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Beta Orionis – Part XX: New loop

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / No Comments

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 ...

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Beta Orionis – Part XIX: Taking it outside

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / No Comments

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

Rack mount server – another followup

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / No Comments

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...

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Beta Orionis – Part XVIII: New power supply and quieting things down

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / No Comments

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...

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Rack mount server project, revisited

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / No Comments

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...

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Beta Orionis – Part XVII: The AX860

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / No Comments

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

Rack mount HDD enclosure, part 7

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / No Comments

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...

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Rack mount HDD enclosure, part 6: Follow up with Protocase

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / One Comment

After writing such high praise on the Protocase Designer software — which Protocase shared via their Facebook page and Twitter — I was torn on writi...

Absinthe

Absinthe – Part XX

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / No Comments

Okay so for Valentine’s Day I bought my wife an R9 290X to replace her GTX 660 pair. Previously I’d talked about going with a GTX 970, mainly becaus...

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Rack mount HDD enclosure, part 5

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Kenneth Ballard / One Comment

Let me start off with a simple question: why has Protocase never come up in my search results before? With their Protocase Designer software, I could create a C...