Re: HTPC Build In Progress
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I just put together a Shuttle XPC for my mother.
I can attest to its incredibly low SPL, virtually silent. The vidcard runs a bit hot but is otherwise a nice little unit, all for under $700 Cdn.
The parts are more mid range now (Athlon XP 2500+, Socket 754) but would be more than enough to run as a HTPC. I would probably change out the video card for something a bit more beefy though. I would also go with a separate sound card.
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Re: HTPC Build In Progress
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Is it a safe assumption that the primary reason for your desire to have mass storage is for movies ? Sorry I may have missed it, but having so much fun with grouting lately.
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Don't even talk about grouting, that will be this weekends project.
Yes Tharkun, basically your right, I have lots of my CD's ripped and I want to archive some of my DVD's so I don't have to manually pop the DVD in each time, just got to a menuing system like Xlobby or other front ends to launch my movies.
I like the idea of a Raid 5 setup for fault tolerence and DR situations.
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Well the case will be arriving on Monday via UPS, so this weekend we really need to agree on what we are going to do for the storage system and order it, Raid is still in the discussion, I'm having a problem with the cost. lol One reason is we already have as much money in the puter room as the HT system, perhaps more and they help pay the bills. The main boxes are due for a seriuos upgrade or replacement, with the cost of that, I'm having a problem justifing a Raid system on my simple HT box.
As for grouting, I'm doing it in three stages, each one an average of 400 sq ft......I'm only on stage one.
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If you can't afford a raid, why don't you set up a backup server and have it back up only the things you want every night? It sounds like you have a couple computers around the house.
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Everything is backed up on drives, with partials done daily, full backups weekly, all going to the DAT unit, thus why I think a Raid on the HT is rather a waste of money, since it will be on the network, a restore is not a big issue.
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Sirquack,
Have you looked into MediaPortal? It looks like another good alternative.
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Dan, Dennis can afford anything, you must not have checked out his equipment, lol. Anyway, Dennis as long as your mirroring or backing up changed data, your good to go.
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Re: HTPC Build In Progress
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Thanks Cam, I'll have to check that one out also. XLobby is also a free product which is pretty cool as you can control your HTPC from any WiFi device, even remotely. _
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>>If you can't afford a raid, why don't you set up a backup server and have it back up only the things you want every night? It sounds like you have a couple computers around the house.
He has a small data center around the house including centralized backup, but it's for work not part of the toy collection.
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