Areca ARC-1680i-12 - Help

I am running Win 7 64bit, 64GB RAM,
Areca ARC-1680i-12 (6TB Raid 0 and 3TB Raid 3 .... all Samsung F1) firmware 1.49 + BPM, Asus P9X79 WS, i7 3930 (OC 4,2), GTX 685 4GB
POWER Corsair Gold 1200W
Using 50% PPr CS6 and 50% AE CS6, XDCAM 422 files
The system was running very stabile without any problems during months . Areca Monitor history did not show any issues.
Since 2 weeks i got ARECA HW-Monitor (history) messages als following:
Ctr low Voltage V-1,92...restart with battery pac module.
Since the problem appears, no hardware components werde installed.
What does this message mean, where could the bottlenec be, how can i solve the problem.
Is Areca ARC 1680i "in danger", do i have to grade up and change?
Pls explain easily, i am not hardware-experianced.
thanks for help,
klfi, Austria

Thanks Harm and Jim,
my comments:
1. CPU Temp ?, Noctua -14 is full running. Without stress CPU ASUS TurboEV sais temp is now 39 (3,9 GH), Motherboard 35, CPU-Fan 1218rmp, same time without stress Areca sais CPU temp 82
2. When i start, windows7 opens normal. In Start up menu (counting up 20/300) i can see Areca 2 raid-config and 2 pass thrugh config, which seems to be ok.
3. Windows 7 opens. After opening a programm or search in Explorer, everything stops and hang up....or i can open Explorer, choose a areca drive or another... and then explorer hang up...only reboot helps.
4. When PC ist shut down and i open the case i can hear a sound like clock-ticks every 3 seconds, seeems to come from installed battery pack module.
5 firmware 1,49, 1.51 is not installed ... i am too afraid now --))
Following Jims suggestion, can i remove battery pack module without more problems- as the first search-step.
or any othersuggestions ?
Thanks
Klaus, Austria

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Can I swap out my old Areca 1880-ix with the newer Areca ARC-1883

Hello everyone. It's been a while since I've been here.
I think, but am not sure, that my Areca 1880-ix is dead. I'll be contacting Areca support to see if I can have them help me troubleshoot it. Like they did a year or so ago.
In any case I see a new Areca ARC-1883 added to their line. Areca Technology Corporation and here Areca Technology Corporation
And if I can't get the old 1880-ix working, I am wondering what the Abobe forum's thought might be about this new Areca ARC-1883.
To summarize, I have one system hard drive, and 4x 1TB hard drives = 4 TB.
Based on anyone's experience here, does such a swap make sense?
Looking forward to a discussion here about my choices.
I do see Bill's post here: Upgrading HD Capacity Areca
Thanks all!
Rowby

Hi Bill
Checking some of my older forum posts I found that I had encountered this issue before.
ASUS P6X58D Memory OK (MEMOK!) issue DRAM LED Stays solid red.
It turned out that my problem was just the motherboard's battery had died. We're talking about a 99 cent battery!
I replaced the battery with a new one.
And the PC booted up just fine.
(This was after I totally disassembled the computer -- testing the power supply with the "paper clip" method, reconnecting all of my cables.
By chance, I found that old post. And, at least for now, all is fine.
Great to have this forum and pros like you -- and Harm -- and all the others -- as a great place for troubleshooting and expert help!!!
Rowby

Is this the right 2GB memory for my Areca ARC-1880ix

Hello
My Areca ARC-1880ix came with 1GB of onboard memory. I am able to upgrade it to 4GB of memory. But I am only upgrading it to 2GB of memory, swapping out the 1GB stick for the 2GB memory.
I want to double check to make sure the new memory is "compatible". One of the reasons I'm checking is, while it appears that the stick will indeed fit in the board, the stick is not as "tall" as the original memory stick.
I assume I am being overly careful. I guess I could just stick the memory into the card and see if it blows up. But I figure I'd run the sticks through the experts here.
See the attached photo of the two sticks, side by side. BTW the slots align up.....
The memory stick that came with the card has these specs:
UNIGEN
UG 12T7200M8DR-8CR
1GB DDR2 800 RDIMM 240PIN
1116-ME75TDM80018CUEKRS
The memory I bought is 2GB and here are the specs:
Kingston
9905429 - 028.AOOLF
KTD-DM8400A/2G
1.8V
0000005468831
Specifically this stick:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ACZC9C
Product Features and Technical Details
Product Features
Includes one 2GB module of 533MHz DDR2 Desktop Memory for Dell
Replaces Dell A0515351, fits dimension 4700c, e520, xps gen 5, optiplex 210l,740,745,gx280,gx520,gx620, gx745, sx280,
Memory designed, manufactured and tested to the specifications of each particular brand name computer system
From the industry leader in PC memory
240-pin DIMM type
Precision workstation 380,390, xps 600,700, and 710
Technical Details
Model: KTD-DM8400A/2G
Item Package Quantity: 1
Hardware Platform: PC
RAM Memory Technology: DRAM, DDR2 SDRAM
Form Factor: DIMM 240-pin
Memory Storage Capacity: 2 GB
Memory Speed: 533 MHz
Memory Specification Compliance: PC2-4200
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty
OEM Equivalent Part Number: DELL A0515351

Rowby,
Do NOT order the 2GB stick from the link you provide above for a ARC-1880 series controller card. The only one that they show on that link that would be compatible is the $249 4GB 800MHz stick. If you click on the "details" button by each you can view what cards each RAM stick is compatible with.
If I were you, I would just stick with the 1GB RAM. And, if that is not fast enough for your needs, buying more hard drives would probably help your system's performance more than the cache upgrade.
Jim

ARECA ARC-1880-i vs. Intel RS2BL040

I was originally planning on using RAID 10 from my MOBO, but am having second thoughts. I will run the the raid with four Samsung Spinpoint F3R Raid Class 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Enterprise Hard Drive HE103SJ (4 TB total), and my OS will be separate on a Western Digital VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX 600GB 10000 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive. In my readings, I believe it is generally accepted that Raid 3 is the best for video editing, but Raid 5 has basically closed the gap to make it more attractive than it has been in the past (please advise if I am off base with this comment). That being said, in review of Raid controllers, the two I am considering are:
1.) Areca ARC-1880-i ~$552
2.) Intel RS2BL040 ~$353
Both appear to have similar characteristics (the Intel does not have Raid 3 capabilities but believe I will run Raid 5 unless someone thinks this will decrease performance vs. 3), and I would buy the SATA III (6 GB) for future considerations, as I only now have SATA II (3 GB) for my Raid drives.
That being said, is it worth the additional $200 for the Areca vs. Intel? I see a lot of favorable posts for Areca, not not Intel. Both seem to have an I/O processor at 800MHz with on board 512 MB Cache Memory (not expandable).
Any guidance will be appreciated.

Intel SAS RS2PI080 8 Port controller with 512 DDR2 Ram
8x
WD VelociRaptor 600 GB, SATA 6 Gb/s, 32 MB Cache, 10,000 RPM
8x Drive Raid 5 - 745MB/s read 735MB/s Write
WD 1TB SATA 6 Gb/s, 64 MB Cache, 7200 RPM
8 Drive Raid 5 - 703.8MB/s read 670MB/s Write
These benchmarks were run back when the Intel card first released. There have been several firmware and driver updates optmizing the 6GB/s performance. These have been consistant plus or minus 20MB/s for several months.
The raid 6 volume was reading 650MB/s and writing at 605MB/s to 635MB/s
Eric
ADK

Areca ARC-1882i & SATA drive suggestions

I am considering the Areca ARC-1882i for my new build. I have been a fan of Western Digital drives for years. I was going to buy a bunch of the 1.5GB Caviar Black SATA III 64mb cache HDDs. Then I read something disturbing on the spec sheet. See snapshot below... It seems RAID is supported on the Caviar Black drives, but not with HBAs and expanders. So I think that means I can't use these drives with the ARC-1882i
source: http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-701284.pdf
I will probably start off with 6 HDDs in two RAID 0 configerations, but I'd like to have the option to go with RAID 5 in the future as I can afford more HDDs. I want speed. I don't necessarily need lots of space. I'm now considering the 600GB Velociraptors, but I'd like some advice from you guys before I buy.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

Steve,
My recommendation would be to go with RE drives for your situation. They will generally work OK for RAID 0 service, and they are better for the task of parity RAID (ie RAID 5) when your plans evolove there.
And, now for some "fine print" regarding WD's Black design (for single drive and RAID 0 arrays) and RE Enterprise RAID design:
RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks and the intent is to maintain an array where a drive, or 2 drives in the case of RAID 6, could fail and NO data would be lost. Enter RAID 0; some people even call it non-RAID or AID 0 (missing the R), because there is nothing redundant about it. RAID 0 is all about speed, and if any drive fails, all is lost. WD, and their competitors, typically manufacture and market separate drive designs intended to serve single drive and full RAID (Enterprise) duty. And, the best fit for RAID 0 use is actually the single drive design, NOT the Enterprise RAID design.
In WD's case I understand the differences of Enterprise RAID (RE) vs. single drives (Black) to include:
1) RAID drives are said to use hand picked platters with less defects, and may also receive better overall QA and testing during manufacture
2) Firmware is generally tweaked slightly to perform better for typical RAID needs (note that "typical RAID needs" means handling lots of simultaneous reads and writes, which is not actually what we need for video editing - no need to worry though, RAID drives work fine for video)
3) RAID drives are said to have better bearings, and designs that are less bothered by neigboring drives in a long hot-swap bank where heads are all seeking at the same time and in the same direction
4) Finally, TLER stands for Time Limit Error Recovery; it means that the drive will limit how long it will try to recover an error. The purpose is to have a drive "fail" and drop off of the RAID quickly (default is set to 7 seconds), so that the performance of the RAID will continue to serve its users instead of hunting, seeking, and trying to recover of what was "lost" on just one drive; at this point a spare or hot-spare drive is brought in to replace the "dropped" drive and the array auto-rebuilds with the replacement.
For desktop users the needs are quite different, and it is more desireable for a failing drive to continue to work and NOT ever drop out. In practice, I had a failing laptop drive that never lost any data, but just before I replaced it just opening a small file could take as long as 30 seconds while the drive used it's built-in ECC (error correction) to get the job done.
Regards,
Jim

Areca ARC-1223-8I Worth it?

Hi Everyone,
First time posting but sure enjoy reading.
Is this Areca Raid card a waste of money for my editing rig that i just built.
Areca ARC-1223-8I-MS PCI-Express 2.0 x8 Low Profile SATA / SAS RAID Controller Card
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816151130
Or should I bite the bullet and get something like this with more cache.
Areca ARC-1231ML-2G PCI Express SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Controller Card
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816151033
The Rig
2X Samsung 840 SSD
8X Western digital Black
Intel I7 3930K
64Gb Corsair Vengence Ram
Asus GTX 680
Asus Rampage IV Extreme
1050 Corsair Power Supply
Corsair H110 Water Cooler.

Thank you Harm and Jim,
For saving me some money but at the same time costing me more.
One more question can I or should I install the Areca ARC-1882ix-12 on a fresh Windows 7 pro install or can I install the card after Windows is installed?
Here are some pics of the rig that I have decided to call Little HARM, because without a doubt it was inspired by Mr. Harm Millard and his vast knowledge of NLE systems.
Thanks again!

Opinion of Areca ARC-1110 RAID Controller?

I'm planning on adding a RAID set to my computer. I'm looking for a good RAID card in the $200-300ish range. What is the opinion of this card? I've been reading that Areca is an excellent product, but I wasn't sure if there were any strong opinions or fineprint about this card.
Using an Asus Sabertooth X58 motherboard
Also, did I hear something about installing a card like this will hurt my graphics card performance, or was that my imagination? GPU is Nvidia Quadro 4000
Thanks,
Bryan

Bryan,
Like Harm stated, that particular Areca card is an old, outdated design. Unfortunately, most RAID cards under $500 do not improve editing performance sufficiently over an onboard software RAID to justify even their seemingly low cost. In other words, you will need to spend well over $1,000 (for the card by itself), plus the cost of any additional drives, in order to get a card that actually improves performance and reliability noticeably over onboard software RAID or an onboard aid0.
And the ARC-1110 that you're considering will not fit into any of the PCI-e slots at all. That's because that card is a PCI-x card which is not compatible at all with PCI-e but is compatible with legacy PCI slots. That means that on your particular Sabertooth X58 mobo, the only slot that you can use that card in is a legacy PCI slot, which is limited in maximum theoretical bandwidth to 133 MB/s. Unfortunately, modern hard drives (even single ones) can (and do) exceed that already, making the entire PCI-Legacy bus a bottleneck for any single modern hard drive. And forget about using the ARC-1110's RAID feature since it will still be limited by the PCI-Legacy bus (whiose maximum practical bandwidth is limited to only about 125 MB/s even with no other legacy PCI cards installed).
In other words, you are trying to buy the wrong RAID card for your particular system. You were trying to believe that PCI-x is the same as PCI-e when they are both totally different interfaces.

Areca Arc-1210 SATA ll vs Arc-1212 SAS/SATA ll

Hi
I was thinking to get a Arc-1210 card to make an internal raid 3 with my 4 samsung F3 1TBSATA ll. During
my research about where to buy the card, i found the Arc-1212 with better bus speed and support SAS/SATA ll
peripheral devices for just few bucks more. So I was thinking to get the 1212.
I contacted Areca to verify the usability of my samsung F3 with the Arc-1212 card. they wrote me back:
both 1210 and 1212 are 3Gbp controllers, one important difference between
1210 and 1212 is the 1210 is a SATA controller and the 1212 is a SAS
controller.
the 1212 SAS controller use newer processor than 1210 used, faster and more
throughputs, so you may got higher performance on 1212 if your drives have
higher throughput than 1210 can handle.
but because the 1212 is a SAS controller which mean it may not fully
compatible with SATA drives like SATA controllers did. and the drive you
used is desktop drives which may not reliable enough for array application.
so i can not tell you use 1212 with these drives is a good configuration or
not.
With this answer from Areca i still get no clear answer if it will work. I found a lot of information for
the arc-1210 on this forum and it seems to be a good purchase but mostly nothing about the 1212.
Someone made successful job with the Arc 1212 with F3 Drive or with other sata drive? or knows where I
can find the answer ?
1210
http://www.areca.com.tw/products/pcie.htm
1212
http://www.areca.com.tw/products/pcietosas01.htm

First of all, according to experiences of a lot of people here, the F3 are perfectly OK in a raid array. Even my older and slower F1's work without a hiccup.
Second, if you have the choice to go for a 1680 or even a 1880 card, you will benefit a lot from the much faster IOP and the faster cache. I'm not familiar enough with the 1200 range to say the 1210 or 1212 is better.

MSI 975X Platinum PowerUp and Areca arc-1220 problem

intel e6600 core duo
975x platinum powerup
2x kingston ddr2 PC6400 800Mhz CL5 Dual Channel Kit (KVR800D2N5K2⁄2G)
Sapphire ATI X1950XTX 512MB
4x Samsung spinpoint 500gb
Windows 2003 r2 sp2
Zalman ZM600-HP 600W
i have an ati radeon 1950xtx in my first pcie slot and the arc 1220 (sata raid)in the second pcie slot.
i dont see the card in bootup, already installed bios 7.7
tried the card in an other sytem works fine
also installed the latest firmware on the arc-1220 card
anyone have an idea which bios i should try

can you see the card in windows if you boot off the on-board controller?
I know Intel boards are picky with RAID controller cards. If the Intel RAID is enabled then a lot of add-on cards won't work. Also, even with Intel RAID disabled some still won't work. I had to flash my SiI 3132 RAID card to non-RAID for it to work as a boot device.
I've had my system not even post at all when both RAIDS are enabled. But if I get a post and it boots from the Intel side, it always sees the add-on RAID card.
Also, do you have the latest BIOS? Hopefully that will fix the issue.
Myself, I have the ARC-1210 controller and have NOT had any issues on my 975, 965, P35, or X38 boards. However, only the X38 board has allowed my card to run at full speed. The other chipsets run the 2nd PCIe X16 slot at only X4. It seems it's too slow for the controller to work properly, or there is some issues still. But my X38 boards run great. I get over 300MB/s with my 4 x 150MB Raptors in RAID0.
Good luck
-=Mark=-

PPC G5 compatibility of Areca PCIE RAID controller arc-1280?

Subject: Mac compatibility of Areca ARC-1280 24 ports PCI Express to SATA II RAID adapter.
At Areca's Internet site ( www.areca.com.tw) consumers can read at pages concerning arc-1280 card that: « The SATA RAID controllers support broad operating systems including ... MAC ... ».
At Specifications page, under: Operating system, it is written: « Mac OS X (no_bootable) ».
Absolutely no other warning appear about MAC owners.
So, if you are just a basic computer consumer, you are now strongly tempted to believe that if you got a MAC with PCIExpress technology & OS X, you can safely buy arc 1280 PCIE.
This is because (nearly) everyone knows that in real pragmatic actual life OS X exclusively runs on Apple Mac machines. In the case of arc-1280, as it is a PCIExpress adapter, only two Apple Mac models are possible: the very recent MACPro (Intel cpu based) & late 2005 PPC G5 dualcore (IBM cpu based). As Areca mentions nowhere any warning between MACPro & G5 dualcore, only owners of either of those PCIE machines may logically have the opportunity to run OS X with an arc-1280 connected!
If you are a little bit more paranoïd, before to buy such an expensive adapter, you will check if there are other stuffs to confirm your deductions. You then will find Areca's online user's manual 3.2, where it is stated that a bios configuration utility, contained into card's firmware, is « OS independant » & can be accessed at startup by pressing TAB or F6. About « MAC X » driver installation, user is invited to follow a readme.txt (that in fact does not exist nowhere). It is the same for archttp proxy server installation, which is also asserted to support Mac OS.
Moreover, a Mac driver is freely downloadable online, called arcmsr-1.3.1.pkg. Now you are ready to trust!
Having arc-1280 plugged, you start your Mac (happy to hear that card beep after startup) then install driver (the same is present online & on Areca's companion CD). A text appear:
« This driver supports...arc 1280...PCIE... Please note that this is a pre-release version of the driver for testing purpose, and is *NOT * for general distribution. ». But installation completes succesfully and you pay no attention to this frightening sentence hidden into Areca's driver package.
What then arise when you have your computer restarted? Nothing: except the beep at startup, Areca's high end Raid controller simply do not appear anywhere into Mac OS X!
As I cannot afford paying more than 1200 euro for just a startup beep, I decided to require help from distributor & Areca's very enigmatic support. Lastly distributor decided to try with another arc-1280 which was as useless on my Mac than the first one. I again protested, Areca's support seeming to have totally resign for quite a lot of time now, distributor blaming me not to have been carefull enough ?!
Distributor ask me now to re-send back the card. They will try to get their money back from Areca, then maybe will I have my money back ? They asked me to write a letter with a description of the problem & why I want a full refund.
This is now done, hoping this will help to avoid further misinformation.

MacGurus PCIE which are supported.
I saw the Areca reviewed xbitlabs
AMUG http://www.amug.com does great reviews of Mac compatible drives, enclosures, and controllers.

Help Required 2x Areca Raid Cards

Hi,
I have a Areca ARC-1680ix 16 port & a Areca ARC-1231ML 12 port
I wanted to know if it is possible to use both cards in one system, if so what is the best method.
I want to install this in a large Server Rack mount that has hot swapable bays.
Regards
Baz

That is up to the management software and firmware of the cards. If the firmware allows the cards to grab different resources then they both will initialize. If the management software allows you to manage both cards then your fine there. However if you are attempting to span a raid over both cards then that will require a contact with Areca. Intel cards have that option with an internal cable or atleast they did in the past. Normally a SAS expander card is a better solution than 2 raid cards currently.
Eric
ADK

PLEASE help me squeeze the price of this build!!

Hi everyone-
I have been working on a new computer build with heavy CS5 usage in mind, particularly After Effects and Premiere. I have regular access to free cameras and gear, and I need an editing machine to facilitate a few personal projects This machine will be the kernel of a home studio, but will also be used for more ordinary internet / bill-paying types of work as well.
The help I need from you:
The price on my build right now is $3,956.00. Yikes!! I need help squeezing the total pricetag of this rig to a more manageable number, hopefully under $3,000. However, I know that I am purchasing literally everything in the system brand new, including things like monitors, speakers, the keyboard, etc, so my pricetag will be a bit higher than most builders in this forum.
As you'll see, I just mostly went on Newegg and selected the highest-rated component that was in a comfortable price range for me. I'm pretty sure that everything in my list will be able to play together nicely, but if there are ways that I can take steps down in price without affecting the quality of the system too drastically, those are the changes I want to know about.
TO SUM UP: After reading this forum for awhile, I've put together the computer I think I WANT. But I barely know what I'm doing with this stuff! Can you help me build the computer I NEED?
GUTS
CPU- Intel i7 930 Bloomfield 2.8 Ghz
$290 on Newegg
GPU- PNY GTX 480
$500 on Newegg
RAM- 12 GB of CORSAIR XMS3(6x2)
$329 on Newegg
MOBO- ASUS P6X58D
$230 on Newegg
            TOTAL PRICE FOR GUTS- $1,349
Add'l questions:
    -Any way to come down on the RAM price but keep speed and reliability?
DRIVE SETUP
RAID CONTROLLER- areca ARC-1222 PCIe x8
$400 on Newegg
BOOT DRIVE (PROGRAMS & OS)- WD Caviar Black WD6402AAEX 640GB
$80 on Newegg
SCRATCH & CACHE "WRITE" DRIVES- (2) WD Caviar Black WD1501FASS 1.5TB in RAID 0
$220 on Newegg
EXPORT DRIVE- Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB
$100 on Newegg
MEDIA & PROJECT FILE "READ" DRIVE-(6)Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB in RAID3
$300 on Newegg
            TOTAL PRICE FOR DRIVE SETUP- $1,100
Add'l questions:
    -Haarm sings the praises of areca controller cards, and RAID 3 is an attractive option for my Media storage. But I can't afford to spend $700 or more on a RAID card. If I skip the RAID card altogether, and use the MOBO's on-board RAID capabilities, I'll be sapping juice from the CPU. Can anyone recommend a good mid-level RAID card for smaller arrays? Is the money spent facilitating the RAID worth the gained performance, without going balls-to-the-wall with a $1200 card?
    -Does my drive setup make sense? Can I save money either by going for cheaper drives, or by simplifying the entire setup?
CASE AND POWER
CASE- Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel Case
$150 on Newegg
PSU- CORSAIR CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91
$130 on Newegg
UPS- CYBER POWER CP1350AVRLCD 1350 VA UPS
$155 on Newegg
Add'l questions:
       -I picked the UPS and PSU pretty much based on price. Did I make OK choices? Could I afford to cut some of the budget in this area?
            TOTAL PRICE FOR CASE AND POWER- $435
SYSTEM COOLING
CPU COOLING- Thermalright TRUE Black 120Rev.C CPU Cooler
$60 on Newegg
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
$10 on Newegg
RAM COOLING- (6) VANTEC ICEBERG DDR-A1C Heatsinks only
$30 on Newegg
GPU COOLING- ZALMAN VF900 – CU 2 Ball VGA Cooler
$60 on Newegg
CASE COOLING- (5) Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 800rpm
$90 on endpcnoise.com
DRIVE COOLING- ????
            TOTAL PRICE FOR SYSTEM COOLING- $250
Add'l questions:
       -I had planned on replacing the stock case fans that come with the Antec 1200 with some different "quiet" fans. Is this going overboard?
        -Do I need individual fans for each hard drive, or am I better off getting a few larger fans to cover the entire drive area?
        -Is the cooling system that I've put together here overkill, or sensible?
MEDIA R/W
BLU-RAY R/W- Pioneer BDR-205BKS Blu-Ray RW
$200 on Newegg
DVD R/W- ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD RW
$22 on Newegg
MEDIA R/W- AFT XM-35U BLACK USB 2.0 Kiosk Card Reader
$35 on Newegg
            TOTAL PRICE FOR MEDIA R/W- $257
Add'l questions:
       -In the age of Vimeo, is a Blu-ray burner really necessary right now?
HUMAN I/O
MONITORS- (2) ASUS VH236H Black 23"
$400 on Newegg
SPEAKERS- BEHRINGER MS16 16 W 2.0
$60 on Newegg
MOUSE- Microsoft BlueTrack Explorer Mini Mouse
$50 on Newegg
KEYBOARD- Logitech Comfort Wave 450 Black 104 Normal Keys USB Wired Ergonomic Keyboard
$40 on Newegg.com
Adobe Premiere keyboard stickers
$15 on editorskeys.com
            TOTAL PRICE FOR HUMAN I/O- $565
Add'l questions:
       -Cheaper monitors that will get the job done? I picked these sort of randomly..
        -Can anyone recommend a cheaper mouse that they like? Corded options are OK.
        -What kind of speakers do you have in your home office setup? I don't really need professional Studio Monitor quality at this phase in my career. Is it smarter to invest in a decent pair of headphones instead?
                      TOTAL PRICE OVERALL- $ 3,956
A little about me /my needs and usage:
I went to film school. I'm not an editor per se, but I did a number of experimental compositing and animation projects, things that I'd like to resurrect, polish up, and put in my reel. I also plan to use this machine to digest projects that are not yet shot. With this machine, I'll be making the switch from Apple systems to PC.
Formats I'd like to be working with in the future:
-Sony SxS cards (XDCAM EX)
-Many flavors of DV video (DVCPROHD, DV, AVCHD, HDV)
-HDSLR footage (native H.264-based streams)
-Maybe RED footage?
I've never built a computer by myself before, but I have friends that have, who can help me. The components I've selected for this build were based mostly on advice I'd read in this forum, particularly Haarm's many guides for newbies like me
I do NOT need to be the fastest kid on the block, but I do want to build a reliable system the RIGHT WAY. I don't want to be cheap about cooling. For the HDD system, I want optimized data throughput that is structured in a sensible way.
Many thanks in advance to anyone who bothers to read even 1/2 of all that stuff, let alone anyone who makes helpful suggestions on how I can bring down the price of this system.
Talk soon!!
-Leo K

Thanks to everyone for their helpful advice. I've taken all of it into account, and I was able to shave almost $700 off of the price of my build!
This is the result of my first major revision to my list. Does anyone see major conflicts or poor decisions here?
GUTS
COMPONENT
NEWEGG PRICE
CPU
Intel i7 930 Bloomfield 2.8 Ghz
$290 on Newegg
GPU
PNY GTX 480
$500 on Newegg
MOBO
ASUS P6X58D
$230 on Newegg
RAM
(2 sets) CORSAIR XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C9
$380 on Newegg
            TOTAL PRICE FOR GUTS- $1,400
DRIVE SETUP
COMPONENT
NEWEGG PRICE
BOOT DRIVE
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB
$75 on Newegg
SCRATCH DRIVES
(2) WD Caviar Black WD1501FASS 1.5TB in RAID 0
$220 on Newegg
EXPORT DRIVE
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB
$100 on Newegg
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CASE AND POWER
COMPONENT
NEWEGG PRICE
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Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel Case
$160 on Newegg
PSU
CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX12V 2.2
$240 on Newegg
UPS
powercom KIN-2200AP 2200 VA 1320 Watts 6 Outlets UPS
$234 on Newegg
            TOTAL PRICE FOR CASE AND POWER- $634
SYSTEM COOLING
COMPONENT
NEWEGG PRICE
CPU COOLING
Thermalright TRUE Black 120Rev.C CPU Cooler
$60 on Newegg
THERMAL COMPOUND
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound
$10 on Newegg
CASE COOLING
(2) Scythe Gentle Typhoon 120mm 800rpm
$36 on NEWEGG
            TOTAL PRICE FOR SYSTEM COOLING- $106
MEDIA R/W
COMPONENT
NEWEGG PRICE
BLU RAY RW
LG WH10LS30K 10X Blu-ray Burner
$130 on Newegg
MEDIA RW
AFT XM-35U BLACK USB 2.0 Kiosk Card Reader
$35 on Newegg
            TOTAL PRICE FOR MEDIA R/W- $165
HUMAN I/O
COMPONENT
NEWEGG PRICE
MONITORS
(2)- SAMSUNG 22"Height &Pivot Adjustable Stand Black Widescreen LCD Monitor
$360 ON Newegg
SPEAKERS
PNY GTX 480
$100 on Newegg
MOUSE
ASUS P6X58D
$30 on Newegg
KEYBOARD
Logitech Comfort Wave 450 Black 104 Normal Keys USB Wired Ergonomic Keyboard
$40 on Newegg.com
TOTAL PRICE FOR HUMAN I/O- $530
                      TOTAL PRICE OVERALL- $ 3,230

New Computer Help

I have been reading through these forums for the past couple of weeks and I just want to first say thanks to all the people that post here, it has really helped in me getting to this planned build I have now .
I primarily use Premire and After Effects so this PC needs to be good at both of them. I currently have CS 5.5 but I intend to get CS 6 as soon as my college offers it. I work mostly with footage I get from the program FRAPS to make music videos. I don't know exactly what kind of codec FRAPS files are so I have no idea if what I have built is way too powerful or not enough, I do know that the files are .avi, have a 1920 X 1080 resolution, and are pretty much completely uncompressed (They are roughly 1GB/min). If anyone here knows more about FRAPS then that would be great. Since I make music videos I end up using lots of very shot clips and many different layers at a time. My budget for this entire project is around 3 - 4 grand.
My current planned build is this
Mobo: Asus P9x79 WS
CPU: i7-3930K
GPU: GTX 670, 4GB, EVGA SC
RAM: 2 sets of Ripjaws Z series 32 (4x8GB) 240-pin DDR3 1600
PSU: Corsair Gold AX1200
Hard disks: 1 Intel 520 120GB ssd SATA III, 3 Seagate Barracuda 3TB SATA III, 2 Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA III, and a 2TB external which I might make internal.
Raid Card: ???? (help)
Case: CoolMaster Cosmos II
Cooling: Corsair H100
This whole setup costs just under $3500 at the moment and I already have any other peripherals or software. I do plan to be over clocking. Most of the questions I still have are mainly is this necessary/appropriate type and by that I mean will I notice a difference because I know that adobe can use everything I throw at it. First off, is the 4GB GTX needed or will the 2GB do, also is 64GB ram overkill and does it work with everything else.
Disk Setup
This has been by far the most confusing aspect of this build for me and after reading harm's Generic Disk Setup this is what I came up with.
Use the SSD as the boot drive and have Adobe on it
Have the 3 Barracuda 3TB in raid 5 and put media and projects there.
Have the 2 Barracuda 1TB in raid 0 for the Pagefile and Media cache.
Take apart my 2TB external and make it internal using my Mobo's built-in SSD cache to store the Previews and Exports.
The external drive is something I already have and figured why not use it as well, everything else is still just planned and not final in any way and I am completely open for any kind of suggestions at all. You will also note my lack of a Raid Card which I know I need but I cannot figure out what I need out of one or how to compare them to each other so any advice on what Raid Card to get would be super helpful.
Any other comments or suggestions are more than welcome
Thanks

First of all, this looks pretty good. However, raid5 using an on-board controller is lousy and the mobo does not have sufficient SATA3 connections to make that work, so you are delegated to using SATA2 ports.
I'm not familiar with Fraps, apart that is mostly used by gamers to record screen play and often in combination with Matroska. Well, Matroska does not work with PR, so if that is the case, you need to convert first before you can edit. But when you say a data rate of around 1 GB/min that will require a lot of memory and a serious disk setup. So, from that point of view 64 GB Ram is not overkill, but your disk setup may need some work.
I would suggest a good raid controller, either Areca ARC-1882 or LSI and at least one or more additional Barracuda 3 TB disks. You won't need the storage space, but the additional disks in the same array will make the volume much faster and you can use the SATA3 connections on the controller in combination with the 64 MB cache on each drive very well.
Last, make sure that when you setup your system, you only use the boot disk, Intel 520, for reading and not for writing. So put your page file on another volume, set the Windows environment variables to point to another volume and do not let Adobe use your C: drive. If you do not do that, then you better get a Corsair Performance Pro SSD, that is faster and shows less performance degradation in the stable state.

PLZ Help. PC won't turn off because of EAX Mod

Help! Ever since i installed my X-Fi Fatalty, when I go to turn my computer off, it says now ending EAXModule. After that, the computer won't turn off, but I can't do anything because it says the window station is shutting down. It is very annoying because all my settings aren't saved and I have to turn the computer off manually.
My system:
Athlon 64 4000+ OCed to 2.64 GHz
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe
2GB Kingston Hyper X
2 MSI 7900GT's in SLI
50GB Western Digital Raptor
Creative X-Fi Fatalty
Antec 550 Watt PSU

I'm also having a similar problem now, however, if I wait a minute or two the system does shut down. I'm using an ASUS M2N32 WS Professional board, with the my X-Fi Platinum card in the second PCI-X slot; I couldn't get it to work at all in the board's one PCI slot, and the first PCI-X slot has my RAID card in it (Areca ARC-0). My GeForce 7900 GTX is in the second PCI-E slot, since it's too big to fit in the first and leave room for the RAID card.
For all that, the sound card, video, everything seems to work perfectly except for this problem with the EAX module at shutdown. It's very annoying. I've tried stopping CTDetect from running at startup, I've tried completing the registration. Nothing seems to work, but I want my Creative applications. Any ideas?

Msi z77 mpower sli and areca raid controller

Hello, i own an Msi z77 mpower and i have recently upgraded to an SLI config (dual GTX680's)
The problem is since then i can't get my hardware raid card (Areca arc-1212, with latest bios) to work, it bleeps but i don't get the raid info screen or menu.
I've put both the graphic cards in the top two pcie 16x slots (PCI_E2 and PCI_E5) and my Areca in the bottom one (PCI_E7)
As far as i understand i should be able to run 3 pcie cards at 8x/4x/4x right?
The only slot where the Areca works is the PCI_E5 slot, and i can't put a GTX680 in the PCI_E7 slot because of spacing.
I'm also running a Xonar sound card in one of the pcie 1x slots (PCI_E4)
Running with a Intel I7 3770k and 4x4gb of ram and Windows 7 x64.
I'm running the latest beta bios.
Please help!

Quote from: jhroom on 28-February-13, 07:39:35
Thanks for the fast reply!
But what use does the 3th slot have then?
Also a 4x gen3 slot has the same bandwith as a 8x gen2 slot right?
I feel a bit mislead, knowing this i would have chose a different board.
Other boards will have the same problem. The CPU has 16 lanes to divide and Nvidia demands 8/8 for SLI. That leaves no lanes left for the third slot.
Using CrossFire should leave you 8/4/4 as AMD doesn't demand 8/8 for CrossFire.
You'll need the use the slots using the lanes coming from the PCH if you want to use additional PCI-e devices.
The X79 platform might suite your needs better. That has 32 lanes to divide from the CPU + the ones from the PCH.

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