Colony West Project
In an earlier post I wrote about my plan to put a bunch of older hardware I have just laying around back to work. As I intend this to be an ongoing, evolving th...
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Putting older hardware to work
If you’re like me, you’ve probably collected a bunch of older hardware that is left over from previous upgrades. And it’s probably sitting aro...
Beta Orionis – Part XX: New loop
First a recap on the current parts of the system, starting with the base parts. CPU, mainboard, RAM: AMD FX-8350, ASRock 990FX Extreme6, 8 GB Graphics: PNY GTX ...
Beta Orionis – Part XIX: Taking it outside
The fan experiment is going fairly well so far. I’ve been keeping an eye on temperatures and basically looking for a sweet spot for dialing everything in....
Rack mount server – another followup
So where I last left things, I said that I had ordered a replacement northbridge cooler for the mainboard. I replaced the 40mm fan that came with that northbrid...
Beta Orionis – Part XVIII: New power supply and quieting things down
The new power supply is installed and so far has been running steady without any problems. The only minor concern about the EVGA power supply is its PCI-E power...
Rack mount server project, revisited
It’s been some time since I wrote about the rack mount server I put together. There’ve been a couple modest changes to it that I should point out to...
Beta Orionis – Part XVII: The AX860
I am now thoroughly pissed off at the AX860. I have no fucking clue as to what is going on with this power supply, but when an 800W 80+ rated (not even bronze-r...
Rack mount HDD enclosure, part 7
The enclosure shipped a little earlier than expected. FedEx reports it shipped on Monday from Nova Scotia, Protocase e-mailed me about it on Tuesday, and I rece...
Rack mount HDD enclosure, part 6: Follow up with Protocase
After writing such high praise on the Protocase Designer software — which Protocase shared via their Facebook page and Twitter — I was torn on writi...
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