Low-power hardware for home server

2012-03-22 05:55:39

#1

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5215|Dundee, Scotland.

As I'm sure you're aware, I've set up a home server for storing media, streaming etc. It's a P4 Prescott with HT, 1 GB ram, and a crappy old board and case.

It's noisy. It's hot. The fans are RIDICULOUSLY loud. And above all, it's probably sucking the juice form the wall like a crack whore needing her next fix.

What do you guys suggest for a low budget, low power, low noise, home media server?

I'm looking at things like Semprons, with DDR3 (because it's stupidly cheap), but I'm open to suggestions!

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-03-22 08:48:29

#2

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6628|the land of bourbon

doesn't buffalo make a line of cheap and efficient home nas devices?

yeah, here you go:

http://www.buffalotech.com/comparison-c … ll-office/

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2012-03-22 08:57:38

#3

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6814|NYC / Hamburg

Atom or those AMD APUs

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2012-03-22 09:01:25

#4

-Whiteroom-: Pineapplewhat; +572|6906|BC, Canada

was looking at those apus for my brother for a lite use desktop.

2012-03-22 10:16:56

#5

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5215|Dundee, Scotland.

steelie34 wrote:
doesn't buffalo make a line of cheap and efficient home nas devices?

yeah, here you go:

http://www.buffalotech.com/comparison-c … ll-office/

I've already got hard drives and such, and a PSU, I'm assuming those NAS's take SATA HDDs, of which I have none spare.

max wrote:
Atom or those AMD APUs

I can't seem to find an atom board/cpu online

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-03-22 16:16:11

#6

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6246|The Mitten

Camm wrote:
I can't seem to find an atom board/cpu online

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory … -VGA-Combo

EE (hats

2012-03-23 17:46:24

#7

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5215|Dundee, Scotland.

found this one, what do you think?

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Dual-Core-M … roduct_top

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-03-23 18:20:28

#8

eusgen: Nugget; +402|7039|Jupiter

stop buying shitty old hardware and get yo shit up to date and it wont be as loud as a helicopter brah

1mb L2 cache? lolz

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2012-03-23 18:22:28

#9

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5215|Dundee, Scotland.

eusgen wrote:
stop buying shitty old hardware and get yo shit up to date and it wont be as loud as a helicopter brah

1mb L2 cache? lolz

Yeah L2 cache is something I'm bothered about when I'm setting up a media server to stream media between my computers and iDevices.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-03-23 18:28:43

#10

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6744

Camm, spend thousands, wait six months, and then post here.

early adopters get raped, and misery loves company

2012-03-23 18:34:58

#11

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5215|Dundee, Scotland.

13urnzz wrote:
Camm, spend thousands, wait six months, and then post here.

early adopters get raped, and misery loves company

Shit that's what I'll do. I'll buy sandy bridge, 16GB of ram, and two 680s for my server.

Seriously eusgen, don't be a twat.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

2012-03-24 14:03:59

#12

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6246|The Mitten

Camm wrote:
13urnzz wrote:
Camm, spend thousands, wait six months, and then post here.

early adopters get raped, and misery loves company
Shit that's what I'll do. I'll buy sandy bridge, 16GB of ram, and two 680s for my server.

Seriously eusgen, don't be a twat.

quad-SLI those bitches or go home.

EE (hats

2012-03-25 10:48:45

#13

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6559

Check out the Zotac ZBOX

_{Pardon the Newegg link. I'm not sure where you usually do your PC shopping in the UK.}

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ebug122

2012-03-25 11:19:26

#14

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|6914

bugz wrote:
Check out the Zotac ZBOX

_{Pardon the Newegg link. I'm not sure where you usually do your PC shopping in the UK.}

I have a similar box. Anything beyond a single DVR capture, plus one video stream, and it chokes.

2012-03-25 16:37:06

#15

Camm: Feeding the Cats.; +761|5215|Dundee, Scotland.

bugz wrote:
Check out the Zotac ZBOX

_{Pardon the Newegg link. I'm not sure where you usually do your PC shopping in the UK.}

Hmm I'm looking for something that I can throw more than 1 or 2 hard drives in. That seems a little on the small side.

for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.

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