Cooling/power/case/hd question

[caLLous]

ok, atm i have 2 60gb deskstars and 1 25.4gb maxtor. i'm thinking of buying either 2 more 60gb deskstars or 1 120gb 120gxp deskstar (opinions?). i have a 300w psu... could it handle 2 cdroms, the current hd's and either 2 more 60's or 1 120? i'm looking at this case as a possibility to replace my current one... and if i bought that, then i would probably buy 3 or 4 of these to keep the ibm hd's cool. now i'm thinking that the 300w psu would probably struggle (at best) to cope with all this... so i thought about going for one of these... anyone have any opinions on any of this?

 

[Testin da Cable]

you can actually do the math and work out what psu you'll need matey
add up all the voltage or summat, subtract from psu's voltage. neg is bad, pos is good. just guessing...but it will prolly be something like that

 

[Embattle]

Nice, although you must have a lot of porn

 

[caLLous]

Requirement +5 VDC (+- 5%), +12 VDC (+10%/-8%)

what the bollocks does that mean?

 

[Embattle]

The power supply you were going to get is more than enough

 

[Xavier]

Originally posted by caLLous
ok, atm i have 2 60gb deskstars and 1 25.4gb maxtor. i'm thinking of buying either 2 more 60gb deskstars or 1 120gb 120gxp deskstar (opinions?). i have a 300w psu... could it handle 2 cdroms, the current hd's and either 2 more 60's or 1 120? i'm looking at this case as a possibility to replace my current one... and if i bought that, then i would probably buy 3 or 4 of these to keep the ibm hd's cool. now i'm thinking that the 300w psu would probably struggle (at best) to cope with all this... so i thought about going for one of these... anyone have any opinions on any of this?

hehe, you l00n, 450W would be adequate

 

[caLLous]

well, i just visited scan.co.uk and theoverclockingstore.co.uk and bought:

1 x Lian Li PC70 Aluminium ATX Full Tower No PSU
1 x 550W Enermax EG651P-VE Whisper Quiet Dual Fan PSU
4 x Coolermaster 'CoolDrive' Hard Drive Cooler
2 x 61.5GB "Ericson" 60GXP IBM HDD
5 x 90cm ROUND ATA-100 IDE Cable

so now i am An Extremely Happy Bunny (TM).

but the case is gonna take 7-10 days to arrive

 

[Testin da Cable]

yummy
enjoy them well matey!

 

[caLLous]

There are four stages to each order:

Stage 1 - Order Confirmed.
Stage 2 - Payment Authorised.
Stage 3 - Order Picked and Completed.
Stage 4 - Order Despatched.

The real-time status of your invoice has changed to'Payment Authorised' (2 of 4).

yes the first hurdle is behind me and my plan for world domination roars forward!

 

[caLLous]

There are four stages to each order:

Stage 1 - Order Confirmed.
Stage 2 - Payment Authorised.
Stage 3 - Order Picked and Completed.
Stage 4 - Order Despatched.

The real-time status of your invoice has changed to'Order Picked and Completed' (3 of 4).

 

[FuZor]

I assume thats from SCAN???

M8 they are slowwwwwwwwwwwww took me a week to get my Pioneer Slot Drive!!! grrrrrr

Overclocking Store is good though. Next day, with only 2 boring e-mails lol

One For Confirmation of Order, and the other for confirmation of shipping. And a tracking URL.

Me like Overclocking store.

Another Harware site I use is Novatech www.novatech.co.uk good hardware bundles.

 

[caLLous]

well, this is the third time i've ordered from scan and they've been excellent so far...

There are four stages to each order:

Stage 1 - Order Confirmed.
Stage 2 - Payment Authorised.
Stage 3 - Order Picked and Completed.
Stage 4 - Order Despatched.

The real-time status of your invoice has changed to'Order Despatched' (4 of 4).

i ordered it yesterday, and it's gonna be here tomorrow... suits me.

 

[caLLous]

gah! stupid doorbell broke and i'm on the second floor and didn't hear the knocking, blokey left a note and now i have to go to the depot (20 miles away) and pick it up

 

[Embattle]

LOL, you prat

 

[caLLous]

but i rang the overclocking store and they said that the case will be in tomorrow

which is A Good Thing (TM)

 

[Summo]

/me hides in corner with meh 6GB and 4GB drives.

 

[FuZor]

Originally posted by caLLous
gah! stupid doorbell broke and i'm on the second floor and didn't hear the knocking, blokey left a note and now i have to go to the depot (20 miles away) and pick it up

LOL

 

[caLLous]

i did it! it's here!!!11

now for the case, which should hopefully be tomorrow

 

[FuZor]

This is quite scary, my nu case came yesterday form overclockers!
Buildin my nu pc see... Its a Chieftec tower, metallic blue... mmm SWEET. VERY HEAVY though

 

[caLLous]

ahh ya see... the lian-li pc-70 is 100% aluminium (or aloominum if you're a *cou* yank *gh*) and so is very light and very good for all sorts of heat disipation/cooling etc...

 

[Embattle]

Might weigh a little bit more than you think

 

[caLLous]

ewll, once i;ve ut al the pants in it, i;m sure it will.,.. sorry drunk

 

[FuZor]

nice, my case got 5 fans to dissipate the heat!!!

Aluminium is good

If I could be assed to foot the Bill i'd get a coolermaster AC-201. DROOL they are soooooooooo cool

 

[caLLous]

it's here! it's here! my beautiful case is here!

 

[FuZor]

Nice, let us know when its all working

 

[caLLous]

it's all working!

 

[FuZor]

cool, nice one