2011-02-27, 10:03
My first ever HTPC. I've got an old box right now with (4) Samsung 1.5TB drives in a SW RAID 5 running Debian 6 and XFS. Use it for backups but mainly for my media server.
It's full, plus I want to redo everything so that I can place this box in my living room next to my 65" DLP and not screw with wifi anymore. Previously I was using PS3 media server and streaming wirelessly.
OK, the build:
[CASE]SilverStone LC10B-E
[PSU]Corsair CMPSU-650TX
[MAINBOARD]Existing Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
[CPU]Existing Q6600
[MEM]Existing 8GB
[GPU]Asus GT 430
[HDD]Existing (4) Samsung 1.5TB plus adding (3) additional of same, will do linux RAID 5 or 6
[CASE FANS](2) in front of drive cages, (2) to replace existing Silverstone fans in back: Noctua NF-R8 Raised-Blade design and SSO Bearing Fan
[REMOTE]AVS Gear GP-IR02BK
My goal here was try to be as silent as possible without spending a ton of money. Because this is housing my massive HDD array, I knew I had to put some fans in it to keep it cool.
My AV receiver is a few years old, a Denon AVR-3805, and it doesn't have HDMI. So I'll be using either the coaxial or optical from the mainboard. I read some posts on xbmc about HDMI bitstreaming on the GT 430, but I figured it will be resolved by the time I buy a new receiver (if I ever do, this one is fantastic).
Please give me your impressions. How loud do you think it will be from 10 feet? Did I make any mistakes? Should this run out of the box on Dharma 10?
I plan to do an Ubuntu install from a USB stick. I was surprised there wasn't an Ubuntu package for xbmc?
Thx
It's full, plus I want to redo everything so that I can place this box in my living room next to my 65" DLP and not screw with wifi anymore. Previously I was using PS3 media server and streaming wirelessly.
OK, the build:
[CASE]SilverStone LC10B-E
[PSU]Corsair CMPSU-650TX
[MAINBOARD]Existing Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
[CPU]Existing Q6600
[MEM]Existing 8GB
[GPU]Asus GT 430
[HDD]Existing (4) Samsung 1.5TB plus adding (3) additional of same, will do linux RAID 5 or 6
[CASE FANS](2) in front of drive cages, (2) to replace existing Silverstone fans in back: Noctua NF-R8 Raised-Blade design and SSO Bearing Fan
[REMOTE]AVS Gear GP-IR02BK
My goal here was try to be as silent as possible without spending a ton of money. Because this is housing my massive HDD array, I knew I had to put some fans in it to keep it cool.
My AV receiver is a few years old, a Denon AVR-3805, and it doesn't have HDMI. So I'll be using either the coaxial or optical from the mainboard. I read some posts on xbmc about HDMI bitstreaming on the GT 430, but I figured it will be resolved by the time I buy a new receiver (if I ever do, this one is fantastic).
Please give me your impressions. How loud do you think it will be from 10 feet? Did I make any mistakes? Should this run out of the box on Dharma 10?
I plan to do an Ubuntu install from a USB stick. I was surprised there wasn't an Ubuntu package for xbmc?
Thx