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Feb 25, 2006, 2:02 AM
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Re: [Brackish] Mix SATA and IDE on same motherboard?
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As someone who has built gaming systems for about 10 years.. I have personally switched over to the round cables.. I have never had a problem with them, infact startech.com sells them with power plugs built it.. Kinda handy.. I haven't used Ribbon IDE for years now.. Plycon carries some quality ones also.
Well the better the airflow through the system the cooler the components and the better performance. Those Vantec cases are more of a WOW factor with the LCD the fans don't really move all that much air. They do move air though.. The more harddrives you stick in the case and if they are at least 7200RPM's they will get hot pretty quick. It's best to allow some space between them when racking them in rails. I have one system in a RAID 0 with 4x74GB WD Raptors @ 10,000RPM.. It's pretty warm in there, even with 120mm fans exhausting and intaking..
Back to the vantec fans, you can set warning temps, but last I looked you can't actually set the RPM of the fans.
If you want proper cooling, it's best to get a case designed for a large amount of cooling. The Antec Sonata Series are nice, hard drives rack in on rubber grommets and you can attach a 120mm fan to the hard drive bay and 1 120mm in the rear.. I don't believe the front 120 comes with it, but the rear does.. This case is just an example of a easy to get to hard drive setup and good cooling for a good price.. Plus larger fans are less noise.. Don't have to spin as fast.. Thermaltake cases offer a wide variety and alot of passive cooling options as well..
Then there is always water cooling..:)
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