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This is such a cool little build. I just dig how compact and everything just fits.

I've not experienced what your experiencing with Subsonic. Sometimes I have an issue and I have to restart whatever browser I was using, but I've never had to reboot.

I recentely added Mario to my go script because I get the beep, but its so fast I don't catch it sometimes. However if I step out for a second I hear Mario playing I know I'm good to go. Sounds like unRAID needs its own theme jingle. LOL

Am I looking at the same case as you guys? Air enters from the front and is blown across the entire case. The air now is pulled out via the top fan and is pulled out via the PSU. I have the same case except my PSU is flipped per Cooler Masters directions so its not sucking air out of the case because the PSU already has an in/out via the opening at the bottom and felt cold in hot out. Also all of my openings I have sealed with a simple piece of paper to keep air from blowing out of the holes, which honestly I couldn't tell you one way or another if it makes a difference. There are large fan openings at the top of his case that you really cant see, but anyways. My CPU sits around 19C and my drives when on are around 25-30C. As long as his temps are OK and hes happy with it, its still a nice build and I need to take a lesson from him on cable management.

I guess I'm confused. His hotswap bays are sucking air into the case and the rear is blowing air out. Hotswap bays>middle of case>

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@sacretagent I was just looking at this thread again. Its nice to know that my office/computer room is just as messy as anybody else's that is a computer tinker. Messy meaning I have the same parts boxes everywhere and I refuse to throw them away because I can store screws or something in them. LOL

@sacretagent Can you reduce your images? They are HUGE and very hard to see.

Thanks. Using XBMC I've had really good results with rewinding and fast forwarding, but sounds good to me. I'm glad to hear that the extra ram will not be a hindrance or a blessing with regards to caching. LOL

Joel L. I just recently purchased another 2GB stick for my machine for a total of 4GB. Would that allow for more Cachin'g of files or is there a set limit when it begins to over right newer reads over older reads? I'm guessing that the cache of files doesn't take up much memory, but was a bit intriqued enough to ask. I personally picked up the extra memory because it was rather cheap and figured if I wanted to do more I would have the extra Ram.

Stop it you guys before I get the bug to build another machine. LOL I like my Cooler Master 590, but they seem to be harder and harder to find. I really only wish that you could install the 4-3's without having to pull everything out to take out one drive, but I'm guessing that's just the way it is. http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=3927 Features •Accommodates up to eight 120mm fans for efficient cooling-Removable HDD rack provides for easy assembly •A fully meshed front panel provides superior airflow andmaximum cooling performance •Tool-free user-friendliness for quick maintenance and upgrade •The roomy interior allows for dual or triple graphics card setups •Convert three 5.25" drive bays into a HDD module for four 3.5" drives with a 120mm LED cooling fan •Cable Management holes for better cable routing and neatness •Bottom mounted power supply for improved cooling and ease of installation •Front I/O panel provides easy access to a variety of peripherals Buy from NewEgg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119152

Yeah I love it. I just add content to my unRAID setup. Turn on my AsRock and it scans it to the Library and then I grab my old school Xbox remote and get sores on my butt from sitting to long. LOL Plays 720 and 1080 content just fine. Probably a subject that should be discussed in another thread or I'd glady talk with you via PM so we don't clutter this one up a lot. Plus the guys over on xbmc.org are awesome for very specific questions.

@Blofeld I currently have the 590 case and really like it, however I dig the side loading of drives you have there with your case. Thats nice and really handy. On my 590 I have to pull out the OEM cage just to swap out a drive and thank god I labeled every cable and my drives so I know where each thing goes back in. I think other than doing some cable zip tieing and cleaning up you have a nifty looking machine. I just kinda pushed some of my cables around to make it a bit more tiddy. I even took some electrical tape and wraped it around my usb cable to usb drive connection to make sure it doesn't come loose. Placed my usb stick on the very bottom under and behind everything so it doesn't get touched and unplugged. Been there before. LOL

Maybe hes from Finnland. LOL Sorry to go off topic, but I couldn't help myself.

Honestly the only real reasoning behind the way I did is the box showed blue arrow in and a red arrow out up top. So I figured hey that makes complete since to me. LOL

Yeah I'm running the Cooler Master 590 that has a dedicated fan to blow air across the Hard Drives. It forces air into the case. I do monitor the drives and cpu now and then just to trend it some. So far so good. I do plan on picking up another cage sometime so I could move that top drive that is sitting in the 3.5 adapter and of course that will add another fan and add additional air into the case. Will I eventually need another fan up top not sure as of yet, but as I add more I'm sure I'll continue to trend and see if flipping the PSU is needed, but for now I'm doing ok. I think the only thing I ever hear from this machine is the CPU fan. I thought about installing a passive cooler so its silent, then I thought nah its not that loud, but if I did want a quiter fan I would, but its in my office and my rack makes more noise than this thing ever will. Heres the photos hosting via Image Shack. I'm trying not to well take over this thread so I made them small and clickable. --|-- --|--

I completely agree with "Both" of you. In my case the air is of decent temperature and I wanted the air entering the case to stay so it could be used across the components opposed to a negative pressure and rely solely on the rear exhaust to cool everything. I'm sure if my case was full of drives it would be different, but for now I'm completely happy and Right/Wrong/In different Rajahal was spot on piecing my machine together in the Budget build. It works great and you can't even here it when its there or when a drive spins up with those WD Green drives.

Yeah the reason I went with the way it was supposed to be installed I noticed that when I only had the lower fan on and running air would enter the case and be sucked right out the back. There wasn't a chance for air to flow in and rise up so the upper fan could pull it out. I'm sure when I throw in my drives or install a few more front fans the upper fan that is pulling air out would either need another top fan to exhaust. Right now my CPU is running 20-21C and my drives average 23-30C. Yeah those budget builds are an awesome guide to building a machine. I knew that I would be limited by the Board and the additional break out cards, but honestly I don't plan on having14+ drives. I think right now I'm good at the 6 drive limit and I'll keep an eye out for a good deal on the break out cards. Since I'm not in a rush or anything.

Before anybody mentions. Yes I did cut the tails off the zip ties after I shot those photos.

Its one of the Recommended Budget builds. I'm really happy with it as of now. Cooler Master 590 Case AMD 2.7ghz BioStar Mobo 2gig ram Corsair 400watt PSU 2TB WD Parity green 1.5TB WD green 1.5TB WD green 500GB WD green 500GB WD green I went with some locking Sata cables from Monoprice.com I decided to use all black for data, blue for cache and red for parity. Not shown in this photo is I removed the Cache drive and went with just all data. I tried to tuck everything and keep it as simple and clean as possible. I used the 3.5 drive mount at the top and brought it down low. I noticed that the temp went from 40degrees to around 30 just by moving it. I'm guessing its feeling the cooler air down low since Im not running additional fans other than what came with the unit. I plan on swaping out the 500's with a single 1.5TB or 2TB

Joe L, That new machine looks pretty cool. I like it and a bargin to boot. I think the only thing I would do is put one of those wire grills over those fans unless you don't have kids like I do that see something spinning and have to shove their finger or whatever they can grab to see if they can in fact stop the spinning blades.