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Thats gonna be a loud HTPC!! Why not use a NAS or server for the storage, and keep it in the garage or under the stairs?

Hardware RAID5, 3Ware SATA II Controller.

Been running now for a few days, and not had any issues at all! Will replace all my Samsung drives with 2TB drives over the next few months.

Finally got my dead RAID card replaced. Have set up 3 of the Hitachi drives in a RAID5, and no problems so far. Array is just initializing at the moment, but it formatted ok in Windows, which is further than i've been getting with the Samsung drives running in SATA II mode. Once completed...

Thanks. I might move mine from the crappy Silicon Image card to my 9550.

To be honest with 2TB HDDs at ~£60.....why bother wasting time compressing/recoding/etc?

What WMC plug-in for music are people recommending? I'm using the stand alone Ultimate Jukebox at the moment, but looking for a good plug-in.

OK, thanks. I'll pick up 3 of them, and do some testing.

What, like the Hitachi Saturn 2Tb 7K2000?

Ok, thanks. I might look at FlexRAID as well, but still looks very much in development. I've got backups, but its a hassle having to "maintain" RAID arrays every couple of weeks.

Is he able to run them in SATAII mode?

Looks like i'm stuck with the RE4 drives then :(

Can anybody confirm if they support TLER?

Are the drives running in SATA 1 or 2 mode?

Thats me done for today, my fingers and thumbs are in bits from cables braiding and routing. Hopefully get some done over the next few days.

Inside starting to take shape. I noticed the PSU fan was going to pull its airflow from the 10k SCSI drives, which is not ideal. I can move the PSU round, but i'll need to cut a hole in the side of the case to make it work. Will have to re-visit that and the 92mm fan later.

Starting feeding in the HDD sata cables to the hot plug bays and cable routing them

Inside the case with the 3 hot plug chassis And from the front And with the drives in

Fan hole edging on the rear of the case. Can't find my black 92mm fan, so having to use the stock one at the moment. I'll replace that fan soon enough.

Depends on your RAID controller.

Edging fitted to the cable management holes Next step is to drill the front holes in the case larger, as i missed these earlier :( Once this has been done, and put in the missing nuts/bolts, the front can be fitted.

Corsair AX850 PSU fitted with pink thumbscrews

Making sure the fans fit in the bottom of the case. (They look orange, but they're not. They're red/pink.) I have fan grills for the bottom, plus mesh filter to help keep the dust out.

Lacquer applied.... Back and side view: Inside:

Ok, 2nd coat of paint done The case: The HDD cage: Ready for the lacquer......

Acronis True Image here.

I use DVDFab to rip all my DVD / BR, strip out all the extras, extra language tracks, subtitles, and just copy the main movie with English audio. AnyDVDHD can only rip full discs, and i can't be bothered going into the rip afterwards and doing more work.

Well, i have the problem with HD103UJ, HD103SJ, and the new F4 2TB. Just won't work in SATAII. Read/write operations usually means the drive gets dropped/disconnected.

I have some Samsung HDD's doing this? You know the cause?

They have the 1TB WD1000FYPS listed as ok, so i might take a gamble, but would prefer if someone can confirm.

Anybody using the WD2002FYPS drives with a 9550 controller?

I couldn't get that damn Hammerite Paint Gun to work, even bought a new canister for it. So, had to revert to regular spray paint in a can. Here are the pics after the first couple of coats. I'm out of paint now, and the car is in for its service so can't go and get some...

Thanks. Will have to get this firmware updated ASAP.

Does the firmware upgrade wipe the clean, or does it leave data in tact?

Pink cables :) Swapped out the black Molex plugs for UV Pink ones. Didn't bother doing between the SATA connections, as gonna be nearly hidden, as they're all being plugged into the SATA hot swap bays.

Will be upgrading the Enermax 600w non-modular to the new Corsair AX850w modular PSU Flat cables make for easy cable routing But no sure on the black, reckon they'll look better in pink :)

I use MyMovies for 7MC. Best of all, basic use is free, and you can either unlock more features with points you earn, or buy.

And the paint....no primer required :) Smooth black finish :)

OK, all cable management holes cut. I run into a small sang though. After cutting the holes with the dremel, i couldn't get the cutting tool out of it, it flatly refused to budge. So ended up into town and buying a new dremel so i cut grind the edges straight and smooth. Here we go, all...

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