Arriving at My Place Monday
new case & mobo to keep up with the times
Saturday, July 7, 2012 by starkers | Discussion: Personal Computing
This.....
arrives at my place Monday.
It's the new Thermaltake Chaser Mk 1... see external link for more info.
The main reason I'm upgrading my case is to have access to 2 front USB3 ports and an eSata port up front as well. More importantly, however, is the HDD dock on top, allowing me to plug in any SATA drive [HDD, SSD] without power or USB cables... and I do have several drives without cases, so it saves me having to swap drives in and out, etc.
To enable these new features, though, I have to get this....
It gives me the header to connect the external USB3's my current board doesn't, plus it gives me x 8 internal Sata's and x2 eSATA's on the back panel... meaning I could have a total of 11 SATA devices.. not to mention 10 rear USB's and 4 front USB's, so there's plenty of room for expansion should I need it. Besides, the black mobo will look rather grand in that case, eh?
And to juice this up I'm getting the 8 core AMD FX8170 CPU. Total cost [case, mobo, CPU]... AUD$540.00
Will post some pics once I've got it all together. 
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Reply #122 Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:44 PM
Good on ya, mate!
I'd love to have a couple of pics of you and the new 'puter together!
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Reply #121 Thursday, July 26, 2012 9:22 PM
Orright, so the new PSU has just arrived.... 1200 watts of pure unadulterated power. mmmmmm.... doing my best contented Homer Simpson sound.
Now all I want to complete the upgrade is another SSD to create a RAID environment to increase my OS drive capacity for additional proggies and games, etc. Dunno that I'm going to get it anytime soon, though.... mrs s has placed dibs on the cash for a while to pay for her annual trip to visit Bianca and the grandkids, which is fair enough and something she's looking forward to.
Anyhow, time to shut down and install this baby.