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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by KozzyJr
awsome setup corey!!! how many slabs of granite is that?
It was only 1 slab, it came out to 32-34 sqft... The name of the granite is Tan-Brown... Wierd cause it is not tan nor brown...
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 02:19 PM
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Oh yeah that'll be pretty sick, what graphics card did you end up using? I'd love to build myself a good home system, but everything I do is only web based, so theres really no need for space + processing power.

I am not sure the brand of the graphics card, it came with the computer... Supposedly the orginally owner used it for CAD or CATIA, something like that... But my main focus for the computer is read speed of the 2 Tb hard disk... I will be linking the computer to a Western Digital TV Live Hub Media Center which will be in the Living room for the home theater setup... I want to store movies on the desktop and stream them to the tv in the living room... Since i want to stream HD movies i needed some serious throughput... The network adapter on the computer is 1000/100/10 based, so the only limitation i see will be the on the box on the TV.... The main thing i was looking for is a motherboard with a onboard Raid controller, luckily this one has both SCSI and SATA, the dual Xeon processors were just a bonus....
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackGMC
I am not sure the brand of the graphics card, it came with the computer... Supposedly the orginally owner used it for CAD or CATIA, something like that... But my main focus for the computer is read speed of the 2 Tb hard disk... I will be linking the computer to a Western Digital TV Live Hub Media Center which will be in the Living room for the home theater setup... I want to store movies on the desktop and stream them to the tv in the living room... Since i want to stream HD movies i needed some serious throughput... The network adapter on the computer is 1000/100/10 based, so the only limitation i see will be the on the box on the TV.... The main thing i was looking for is a motherboard with a onboard Raid controller, luckily this one has both SCSI and SATA, the dual Xeon processors were just a bonus....
Oh wow yeah, you definitely picked a great setup for what you wanted
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 02:25 PM
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looks awesome man, your dad does great work.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ducky
Oh wow yeah, you definitely picked a great setup for what you wanted
I think so too plus the tower was only $150+shipping on ebay. All i added was the two sata drives
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by dlt76028
looks awesome man, your dad does great work.
Thanks david! Ya my pops knows his way around a table saw, i dont even know how to use one.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 08:26 PM
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I personally wouldve gone for a faster computer with more goods inside... but I really like the desk, its a work of art for a computer desk
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 08:39 PM
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Looks great! Thank god I do cabinets for a living.
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 08:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Nuclear Endless
I personally wouldve gone for a faster computer with more goods inside...
is that a joke?
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Old Mar 30, 2011 | 09:45 PM
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Damn, I guess we know why youve been MIA around here lately
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