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Posted by RCE Defiant on 03/23/07 12:23
"Ant C" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> "RCE Defiant" <peterfcukthespimstones@hotcoldmail.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:565nllF27qpq2U1@mid.individual.net...
>> "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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The only thing I'm backing up is my music as I can't be bothered ripping it
all again and ID3 tagging it etc. The DVD stuff if it blow's up I'll just
rebuild the drives manually. I want all available disks for space and no
redundancy, it's a risk I'm willing to take. The machine is doing
everything I want, it's not been without it's issues but it's now stable and
playing everything I chuck at with now I've installed the ffdshow plugin.
MediaPortal is great for a freebie app. The visualisation I'm running is
unning like a dog though, I've not sat down and troubleshooted it yet but I
think it's the mobo's onboard GPU feeling the pain although I could do with
a tool that let's me know what it's up to.
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RCE Defiant
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