new years present to myself

[dbwillis]

I had some funds left over after xmas (dont ask me how) but I decided to get a new case to replace my Thermaltake xaser thingy....




http://www.boosterconsole.com/files/misc23101.jpg

also got (2) 250gb Sata drives to replace my lonely 36gb Raptor which is almost filled (4gb left)

[shimmishim]

holy cow...

that's one sweet case!!!

what is it? :)

[Hawk]

Nice, and a Happy New Year to ya! ! ! !:D

[pointreyes]

I have been eyeing up one of those CoolerMaster cases as well. And two 250GB SATA Drives? Wow! Now you will have some room to install 10, 25, maybe even 50 or more Linux distros on your system! Whoops, sorry-I was thinking of what I would do with that much space. :p :D

[dbwillis]

its a Cooler Master Wave case...all aluminum....figured Id need enough space..hence the 2x250gb drives Ill put in raid maybe...just have to slipstream another XP Pro CD......

[Jim]

Post up some pics as you go. ;)

[RotorHead]

That's some classy stuff you got there!

You'll have to let us know how the system install goes. :D

[dbwillis]

Will do...picked up a new 470w PS as well....

[eva2000]

oooooooh nevermind the case, but what brand model of 250GB sata drives ? :D

[dbwillis]

Western Digital JD models...8mb, I really couldnt justify the $10-20 extra (each) of the Maxtors, and Seagate didnt have any 250giggers out...the Hitachi's are WAY too expensive too..
I cracked my sp1a XP Pro CD...so Im trying to make another now (using the how to sticky from here) to maybe use them in raid...:D

[eva2000]

ouch snapped your winxp cd :eek: you mean the copy or the original ?

how much did the 250GB WD cost ya ? i've seen 250GB Maxtor Maxline Plus II PATA for US$220-240

I use PATA with SATA adaptors hehe

[Mikki]

Looks awesome dbwillis, I'm really looking forward to seeing how those drives measure up in the real world. And you're gonna love that case, I absolutely love my CM and have been eyeing the new one for a while.....;):D

[dbwillis]

$224 each.
I stepped on my burned sp1 cd...I made another this am and its working fine when I installed with it....installs AOK and shows SP1 after the install..

[shimmishim]

where did you buy the case from?

[eva2000]

Originally posted by dbwillis
$224 each.
I stepped on my burned sp1 cd...I made another this am and its working fine when I installed with it....installs AOK and shows SP1 after the install.. lucky it wasn't the original cd :)

[dbwillis]

Shim-

I got the case from essencompu.com...

I ordered it on Wednesday around 530pm.....I expect it Monday.
They are in NYC and the regular shipping from them comes next day because they are so close.
They also ship the same day (most of the time) and dont have that 2-3 day 'processing time' like newegg.
Ive had great luck with them.

I got the drives from Newegg....

[Jim]

Yeah, I love Essencompu....very fast processing and with free two day FedEx on the stuff I buy it's the same as NewEgg for me but I don't get bent over for 8% sales tax. :mad:

[dbwillis]

Got the drives and PW from Newegg already...glad to have there warehouse in NJ....

[dbwillis]

got the case yesterday, installed last night, used 128k stripe in the RAID setup....worked perfectly with the sp1 slipped XP...compliments of the sticky here on how to do it..

temps went up though...before was max 56'c :) ,now I hit 64'c:(

2 fans on the front, 1 in the back....I used to have 1 in back, none in front but 1 in the side....

Ill have to do some addition of a 120mm quiet fan to the side panel maybe....or the back..

looks nice though, Ill get some pics of soon...then Ill test the RAID