VIA EPIA-EK8000E 800MHz VIA Luke CoreFusion Processor MiniITX Motherboard and CPU
$200
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?ite … 6813181023
Crucial 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory Model CT12864Z40B
$58
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?ite … 6820146545
Western Digital Raptor WD360ADFD 36GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
two, $100 each
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?ite … 6822136054
total: $458
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kinda stealing dp's idea, but i'm aspiring to build a reliable world-wide nas solution. also, i chose the 800mhz cpu over the 1ghz because this one doesn't have a fan. fanless systems are hot.
$200
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?ite … 6813181023
Crucial 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory Model CT12864Z40B
$58
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?ite … 6820146545
Western Digital Raptor WD360ADFD 36GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
two, $100 each
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?ite … 6822136054
total: $458
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kinda stealing dp's idea, but i'm aspiring to build a reliable world-wide nas solution. also, i chose the 800mhz cpu over the 1ghz because this one doesn't have a fan. fanless systems are hot.
I thought this was going to be about Nas :(.
cool, though! gonna do RAID?
cool, though! gonna do RAID?
hrmmm get one of those weee nifty lil bastards that are coming out soon the ultra small epias....
could prolly make all sorts of ridiculus mods with one of those jobs.
could prolly make all sorts of ridiculus mods with one of those jobs.
wow that board looks pretty awesome.
i've finally decided how i'm going to run my computers next year.
1. WINDOWS BOX (I'm thinking Vista... for dx10)
Core 2, nVidia 8x00 (9 if available)
2. HACKINTOSH (workstation)
Core 2, raptor
3. FILE SERVER/ALWAYS ON
P4, 660GB storage
4. X60
1. WINDOWS BOX (I'm thinking Vista... for dx10)
Core 2, nVidia 8x00 (9 if available)
2. HACKINTOSH (workstation)
Core 2, raptor
3. FILE SERVER/ALWAYS ON
P4, 660GB storage
4. X60
pimpin' nestor.
damn, I fell for it again!
I thought this was going to be about Nas :(.
yeah, i hate starting new posts for some reason. i think i dreamt that little idea up one night... something about a blogforum or something. anyways, sorry for the disappointment.
building a NAS / HTPC combo in the next couple weeks. not sure about distro but will be running ZFS for redundancy and XBMC for the HTPC functions. need it to play 1080p.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Adkh
any thoughts? cost of hard drives is a bitch.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Adkh
any thoughts? cost of hard drives is a bitch.
xbmc or plex. plex looks hot.
i hate the concept of a combined HTPC and NAS but i just don't have the room in my current place to justify standalone versions of each. also, i am pretty comfortable that 9TB expansion capacity leaves me enough runway (5ish years) that at that time i could construct a dedicated NAS with something like 16 bays.
yeah, the hdd cost is the biggest part. i don't have any advice--i don't know much about htpc setups.
well, order has been placed. fuck hard drive costs.
Get a solid, fast HDD and you should be fine. Also, I run my HTPC (would-be NAS, but I don't have it connected to my network) on pre-systemd Arch. I have yet to have an issue with HD output on stock hardware. Hardware support is good, and it's generally light on resources. Of course, I don't use a real HTPC player... just mplayer with some BASH wrappers I wrote for simplified use, could easily be controlled remotely.
But YMMV.
But YMMV.
going with raid-z2, adding another 3tb drive for 5 total plus ssd, maxing out the case.
again, fuck hard drive costs.
again, fuck hard drive costs.
system is up and working great. xbmc is fantastic.
Nice! XBMC never seemed to work properly for me, but it seems like a great interface.