D's G5 Mod

[Detale]

I bet you could still raid it though. Damn I wish this was last year when I had money to burn

[tesco]

I bet you could still raid it though. Damn I wish this was last year when I had money to burn

Well you would need a RAID controller, and I'm not sure how you would get a raid controller for devices that aren't connected to the sata ports.
Unless there's such a thing as software RAID for that purpose?

[Detale]

I did mean software raid. I don't know of anything els that would be possible with the pci- e connection.

[clocker]

No progress on my case yet, it's 4° and just a trifle too nippy to be in the garage.
Yeah, I'm a pussy.

On a side note...I just got my OCZ RMA authorization.
So far the process has been very painless and OCZ has responded promptly, so I'm hopeful this will work out well.
I have the packaging from the Corsair SSDs I just used in the two builds, so I can send it back in that (they make a big deal about "proper packaging" so it doesn't get damaged in shipping, hopefully they'll see the humor in this...).

The two new PCs for my brother are done.
Parts arrived yesterday morning at ten AM and I had them both finished by 3PM.
No problems at all, although it was strange that the ethernet wouldn't work till I loaded the Intel supplied drivers.
Win 7 has had that included for every build I've done in the past but not this time.
Not a big deal really.

The integrated CPU graphics seem fine, not that I did much with them (these are office machines after all) and the board had no issues with the RAM. Other than setting the drive controller to AHCI, I didn't do anything in BIOS (which looked pretty minimal at a casual glance).
Windows scored the i3 CPU at 6.8 on the Experience Index which is lower than my Q9550 gets (7.3) but overall the machine seems quite responsive and I'm sure they'll be an improvement over what they're using now.

[Detale]

Oh man up cowboy and get out ther. I'm actuAlly working outside at the united nations building. I'm 30 floors up and there are no windows so I do get how cold it is out there, you get a pass....for now.

You didn't happen to do a pc pitstop test on an i3 system did you? I may have some free time this weekend to get mine up and running and I'm "hella" curious about chip and how it holds up.

[clocker]

You didn't happen to do a pc pitstop test on an i3 system did you? I may have some free time this weekend to get mine up and running and I'm "hella" curious about chip and how it holds up.

No, I didn't but might have time tomorrow before delivery.
Today I'm working on cars and making pizza, so time is short.

While the cold snap was here I decided to throw the G5 case on Craigslist, just to see if it had any value before I hacked it up.
Not a single response, which didn't surprise me.
I think the heyday of PC case modding is pretty much over, what with laptops outselling desktops and all.
At any rate, I can now cut away with a clear conscience.

[Detale]

You know. a week or so ago I responded to a craigslist add here. The guy had a g5 case and was asking $60 for it. I was going to get it for the hell of it but then changed my mind. He E-mailed me yesterday and said he would take $40 so I might just go for it.

[clocker]

I was asking $125, but then again, I bought mine back when G5 cases were the "hot" cases to mod.
Plus, mine is brand new, never used, still in the factory plastic wrap...so it's perfect.
(I wish it had all the hardware though...I don't even have the mechanism to hold the sidepanel in place.
The latch on the back is there but nothing on the sidepanel, don't even know what that's supposed to look like.)

Now I'm gonna hack the fuck out of it.

[Detale]

Whew, finally. better charge the camera battery bud. I think the latch uses a plastic piece that holds the sidepanel on I have to look later. I'll post some pics of the un-tampered version I had in a few min

[clocker]

While the cold snap was here I decided to throw the G5 case on Craigslist, just to see if it had any value before I hacked it up.
Not a single response, which didn't surprise me.

Yesterday during the Packers game, I finally got a response to the ad.
He finally got it together (during the Steelers game, naturally) to come over and buy the G5 case.
Only after talking my ear off about Apple and how wonderful they are...yada,yada,yada.

So, I no longer have a case to work with and you're on your own, D.