Recent content by koolman007

thx sharing your experience. I think I should just pull the trigger and the the HP microserver as it got more future proof. Can you also link the G.Skill ram that you mentioned ?

Seems like I have hit an other road block . guys at freenas suggest that for ZFS to work properly one should have at least 8gb of ram and not just any ram a freaking ECC ram which is not only hard to find for this board but is also damn expensive. Anyone has any personal experience with this ...

i am just concerned about the power draw on this, do u know if it will by anyway near the 33W in usage like dedicated NAS storage ?

one of my m8s suggested that i should get micro server and use it as NAS storage. I have looked online and HP micro server looks like an interesting option. It has room for 4 drives which would help if want to expand later on...

I am thinking of either getting a an Asustor 202te (cheapest Intel atom nas I can find for £193 or a Zyxel 325 v2 for £94. Is it worth spending extra for the Asustor ? On Smallnetbuilder benchmarks they perform pretty much similar.

I will be mainly using it for streaminghight bit rate movieson my Tele or laptops etc. I haveread that high bit rate can cause problems on low end NAS drives. Also I am on a tight budget hence the single drive. But if I can a good enclosure for cheap I can add two drives to it plus it might save...

Hello, I am in the market for my very first NAS storage solution. Having read posts on different forums I have decided to go for a custom build storage. Here are the parts that I will be using: Corsair 430W Builder Series £36 ASRock H81M-HDS Intel Socket 1150 Motherboard £36 Intel...

Hey guys, I am thinking of upgrading soon from my X4 950 to i2500K. First i was thinking of getting 8GB DDR3 1600 Ram but there is no point as i will be using a 32bit OS...so i might as well use the old ram, underclock it to 1333mhz CAS7 @1.5 and save myself some money. My current ram is 4GB...

thx all for the replies. I have been doing a lot of research and found that HDMI to DP wont work directly and i need an active convertor to get signal from PS3 to Dell, and considering the price of these convertors is too high i am better off buying something with both HDMI and DVI. So enter...

Hello all, I currently have a Samsung B2430 24’’ LCD monitor which I bought last year. I would have gotten an IPS but the prices were too high back then. Now I am thinking of getting a Dell U2312HM LED IPS monitor. There are a few things I want to know before buying, one of them is its...

thx for all your feedback guys, i just ordered the SOC 480 today which will be arriving tomorow :) cheers

as a owner of 4870x2 i am kinda immune to heat and noise :) i have seen the benchmarks for that SOC 480 and its on par with 580 in most benchmarks... if i get that card hopefully i wont have to upgrade for another year or so..what do u think ?

Hello guys, i have recently upgraded my system to an up-to date quad core setup. I have been using my trusty old 4870x2 for nearly 2 years now and still it is able chew on any game that is thrown at it. But lately what has started to bug me is the ATI's lack of support in terms of old dual GPU...

in gaming performance, as i do alot of gaming and i want my pc to be as much as furute proof as possible. Around UK... i mainly order from ebuyer but i will have a look around for cheaper deals..

Hi guys, Now that sandy bridge is out i am thinking of finally getting an upgrade to my 3 year old PC. Here are my old specs: CPU intel E8400 @ 3.6 Mobo BFG 680i Sli Mobo Ram 4 GIG 800mhz Vga ATI 4870x2 HDD 500GB Sata 2 7200rpm 32MB Buffer PSU Corsair 650W TX Series Case Coolermaster...