The PC Builders Thread

Discussion in 'Science, Technology & Car Chat' started by kontradictions, Aug 11, 2009.

  1. kontradictions

    kontradictions Well-Known Member

    Build quality, finish, features, layout, materials.
     
  2. Knoctur_nal

    Knoctur_nal |Force 10 from Navarone|

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    In my books, one of the top case makers.
     
  3. Kontra, your custom case >=(
     
  4. kontradictions

    kontradictions Well-Known Member

    Got some work done today. ;)

    Posted in my thread already.
     
  5. ooo nice nice....... can't wait to see the final product ;)

    so yea, now that i have my i7, i can't use it to it's full potential, since i can't think of anything intensive to run on it -_________-

    actually, let me rephrase that, im too lazy to run intensive shit on it.

    most of the time i play games on it and shit, which i can do with a dual core.......... FUUUUUUUUUUUCK WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY T_________T
     
  6. ^ don't lie... you love it.

    i tried really hard to make my cpu hit 55% usage.......
     
  7. keywords in bold lol, i slack off -__________-

    i should host a buncha VMs on my i7 =O
     
  8. The_Jelly

    The_Jelly NSFW? :P

    Just run Vista lol. I don't think they've really fixed that thing where it uses up 100% CPU usage for no reason.
     
  9. Knoctur_nal

    Knoctur_nal |Force 10 from Navarone|

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    buddy of mines run his i7 with with about 3-4 vpcs-64bit environment-heavy requirements and the thing just chugs along no glitches.
     
  10. lol yea, i have no doubt the i7, with enough memory and spec, is capable of handling them. the thing is, im not sure what to use those vms for lol

    my colleague got like 5 pcs, made a cloud, and hosted vms on them LOL im just trying to figure out what he's gonna use them for lol
     
  11. kontradictions

    kontradictions Well-Known Member

    That makes me tingle in places I shouldn't.
     
  12. Knoctur_nal

    Knoctur_nal |Force 10 from Navarone|

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    Aye-The hardest part is use. A few projects I've passed on that make use of vpcs:

    -Windows Homer Server
    -Exchange Server
    -NAS-running something like FreeNas
    -Win 2k8 Local Domain Environment

    Coming soon, Project Black Beauty
     
  13. just waiting on a super extreme price for a SSD and then i definitely would be running a dedicated OS off of it..... i almost paid like $90 (?) for a 30GB ssd...... but eventually i held myself back.
     
  14. Knoctur_nal

    Knoctur_nal |Force 10 from Navarone|

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    Most likely won't make the move to ssd until the end of the year.
    Veloci raps in RAID for now.
     
  15. I was thinking to Raid 0 my hdd's but instead running a dedicated OS off a hdd and using the other to store all download data seemed to make it less necessary....
     
  16. Knoctur_nal

    Knoctur_nal |Force 10 from Navarone|

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    Raid 0 would just have been for speed upgrades. (it provides no redundancy-so separating the drives works for you)
    Optimal-for my situation-Raid 5.
     
  17. raid 5, given your criteria, i assume you have like four 1TB drives?

    i have 1.5TB... and I have yet to fill it up..... but once i do... ill just double it with one 1.5TB drive if SSD aren't an inexpensive route.
     
  18. Knoctur_nal

    Knoctur_nal |Force 10 from Navarone|

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    Phase I of the The Black Beauty:

    [​IMG]

    Missed this. 150 velo raps (x3) in a raid 5. Primary and OS.
    Storage:SAN

    To come:Raid 5:Intel 80GB X25's SSD (x3)..etc..
     
  19. The_Jelly

    The_Jelly NSFW? :P

    What's the name of the case Knoc? I want :D
     
  20. Knoctur_nal

    Knoctur_nal |Force 10 from Navarone|

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    Corsair Obsidian 800D