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Posted by Ant C on 03/23/07 11:07
"RCE Defiant" <peterfcukthespimstones@hotcoldmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Ant C" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:12vr4k7e92tq04b@corp.supernews.com...
>>>>
>>>> Like RCE i'm looking to upgrade amy setup and like the look of this
>>>> Kiss
>>>> 1600. Do you know what hardrive is in this?.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone else have one of these?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've been working on this project for a bit now and have decided to
>>> build
>>> my own HTPC.
>>>
>>> This is the build list and cost, I'm getting all my stuff from
>>> scan.co.uk
>>> as I live 5 minutes away.
>>>
>>> CPU AMD 64 3800 AM2 (comes with a fan/heatsink) 69.31
>>> Case NSK2400 (comes with PSU) 68.14
>>> Mobo Abit NF-M2 nView (7.1 sound on board, onboard gfx, dual head) 58.22
>>> Memory 1GB DDR2 PC2-6400 45.46
>>> HDD 500GB SATA II/300 82.96
>>> MS MCE Remote 19.73
>>> DVD Reader (got a spare one) 0
>>>
>>> 343.82
>>>
>>> --
>>> RCE Defiant
>>
>>
>> You've perhaps just changed my thoughts on this route by the case you've
>> chosen. I could live with something like that downstairs, actually looks
>> v
>> good. Fan noise would be my concern??.
>> Are you simply going to copy movies wirelessly onto it from your other PC
>> or
>> are you going to do more with it, i.e. recording etc?. Have you
>> considered the idea of a Raid 1 config?.
>>
>>
>>
>
> You mean RAID 0? I'm going to expand the drive capacity over time with
> other 500+ drives but want to pace myself with that so I don't feel the
> financial pain so much. If your concerned about fan noise, and I am, I'm
> plan B'ing the fan with one of these if it's too loud with the one that
> comes with the chip
> http://www.awd-it.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=1409. Recommended as
> it defo fits in the case I'm going with. I've got a wired network from up
> to downstairs as until the N spec is sorted I'm not pissing about with
> wireless streaming as it's not up to it. With a wire and gigabit channels
> at both ends I'll be able to chuck stuff down to the HTPC from my main box
> upstairs no probs and also store stuff locally on the 500GB disk I'm
> buying. My main driver for this is I want to get all my DVD's ripped down
> to disk and also play my tunes downstairs pain-free. I'm not planning to
> do any PVR as I've got SkyHD. It'll be nice to play my downloaded TV
> shows on my Pioneer 436SXE instead of watching them all on my PC monitor.
>
> --
> RCE Defiant
Was thinking Raid1 purely for the backup the compromise being space
I was getting close to going with pretty much the same spec from Scan until
I saw the Sony XL201 being sold off for 550 yesterday - impulse buy I
ordered one.
Bit of a gamble, i do like my self builds and i'm not a huge Sony fan so
verdict is out on this one. It is a Sony so has some resale value if
I decide to get rid of it later.
Keep us updated on how you get on.
Ant
ps. stop worrying about sata2 and get on with your build :)
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