see the window anyway.

But regarding the Raptor X - You have to mount it so you can see the window!

Now you just gotta figure out how, lol.

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gobygoby

Thanks everyone for all the compliments!

well.....once again, the plans change. Yesterday I was thinking about doing the HDD window mod and mounting the HD up against the roof of the case. Cutting a window in the roof so you could see the HDD.

I really dont want to spend another couple of weeks tinkering with something, so I am going to do something a bit easier and hold off on the HDD mod maybe for the future. right now I just want to get my computer running, especially since my old one gets a little slower every day and craps out a little more.

So here is what I propose to do for the HDD's.

Put the two 74 giggers in the HDD cage. one on the top nad one in the bottom, leaving the middle slot empty.

I will move the 150 gig to the drive tower and do one of the following options.

Option #1:
Aerocool Fanless HDD Cooler


I already have 5 fans in the case plus the watercooling gear and what ever else makes noise. So I am opting for this option to cut down on noise and eliminate another posslbe fan in the case.

Option #2:
Vantec Hot swappable cooled drive bay


This option has built in fan cooling. and since the 150 gig HD is the one I am using for back up for the two 74 gigs ( going with a Raid 0+1 config), removing it may need to be an option if it craps out(doubtful) and its kinda a neat option

Option #3:
HDD Water Block

Add yet another item to my water cooling setup.

Option #4:
Put the 150 gig HDD in the drive tower and dont do any specialized cooling. Let the front mounted fans in front of the rad push the air over the HD and hope it doesnt get hot enough to cook eggs.

whatchya think?

PS. The only reason I refer to FrozenCPU is because I have a gift card credit there.

Thanks
Kyle

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Niko-Time

Option 2 gets my vote, its shiny

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gobygoby

And it has blue lights!

Personally I like option 1 or 2

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3xtr3m3

I say option 2 : )

drummer4lifex

Option 1 or 2. How do you plan on doing a RAID 0+1 with only 3 drives? You'd need 4 drives to do that. The best you can do with three drives is have the 2x 74GB Array and then set your OS to manually backup your important data to the 150 GB every night...

You do realize both of those HDD coolers are out of stock, right?

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Renegade5399

HD waterblocks = teh crapz0r. They just add restriction to the loop. Option 1 or 2 is good, but you may not even need one. I have a Seagate 320GB with no cooling and it never cracks 34°C in my Armor.

gobygoby

Raid0+1
According to Remonster, its possible to put the two 74 gigs in Raid 0 then put the 150 gig in a raid 1.

Yes, I know they are both out of stock. I dont need to buy it today(it would be nice) but hopefully they will get in it stock in the next week or so.

Yeah, I dont really want to add anything else to the water loop for that reason.

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mattlb0619

i dont think you need the extra cooling, just seperate them(option #4). if you do want the extra cooling ide go #1 or #2.

i do believe you need 4 drives for raid 0+1...


edit:

yep..

http://www.acnc.com/04_01_0_1.html

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/perf/...Level01-c.html

edit 2:

raid 0+1 is basicly the same as raid 0, however, in raid0+1 the info on the first two drives is 'mirrored' onto the second two drives so you will always have a backup of everthing and still get the performance of raid 0.

someone correct me if im wrong...

matt

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Goby, you've got way more patience than I do. I'd have put that rig together on a table or chair sans case or water cooling and fired it up. Good for you, man. It's going to blow our freakin' minds when it's done.

That said, I'd do option #4 until you get option #2 in the mail. It's real purty.

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