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I would highly recommend a 4 space rack, and lots of fans. I built my own system, and it is a 4 space rack, still it is running 114 degrees. thats with 3-4" fans and 3-2" fans. Now if you watercool you probably wouldnt need all the fans. but with a 2 or 2 space rack, you dont have room for much more than 1 dvd/cd and 1 hard drive. I definately recommend against the raid as I have tried it and it was nothing but a headache. Now, I am running a 100 gig on "c" with nothing but an os on it, and for the "d" drive on which I keep the programs & music files I have a 250 gig. This way I can reimage and be up running in 15 minutes if the Boot disk crashes. I have never had a "d" drive crash. Just a thought.....
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Gary passed from Earth in early 2011. We all miss his wit and wisdom.
MACHINE NAME: [Monster]
Windows XP 64 & 32 Professional Dual boot
Processor - AMD xp64 x2 4400
RAM - 2.0g PC3200 ddr2 800ghz
Motherboard msi platinum (latest BIOS and DRIVERS)
Sound Card - sound blaster comp.(On-board sound device)
Video - MSI 6800 128MG
HD Primary - 7 VAROIUS HARD DRIVES ON THIS MACHINE
CD-R - Plextor (PX-W708A 1.04) CD-R - TEAC
DVD/CD-R - NEC (optiplex )
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