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Originally Posted by sea2stars
*grin* Wow. That sounds like a loud, power hungry $577 system; 80mm fans and ~700W just to run those 4 CRTs alone.
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If you get fans with the 3-pin connector that conects to the motherboard, it can adjust them as needed. The Gigabte S-Series motherboards do have some nice fan corntrol features.
As for the power drawn by the monitors, you do not put them on UPSes. You actually leave them off except when you need them. If you only need one or two monitors right now, you leave the others off.
Finally, a suggestion for the truly paranoid (like myself)
(1) clone your hard disk regularly, and leave coppies at off-site backup locations (with friends.)
(2) use a nice UPS - I saw x3 1500VA UPSes on Craig's List for $100 ($33 each) recently.
(3) Keep one machine for web stuff and a second for everything else. Only move certain file type (e.g., JPEG, PDF) back and forth, and then only on a USB drive.
Andy Out!