Re: Recommended cases and HDDs for home server

2016-08-20 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 19 August 2016, Mark Haney sent: > The external reusable dust filters are awesome (I have 3 cats and a > large python running around my house) and I've been incredibly pleased > with it. Hmm, that sounds like long term planning for a YouTube clip. I think that any compute

Re: Recommended cases and HDDs for home server

2016-08-19 Thread Robin Laing
On 19/08/16 10:41, Max Pyziur wrote: Greetings, I'm looking for any recommendations for both HDDs and cases for a simple home server setup. I have a good working mobo. I have used a few Antec Sonata cases; are there better similar cases to consider? As for HDDs, any recommendations on manuf

Re: Recommended cases and HDDs for home server

2016-08-19 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 12:41:06PM -0400, Max Pyziur wrote: > > Greetings, > > I'm looking for any recommendations for both HDDs and cases for a > simple home server setup. > > I have a good working mobo. > > I have used a few Antec Sonata cases; are there better similar cases > to consider? I

Re: Recommended cases and HDDs for home server

2016-08-19 Thread Fred Smith
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 01:08:46PM -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > My corsair case has a couple of features that I've now > seen in other cases as well: > > 1. "Portholes" in the back of the case so you can run >all the annoying wires around behind the motherboard >and out the nearest port whe

Re: Recommended cases and HDDs for home server

2016-08-19 Thread Mark Haney
That's almost the exact same case I have for my 8-core AMD system. Nice case, the Corsair fans, pumps and POwer supply fit perfectly and it's really very quiet for a liquid cooled system with 7 fans in it. The external reusable dust filters are awesome (I have 3 cats and a large python running ar

Re: Recommended cases and HDDs for home server

2016-08-19 Thread Tom Horsley
My corsair case has a couple of features that I've now seen in other cases as well: 1. "Portholes" in the back of the case so you can run all the annoying wires around behind the motherboard and out the nearest port where they need to connect to something. 2. A big opening in the back wh

Recommended cases and HDDs for home server

2016-08-19 Thread Max Pyziur
Greetings, I'm looking for any recommendations for both HDDs and cases for a simple home server setup. I have a good working mobo. I have used a few Antec Sonata cases; are there better similar cases to consider? As for HDDs, any recommendations on manufacturers, branding, sizes (don't