drawmonster

We keep our house pretty cool all year round. 68F-70F. So hopefully those fans will do ok. I'm going to wait a while, buy I plan on sticking my gaming rig in a Norco RPC-470 and then mounting both in a Norco R4-15U 4 post open rack. Gonna be sweet.

I just looked for the highest/most reviewed "quiet" fans on Newegg. I wound up with the following. Scythe SY1225SL12L 120mm "Slipstream" Case Fan http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185057 ENERMAX UC-8EB 80mm http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999199&Tpk=Uc-8Eb With all the fans replaced with much quieter models, I'm hoping the case is nearly silent. Edit: Just noticed you tried the same 80mm fans and they weren't very good. Gonna get something else.

Whew!! Thanks for double checking for me. I very well could have screwed that up, lol.

I've gotten myself confused while buying all these parts. This is what I ordered: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002T3JN0Y/ref=oh_o01_s01_i01_details That's the correct memory, right?

Just place my order, which did included the 120mm fan bracket and 3 super quiet fans. I wasn't aware that the other fans were loud too, but I will go ahead and order 2 replacement fans for them as well. Thanks for the info.

Ok, here's what I have in my cart and am fixing to buy: Case: Norco 4224 CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 Motherboard: Supermicro X9SCM-F-O RAM: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB Kit (2x4GB) DDR3 1333 MHz DIMM Desktop Server Memory PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600W Modular High Performance Power Supply Gonna start with a couple 2Tb drives. I'm all about being "future proof" and not having to rebuild later. Hence the server grade hardware when I don't really need it. I don't need any SATA cards or anything extra at this point, as my motherboard will support the amount of drives I have. Thoughts?

I'm extremely torn about which case to get for my planned server build. I'm planning on starting the server storage out small, 6Tb, and growing it as I need to. Right now I'm looking at two cases. Azza Helios 910 This is a highly recommended server case. With 5 x 3 hot swap bays, it's capable of 15 hot swap drives. The issue is the overall cost. The case is $79. The hot swap bays that I want are $99 a piece. I'd start of with one, which would make the initial cost for the case $179. But as I upgraded and had to buy more 3 x 5 bays, it would eventually be a $379 case that will fit 15 drives max. Here's the Azza set up as a server. This guy only used 3x4 bays, I plan on using 3x5. Norco 4220 Also very highly recommended. 20 hot swap bays. Bays connect via the 8087 connection, so cable management would be very neat and clean. This costs $360ish shipped, and maxes out at 20 hot swap bays. It's also supposed to be loud, but fans can be changed to something much more quiet. I have not experience with this type of rackmount case, but it appears to be a very good solution. The up front cost would be higher, but it would allow easy upgrades to the server storage with no additional future purchases. There is also a step up from this case that allows 24 drives. It's about $70 more. So that's kind of in the running also. I've added and removed these two from my cart 20 times. So should I save money now with incremental purchases added on later with the Azza case, or spend more on the server case now with no further purchases needed? I do plan on having a massive server eventually, but it may be a few years before I get there. Can not make up my mind.... What would you guys choose?