2011-09-12, 20:39
Hi poofyhairguy (and all others)...
I am working on a setup for a small "home cinema" room and for this purpose I have decided to go with the xbmc / unRaid combination for media center / nas (also on basis of this very helpfull thread).
I only know the basics about linux, but have decided to give the linux version of xbmc a try On the basis of mostly this thread and a few ofthers, mainly by poofy - I have come up with the following system builds:
XBMC HTPC:
unRaid NAS
My question is if these builds will suffice for streaming 3D Blu-Ray from the nas to the media center, and from there to a tv/projector. Natually it should also be capable of playing 3D Blu-Ray discs
I have gone with most of the recommendations made by poofyhairguy, and upgraded a little here and there... Perhaps overkill in some places!?
Thank you in advance for any help or input you might have, and a special thanks to you poofyhairguy for your very helpfull hardware posts - without these helpfull posts I would most likely not have been able to make a custom build HTPC...
Best Regards
Peter
I am working on a setup for a small "home cinema" room and for this purpose I have decided to go with the xbmc / unRaid combination for media center / nas (also on basis of this very helpfull thread).
I only know the basics about linux, but have decided to give the linux version of xbmc a try On the basis of mostly this thread and a few ofthers, mainly by poofy - I have come up with the following system builds:
XBMC HTPC:
- CPU = Core i3 I3-2105 3 MB (Intel Boxed) BX80623I32105
- CPU Fan = Scythe BIG Shuriken SCBSK-1000
- Mainboard = Gigabyte GA-H67N-USB3-B3 (rev. 1.0)
- Case = Silverstone Milo SST-ML03B HTPC Sort
- PSU = Sea Sonic X-400
- GFX = ASUS ENGT520 SILENT/DI/1GD3(LP) (1 GB)
- RAM = Kingston HyperX blu 2 x 4 GB
- SSD = Kingston SSDNow S100 16 GB
- BD-Drive = Samsung SH-B123L
- + some kind of remote...
unRaid NAS
- Mainboard = ASUS M4A88T-M/USB3
- CPU = Sempron 145 1 MB (AMD Processor in a Box (PIB))
- PSU = Corsair Builder Series CX430 V2
- RAM = Kingston ValueRAM 1 x 2 GB
- FANS = Enermax Magma UCMA12 * 2
- Cables = 4 * DeLOCK Seriel ATA kabel
- Cables = Molex male to 3x4-pin Molex Female Power Cable Splitter
- More Cables = NZXT Molex to 4 SATA Cable 200mm
- Software = unRaid Plus
- HDD = * 6 WD Caviar Green WD20EARS 2 TB
- + some case i have lying around...
My question is if these builds will suffice for streaming 3D Blu-Ray from the nas to the media center, and from there to a tv/projector. Natually it should also be capable of playing 3D Blu-Ray discs
I have gone with most of the recommendations made by poofyhairguy, and upgraded a little here and there... Perhaps overkill in some places!?
Thank you in advance for any help or input you might have, and a special thanks to you poofyhairguy for your very helpfull hardware posts - without these helpfull posts I would most likely not have been able to make a custom build HTPC...
Best Regards
Peter