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Planning on building a mediacenter/torrent machine that I can stick in a corner and forget about. Want it to use as little power as possible while still delivering smooth 1080p playback and netflix/hulu streaming.
Tell me what you think:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133093
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131635
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231253
250GB Western Digital RE3 (pulled from another machine, performs on par with Black series)
Cost is $369 shipped.
Note that I won’t be using the case’s PSU so any heat complaints about it should be ignored.
uhmmm um um um um! masterp aren’t torrents illegal? or are you going to just download non copyrighted material?
NoDice said:
If your going to be downloading 720 and 1080s that 250 is gonna fill up rather quickly
There are 3 drive bays so if that happens I can easily add more drives.
1080p is like 4-5gb per, so I’d get at least a TB in there. HD’s really aren’t that expensive these days, may as well put in something larger so you don’t have to worry about it.
lol torrents are not illegal .. you guys should know that! The stuff that they carry can be illegal but MasterP isn’t doing anything illegal.
Hard drive sucks, but knowing how these things are setup he is going to download and move the files to the NAS, so the drive wouldn’t matter that much.
Looks like a good setup, reviews are good!
Adam Faulkner said:
but MasterP isn’t doing anything illegal.now thats a bold statement if i do say so myself
idk why you came on here looking for advice, you know what you are buying and it should be fine. I personally wouldnt buy an atom-based anything but that is my personal opinion on the matter.
i think he just wanted to share what he got. Kinda like when a man gets a new anything (car, tv, girl), he wants to show it off.
Nickname said:
idk why you came on here looking for advice, you know what you are buying and it should be fine. I personally wouldnt buy an atom-based anything but that is my personal opinion on the matter.
It’s dualcore with hyperthreading. Much better than the standard Atom they ship in netbooks.
Also, I just ordered this a few hours ago. I was hoping for some real feedback but all I got was smack about my inadequate size.
MasterP said:
my inadequate size.
That’s what she said?
Also just remember that just because it has 2 cores and hyperthreading doesnt make it fast. I mean you might be looking at the performance of a mid-range p4 if you are lucky.
I dunno if you have already, but you might want to check out tomshardware’s (I know they are terrible) review of the atom 330 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/dual-core-atom-330,2141.html
Also now that you have already made your purchase, I will recommend this combo (saves $30 with combo savings):
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ZOTAC GF9300-G-E LGA 775 NVIDIA GeForce 9300 HDMI Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
Item #: N82E16813500035
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy
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Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6500 Wolfdale 2.93GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E6500
Item #: N82E16819116093
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy
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of course it would not be a silent solution as there would be a cpu fan
Ok so I bought that and everything works great. Uses 30 watts with 1080p playback going.
Installed a pair of fans, with a 3rd going to be installed this week. Magnetic bearings are *edited* near silent and still push enough air to be useful.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999199
Also looking at getting a bluetooth keyboard/touchpad.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823126039
Thoughts?
Also, does anyone know of a cheap/easy way to convert HDMI or VGA to RCA video or S-video?
I do believe you and I are not on the same page in regards to this whole monetary compensation for goods/services concept.
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