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OK been a while in posting the finished the finished results of my Filserver/HTPC rig, mainly because iv had a few expensive set backs or havn't been happy with the quality of the rig up until now.
HTPC 1.0 was
CPU: 3.0c @ 3.4
Ram: 768mb genric ddr's (non dual)
MB: GB 8IK1100
Cooler : Gigabyte 3D cooler
Optical: DVD writer cd burner combo drive black.
HDD's : 80gb os + 1*200gb, 1*250gb
Sound: generic sound card with 5.1
TV: Fusion Lite HDTV tuner with remote
Display: 19' crt + Optoma SVGA DLP HDTV projector (3200$ AU) <-- the big part was this, dual display was cool
* Now the sad story, after about 6 months it became unstable, the CPU had to be clocked back to stock.
* non dual channel ram sucked
* 500GB was filled up in under 5 months from downloads and CD;s
* Generic sound card couldnt do 5.1 properly, sounded terrible
***** 3200 projector was destroyed by a cockroach which crawled into the power supply and fried the unit only 3 months out of warranty.
how random is that?
Fileserve/HTPC 2.0
CPU: 3.0c @ 3.15 stable
Ram: 2*256 genric ddr's (dual)
MB: GB 8IK1100
Cooler : Gigabyte 3D cooler
Optical: DVD writer cd burner combo drive black.
HDD's : 80gb os + 1*160gb, 1*250gb, 1*300gb, 2*320gb = 1.33 TB
Sound: Creative audigy 7.1 - 5.1 speakers and kickass sub with remote
TV: Fusion Lite HDTV tuner with remote
Display: Proview 22" widescreen LCD, 5ms, 85/85 viewing angle (499 AU) <-- this thing is kick ***
Piccies of finished HTP 2.0
Desktop:
http://www.theshadownest.com.au/links/desktop_active.jpg
http://www.theshadownest.com.au/links/desktop_closed.jpg
Setup:
http://www.theshadownest.com.au/links/htpc_1.jpg
http://www.theshadownest.com.au/links/htpc_3.jpg
http://www.theshadownest.com.au/links/htpc_2.jpg
Im totally stoaked with this setup now, no worrying baout replacing a 600$ globe in DLP projector, no huge CRT!, great sound, plenty of space for the moment. and the new lcd is absolutly amazing for HDTV and movies etc...
The pc is silent as a ghost also, thats good for having 6*80mm fans, 6*hdd's, 1 dvd burner and everything else in it. The case is totally maxed out, but i have managed to keep air flow pretty darn good.
Temps 30 idle 38c load, HDD's all below 40c the ones at front with 2*80mm fans over them are about 30c
HDD's are 2*sata, 3*IDE, 1*optical dvd, 1*external IDE <-- maxed MB capacity cept for another external.
HTPC 1.0 was
CPU: 3.0c @ 3.4
Ram: 768mb genric ddr's (non dual)
MB: GB 8IK1100
Cooler : Gigabyte 3D cooler
Optical: DVD writer cd burner combo drive black.
HDD's : 80gb os + 1*200gb, 1*250gb
Sound: generic sound card with 5.1
TV: Fusion Lite HDTV tuner with remote
Display: 19' crt + Optoma SVGA DLP HDTV projector (3200$ AU) <-- the big part was this, dual display was cool
* Now the sad story, after about 6 months it became unstable, the CPU had to be clocked back to stock.
* non dual channel ram sucked
* 500GB was filled up in under 5 months from downloads and CD;s
* Generic sound card couldnt do 5.1 properly, sounded terrible
***** 3200 projector was destroyed by a cockroach which crawled into the power supply and fried the unit only 3 months out of warranty.
how random is that?
Fileserve/HTPC 2.0
CPU: 3.0c @ 3.15 stable
Ram: 2*256 genric ddr's (dual)
MB: GB 8IK1100
Cooler : Gigabyte 3D cooler
Optical: DVD writer cd burner combo drive black.
HDD's : 80gb os + 1*160gb, 1*250gb, 1*300gb, 2*320gb = 1.33 TB
Sound: Creative audigy 7.1 - 5.1 speakers and kickass sub with remote
TV: Fusion Lite HDTV tuner with remote
Display: Proview 22" widescreen LCD, 5ms, 85/85 viewing angle (499 AU) <-- this thing is kick ***
Piccies of finished HTP 2.0
Desktop:
http://www.theshadownest.com.au/links/desktop_active.jpg
http://www.theshadownest.com.au/links/desktop_closed.jpg
Setup:
http://www.theshadownest.com.au/links/htpc_1.jpg
http://www.theshadownest.com.au/links/htpc_3.jpg
http://www.theshadownest.com.au/links/htpc_2.jpg
Im totally stoaked with this setup now, no worrying baout replacing a 600$ globe in DLP projector, no huge CRT!, great sound, plenty of space for the moment. and the new lcd is absolutly amazing for HDTV and movies etc...
The pc is silent as a ghost also, thats good for having 6*80mm fans, 6*hdd's, 1 dvd burner and everything else in it. The case is totally maxed out, but i have managed to keep air flow pretty darn good.
Temps 30 idle 38c load, HDD's all below 40c the ones at front with 2*80mm fans over them are about 30c
HDD's are 2*sata, 3*IDE, 1*optical dvd, 1*external IDE <-- maxed MB capacity cept for another external.