Guest The_Monkey Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 A man after my own heart. Dev - The trick with leaving your backups on an external drive is that once your drive craps out, you have a single (and probably at least a little outdated) point of failure before you have complete loss. External drives also tend to be more fault prone because they're portable and have a tendency to get bumped, so you have to be careful with them. For paranoia's sake (might as well be the rule of thumb in IT) backing up to two locations, like a RAID and an external source (external drive or optical media) allows you to still have an additional point of failure before complete loss, AND it's still up to date since you're mirroring. Of course, if your house burns down, your house burns down, but short of that, you're sitting fairly well. I should actually clarify that...one RAID is for porn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingless Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 The internet is for porn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Wingless and monkey stop clutterin the thread with nerd storage information Billy mays, remind me to ban you for a week when I get home, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiri-Jolith Posted December 8, 2009 Author Share Posted December 8, 2009 Jesus christ guys, stop flaming. Billy, John, you have your own opinions on different companies and hardware brands. Please don't come into a thread asking for ideas and start flaming. It gets annoying and is a waste of space. Terry, Monkey, Wingless, and everyone else who's posted good posts, thank you for the posts and the suggestions. I will look them all over and decide which parts I like best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Rofl, sorry for trying to get you genuine facts from some one who obviously knows what they're talking about, like terry and wingless. Didn't realize you wanted a bias opinion from billy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Love Lamp Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Also, don't rule out a SSD for your hard drive. They're getting cheaper every month, and if you can wait till January or so they will probably drop in price (Jan-March is usually when computer parts start to drop in price substantially). Just get a SSD for your OS/drivers and get a cheap Seagate for your storage. They say that SSD's now will last 10+ years, and since there are no moving parts, the chance of it breaking is slim to none (unless you are a giant fuckup, like John). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiri-Jolith Posted December 8, 2009 Author Share Posted December 8, 2009 I already have the harddrives that I need. Just going to take the one's out of my current computer and put them into the new one. That's 2.5Tb of internal space and 1Tb of external. So I'm not worried about harddrives. Just everything else. John, I like the fact that your giving facts. I just asked you to not come in and start flaming people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandium Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I think John is flaming Billy for the make-up sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cr(+)sshair Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I already have the harddrives that I need. Just going to take the one's out of my current computer and put them into the new one. That's 2.5Tb of internal space and 1Tb of external. So I'm not worried about harddrives. Just everything else. John, I like the fact that your giving facts. I just asked you to not come in and start flaming people. I've been rebuilding computers since I was 8 so I may be able to help you on this...what's your lifestyle? Pure gamer? College gamer? Pen pusher? Graphic designer? A computer is best when it meets your own needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiri-Jolith Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 Crosshair, your a bit late on the subject man lol. I've already got the parts picked out. I know what i'm doing lol. Spent a lot of my high school education learning about how to put computers together to make them work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cr(+)sshair Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Crosshair, your a bit late on the subject man lol. I've already got the parts picked out. I know what i'm doing lol. Spent a lot of my high school education learning about how to put computers together to make them work. It's not just about building them..it's troubleshooting! My sexy rig that I have now, costed me close to $3500, as soon as I put it together (yes, with every precaution) the PSU went and fried the board. Took about 3 months to get everything RMA'd and working. Then my boot sector screwed up which caused me another couple days of pain. Just make sure you get parts from companies that have VERY good customer service. Remember, it's not just your education in building them, it's the knowledge of troubleshooting. About 75% brand new custom computers built will fail at the get-go. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingless Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 (Newegg) I dunno, I've never managed to misconfigure a system before. It's mostly A+ stuff and basic knowledge of electrical circuitry. Don't forget your board spacers next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiri-Jolith Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 Crosshair, I know what i'm doing lol. Plus the companies I'm buying the parts from have very good customer service. I don't expect any problems though. I always make sure to check the parts in a separate system before I put them into a computer I'm building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cr(+)sshair Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 (Newegg) I dunno, I've never managed to misconfigure a system before. It's mostly A+ stuff and basic knowledge of electrical circuitry. Don't forget your board spacers next time. Board spacers were there. But like I said Kiri, sometimes parts just arrive DOA. That's why it's always better to expect it to not turn on rather than getting your hopes up for the first boot =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredTacos Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 My sexy rig that I have now, costed me close to $3500, as soon as I put it together (yes, with every precaution) the PSU went and fried the board. lol'd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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