[[FS] (1) Lian Li's Lancool PC-K12B & (3) Supermicro CSE-M35T-1B cages]

It's looking good!

[(Gone!) $106.92 Hitachi 3TB Coolspin Retail - Amazon US]

Unbelievable. I have prime shipping with Amazon but I ordered these yesterday and they arrived today form WA via FedEx.

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Of course. I just have to get the kids to bed or I'll have lots of help. 

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I'm happy to report that the Norco SS-500's arrived today from 3BTech and are the new version. Free shipping made it a great deal. Hopefully tonight I can build.

[[FS] (1) Lian Li's Lancool PC-K12B & (3) Supermicro CSE-M35T-1B cages]

Sorry Rembro, I bought it.

[ASUS M4A78LT-M Motherboard $59.99 & Free Shipping]

I'm trying to decide whether to grab this or keep the Jetway MA3-880GTV2 I still have in a box (just worried about the RTK8111E Lan chipset that has given some user problems).

[ASUS M4A78LT-M Motherboard $59.99 & Free Shipping]

The ASUS M4A78LT-M motherboard is available on Newegg today for $59.99 and free shipping. This is not the LE version.

6 SATA ports, 1 PCI express 2.0, 1 PCI Express, 2 PCI, Realtek 8112L LAN chipset, 4 DDR3 memory slots, onboard video.

*Level 1 confirmed*

[(Gone!) $106.92 Hitachi 3TB Coolspin Retail - Amazon US]

Great! Ordered three last week then went to buy more and they were no longer available at that price.

[MiniSAS SFF-8087 (36 pin to 4 x Sata) Cables - $6.00 delivered!]

Okay, I was confused my Rembro's comment, "for users who need a connection from the controllercard (Mini-SAS)  to 4 single SATA drives or a hotswap cage with a traditional SATA connector (NOT backplane like in the big norco's)."

[MiniSAS SFF-8087 (36 pin to 4 x Sata) Cables - $6.00 delivered!]

So NOT suitable for use on the Norco SS-500?

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I had to use my email address as my username.

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Thanks for the fan help ProfQ. There are some cheaper options but I would rather stick with something that was tested and worked. I'm still waiting for the Norco's and fans to arrive but tonight I plan to put the rest of my components together and run preclear on one of my hard drives.

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Any problem with putting this together without the Norco's and running a preclear?

[Raj's Prototype Designs [Discussion Thread]]

The JetWay JMA3-880GTV2-LF motherboard is back in stock at Newegg.

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I just received an email stating that I would not get a tracking number since the units ship directly from the supplier. I'll update as soon as they arrive. I also ordered three Coolink SWiF2-801 fans since ProfQ is having good results using them.

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I sent 3BTech an email last night about the Norco SS-500 and received the following reply: "We ship direct from Norco, so their page info will be correct." I'm taking the gamble since it's $87.99 each for three and free shipping.

[(Gone!) $106.92 Hitachi 3TB Coolspin Retail - Amazon US]

Thanks for the heads up! I was planning my new build based on 2TB drives but this price was too good.

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Thanks Rajahal; The Norco SS-500 it is.

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Updated. The Lian Li case was purchased and arrived today. I also purchased 3 Hitachi 3TB drives from Amazon for $106.92/each. The final decision are the hot swap drive bays. Using 3TB drives I could go with three 4x3 or even nine single bays but would I regret it later...the joys of trying to predict the future. Any non cost reasons to go with smaller hot swap bays?

[HITACHI 3TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s $149.99 - Free Shipping]

Or the retail version on Amazon for $106.92.

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Re: 2TB Hard Drives.

 

Reading the FAQ there doesn't appear to be any "bad" hard drives. Is it still advisable to use different brands when buying at the same time or to space out buying the same model to get a different batch? Any opinions on the following would be helpful (more reliable, faster, better parity drive, lower power, etc):

 

• HITACHI Deskstar 5K3000 currently $69.99 with MIR
  
• Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS currently $79.99
  

 

Thank again!

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Thanks Rembro. I've updated my original post again. Pulled the trigger on the motherboard and the usb adapter.

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I may just use Newegg since many companies just use a stock photo. Do you know if these will fit the Lian Li Lancool PC-K12B? The motherboard is now $10 off and free shipping.

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Thanks again for the help. How can you differentiate between the old and new model of the Norco SS-500?

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Updated the list. It also appears I can buy a used Lian Li Lancool PC-K12B for about the same price as the AZZA. I purchased the Corsair PSU yesterday as it was the last day of the rebate and I've never had problems using them in my builds. I picked the RAM before Rajahal updated his guide but it should work. I see the JetWay now has free shipping.