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About power:

It's coming from 2 different substations, both lines are covered with UPSes and diesel generators.

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sid1089 wrote:
Could have been anything.

Micrometeorites, microblackholes, aliens?

Any signs of sabotage?

Absolutely no. Almost no one has access... 24-hour surveillance etc.

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As I said previously, the building is under strict guard, with failsafe ventilation, electric, anti-fire systems and all visits are logged. Furthermore, only 3 people have access to our servers directly. No one was near the servers when it happened.

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morphine wrote:
Physical location: were all of the disks relatively close to each other?

Yes as far as I know they were in the same server room, possibly in the same rack.

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No storms. All the power is run through UPSes, so if there was a problem with over-current we would know. All the temperatures where within range (the server room has redundant cooling system). 24-hour manned guard, video cameras around every corner, plus only 3 people have the key to our server rac...

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I don't have those details at the moment, but wouldn't a PSU spike kill all the drives? Why would it happen across a farm of servers and only kill selected drives? As for the exact nature of the failure... we didn't have time to investigate yet, since we needed to rebuild the arrays to ensure data i...

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Hey people, I just heard from my boss that we had the strangest thing happen today. We own around 20 servers, where we host our clients' websites and databases. During a one minute interval, 16:40-16:41 local time *FIVE* hard drives failed simultaneously. 4 IBM drives, 1 WD. Both SAS and SATA. The o...

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Yep, it seems that Corsair is the right choice. As I said before, I don't like the HX series because of the ribbon modular cables which are a nightmare to install for my hdds because of my Chieftec case. So the cables must be sleeved. It's going to be either VX550 (the fan kicks into high gear a bit...

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Your system isn't going to put much over 300 (maybe 350) watts of load on the power supply, even at peak. Mine pulls 280-320 watts from the wall while gaming. Hmm... you have a quite similar system to mine. In that case even a 550W Corsair would do, the VX one. It's a bit cheaper and the fan doesn'...

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Oh no, it's a trusty Zalman with a really really quiet fan. Right now I'm leaning mostly towards RX-series Nexus, cause it has a large fan, modular SLEEVED cabling and actually it's cheaper than the NX-series. I trust the Corsair might be better in some regards, but the fan does have a really steep ...

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The current PSU is 3+ years old and there are occasional funny beeping noises coming from inside it. I think it's time to change it. :) I do a fair bit of heavy gaming, so my system might be maxed out both on the CPU and GPU, plus all the drives inside. I wonder how much power my computer *really* n...

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Guys, thanks for all the input. However, the thing is, that I live in the middle of nowhere and ordering stuff from newegg is not an option (time constraints). So I would really love it if you'd make a pick among the three that I presented in the first post. My system: Core i5-750 4 GB DDR3-1333 5x ...

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Yes the ribbon cables are out of the question unfortunately, because my hdd bay is rotated 90 degrees to the left and i have very limited space there. Ribbon cables are harder and stiffer, while normal sleeved cabled I can use quite easily. So the Corsair modular (HX-series) is out of the question.

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I want the perfect harmony between solid electrical performance and low noise levels. I'm down to these 3: Nexus NX-6000 R3 630W: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1012-page1.html (review is of a 530W model) Nexus RX-6300 630W: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/859 Corsair TX650 650W: http:/...

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So, you have AN8 Ultra? Please share your experiences! Does it get freakishly hot like some reviewers complain? Do the newer BIOS versions still have a lot of quirks? How's the overclocking?

Thinking seriously about this board (plus a venice 3200+).

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Here's the card I'm thinking of getting (the other option is Sapphire X800 PCIe). http://www.hexus.net/content/reviews/review.php?dXJsX3Jldmlld19JRD04NDgmdXJsX3BhZ2U9Mg== The specs look quite good. The memory is rated for 900 MHz, but running on 700 MHz, meaning some overclocking potential. The core...

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Cheap webshops in Germany? Please name a few!

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Are there any other webshops in europe which have excellent prices like overclockers.co.uk?

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Can't, distributors website, password protected etc.

But Gainward seems to be quite cheap also, and the're a recognized brand.

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Never heard of Palit before, but they do have some cards here on sale with attractive prices. Anyone used their stuff before?

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I have a Hercules 9700 Pro card - it's great for me. The stock cooling solution is the best I've seen. I can play Doom3 just fine, not to mention my favourite game of all time - Quake2. PCIe graphics would be nice, but I'm not so sure upgrading to X700 Pro will have a big performance benefit. I'm al...

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One of my friends who's working at a computer shop says they get a lot of crappy Epoxes, they seem to fail a lot more than Abit or Asus.

Plus, that model isn't availible here.

Now I'm thinking maybe 3000+ s754 and Abit NF8 would work...
Haven't decided anything though.

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I'd also like to stick with nvidia chipsets, but unfortunately there isn't a board with nvidia chipset + s939 + agp support.

I don't see any reason for upgrading the gfx, my Hercules 9700 Pro works just fine. =)

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JdL: I knew 8bits=1byte when most people didn't have computers. =) What's the point in having the gigabit LAN when you don't have the bandwidth? Would you want your ethernet card to suck up most of the system's resources? GLAN makes sense in PCI-X and PCIe chipsets. And the 133MB/sec is the theoreti...

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Well, I want your opinion, if you've had one of the boards. I'm interested in reliability. The board I want should be rocks-solid, without any stupid little annoyances. I don't care about stuff like gigabit ethernet (which is usually tied to the PCI bus, rendering it completely useless) or extreme o...

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The correct word instead of "OEM" should be "bulk". OEM stands for company that produces hardware and sells it to third-party developers, who just put their logo on the thing and sell it as their own product.

Or at least that's the impression I've gotten.

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They seem damn heavy compared to Codegen. Can't wait to try them... =)

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So, I finally decided to go with Thermaltake 360W, 1 fan and passive PFC and rpm control by temp.

I hope it lives up to my expectations.

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Anyone here have experience with ColorsIT PSUs? I suspect they are crap, but I would love to hear from someone who's used them.

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What about Chieftec? I think I heard from somewhere that some Antecs are rebadged Chieftecs... I think I'm gonna get a Chieftec PSU tomorrow.

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