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post #31 of 36

5/30/12 at 6:23pm

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One of the flaws of the case is the lack of airflow to the hard drives, but I'm managing. Adding two more drives to it in a couple of days. 5.5TB isn't good enough!

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
3570k	MSI Z77A-GD65	EVGA 660ti FTW 3GB SLI	16GB Corsair Vengeance LP White (4x4GB)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 840 500GB	Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB	Prolimatech Megahalems Black Series	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
ASUS VG248QE	Dell S2340M	WASD Semi Custom w/ Cherry Reds + Switch Dampeners	Corsair AX860
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
IN WIN D-Frame (Red, 90/500)	Steelseries Sensei Fnatic	Corsair	Sony 7CH Amp w/ MartinLogan 2.0
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3570k	MSI Z77A-GD65	EVGA 660ti FTW 3GB SLI	16GB Corsair Vengeance LP White (4x4GB)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 840 500GB	Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB	Prolimatech Megahalems Black Series	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
ASUS VG248QE	Dell S2340M	WASD Semi Custom w/ Cherry Reds + Switch Dampeners	Corsair AX860
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IN WIN D-Frame (Red, 90/500)	Steelseries Sensei Fnatic	Corsair	Sony 7CH Amp w/ MartinLogan 2.0
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6/4/12 at 10:36am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Methos07

Is this a screenshot of your bios?

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
i5 2500k	ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3	Diamond 6950	EVGA GTX 275
RAM	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
8 gigs G.SKILL Sniper (2x 4)	Corsair 128GB SSD	LG BluRay	Corsair H60
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit	ASUS 21" & LG 20"	Razer Lycosa	SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W
Case	Mouse
Silverstone FT02	Razer Mamba
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CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
Athlon II X2 255	ASRock 880GMH/USB3.0	Wintec DDR3 4GB	Intel X25-M 80 GB
OS	Keyboard	Power	Case
Windows 7 with XBMC	Iogear wireless keyboard/mouse GKM561R	Antec EarthWatts Green 380D	Silverstone MLO3B
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Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive	OS
GIGABYTE GA-E350N-USB3	Samsung 1x4GB	2 gig USB	OpenElec XBMC
Keyboard	Case
Lenovo Multimedia Remote Keyboard N5902	Habey EMC-600S
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	Graphics
i5 2500k	ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3	Diamond 6950	EVGA GTX 275
RAM	Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling
8 gigs G.SKILL Sniper (2x 4)	Corsair 128GB SSD	LG BluRay	Corsair H60
OS	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit	ASUS 21" & LG 20"	Razer Lycosa	SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W
Case	Mouse
Silverstone FT02	Razer Mamba
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CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
Athlon II X2 255	ASRock 880GMH/USB3.0	Wintec DDR3 4GB	Intel X25-M 80 GB
OS	Keyboard	Power	Case
Windows 7 with XBMC	Iogear wireless keyboard/mouse GKM561R	Antec EarthWatts Green 380D	Silverstone MLO3B
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Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive	OS
GIGABYTE GA-E350N-USB3	Samsung 1x4GB	2 gig USB	OpenElec XBMC
Keyboard	Case
Lenovo Multimedia Remote Keyboard N5902	Habey EMC-600S
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6/5/12 at 5:51am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by raiderxx

Is this a screenshot of your bios?

Intel RST. Just showing how I have the drives configured.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
3570k	MSI Z77A-GD65	EVGA 660ti FTW 3GB SLI	16GB Corsair Vengeance LP White (4x4GB)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 840 500GB	Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB	Prolimatech Megahalems Black Series	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
ASUS VG248QE	Dell S2340M	WASD Semi Custom w/ Cherry Reds + Switch Dampeners	Corsair AX860
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
IN WIN D-Frame (Red, 90/500)	Steelseries Sensei Fnatic	Corsair	Sony 7CH Amp w/ MartinLogan 2.0
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
3570k	MSI Z77A-GD65	EVGA 660ti FTW 3GB SLI	16GB Corsair Vengeance LP White (4x4GB)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 840 500GB	Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB	Prolimatech Megahalems Black Series	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
ASUS VG248QE	Dell S2340M	WASD Semi Custom w/ Cherry Reds + Switch Dampeners	Corsair AX860
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
IN WIN D-Frame (Red, 90/500)	Steelseries Sensei Fnatic	Corsair	Sony 7CH Amp w/ MartinLogan 2.0
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post #34 of 36

6/11/12 at 4:45pm

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Updated OP with a picture of how it's all setup in my apartment.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
3570k	MSI Z77A-GD65	EVGA 660ti FTW 3GB SLI	16GB Corsair Vengeance LP White (4x4GB)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 840 500GB	Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB	Prolimatech Megahalems Black Series	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
ASUS VG248QE	Dell S2340M	WASD Semi Custom w/ Cherry Reds + Switch Dampeners	Corsair AX860
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
IN WIN D-Frame (Red, 90/500)	Steelseries Sensei Fnatic	Corsair	Sony 7CH Amp w/ MartinLogan 2.0
View all

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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
3570k	MSI Z77A-GD65	EVGA 660ti FTW 3GB SLI	16GB Corsair Vengeance LP White (4x4GB)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 840 500GB	Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB	Prolimatech Megahalems Black Series	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
ASUS VG248QE	Dell S2340M	WASD Semi Custom w/ Cherry Reds + Switch Dampeners	Corsair AX860
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
IN WIN D-Frame (Red, 90/500)	Steelseries Sensei Fnatic	Corsair	Sony 7CH Amp w/ MartinLogan 2.0
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6/26/12 at 9:36am

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how do u like the gd08 i just ordered mine should be coming tomorrow now need to decide on parts to put it in lol

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7/3/12 at 9:41pm

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It's a nice case, but I don't know what I'm going to do when I run out of storage space. Maybe upgrade to a full-fledged server solution instead of glorifying the front-end so much. Blu-rays are big, 12TB fills up fast. (I have 5x3TB Raid 5 now).

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
3570k	MSI Z77A-GD65	EVGA 660ti FTW 3GB SLI	16GB Corsair Vengeance LP White (4x4GB)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 840 500GB	Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB	Prolimatech Megahalems Black Series	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
ASUS VG248QE	Dell S2340M	WASD Semi Custom w/ Cherry Reds + Switch Dampeners	Corsair AX860
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
IN WIN D-Frame (Red, 90/500)	Steelseries Sensei Fnatic	Corsair	Sony 7CH Amp w/ MartinLogan 2.0
View all

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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
3570k	MSI Z77A-GD65	EVGA 660ti FTW 3GB SLI	16GB Corsair Vengeance LP White (4x4GB)
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Cooling	OS
Samsung 840 500GB	Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB	Prolimatech Megahalems Black Series	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Monitor	Monitor	Keyboard	Power
ASUS VG248QE	Dell S2340M	WASD Semi Custom w/ Cherry Reds + Switch Dampeners	Corsair AX860
Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad	Audio
IN WIN D-Frame (Red, 90/500)	Steelseries Sensei Fnatic	Corsair	Sony 7CH Amp w/ MartinLogan 2.0
View all