On 7/21/08, Ross Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In terms of the drives, pick whichever you prefer, but check out some of the > silent PC websites before you buy. Drives are one of the noisiest > components if you're after a silent PC, and those WD ones really are quiet!
yeah, i looked; i believe the seagates were 2db higher at the most compared to the WD green ones i believe. > The supermicro card is the AOC-SAT2-MV8, but I believe there's a PCI-E SAS > card just been released by them that uses the same chipset as the new Sun > x4540 server which is probably a better buy now. yeah i figured out that model by narrowing it down... that's probably one of the most important components of this system since chipsets/drivers are the most complicated piece (for me) - so knowing this works well is perfect. ideally i'd like to get all my parts from www.enuinc.com, since it's local. or fry's. it's a little bit more of a drive, but if i can make just one trip that would be great. chassis: http://www.enuinc.com/cas-antec-039.html mobo: i want one with a 64-bit PCI capable slot so i can use the full 64 bit ram: 4 gigs of whatever is cost-effective/compatible with the mobo cpu: prefer intel but would go amd, if needed, as long as it's quiet psu: enu hopefully carries a quiet one if i can go all local sata card: i need to call to see if fry's has it. hd's i can pick up at best buy, etc. just newegg-based: chassis: http://www.enuinc.com/cas-antec-039.html psu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139001 sata: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815121009 i'm still trying to figure out if that power supply will power 6 or 8 drives + mobo + boot drive/CF disk/whatever. i don't think i'll be able to do this all local though, sadly. :( i tried registering on the silentpcreview forum but their email is broken or something, i never got a confirmation email, otherwise i was going to rattle a cage over there... _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
