Recent content by KutterMax

  1. K

    1tb offsite storage? cheap?

    I use Carbonite www.carbonite.com It's super easy to use and set up. They offer unlimited backup from local drives for a flat rate annual fee. They also recently added some remote access features but I haven't tried this yet.
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    WD 8TB NAS as Blu-ray Server?

    I'm still looking around but the little Acer unit looks nice. I did try streaming a high bit-rate file across the network tonight from another PC and everything playing without any glitches - so network speed should be fine...
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    WD 8TB NAS as Blu-ray Server?

    Carbonite has no limit in terms of storage size (at least it didn't the last time I checked) but will only backup locally stored files.
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    WD 8TB NAS as Blu-ray Server?

    Wow, that sounds like a beautiful setup. Off topic... but do you do any online backup? I've used Carbonite with my main system but I don't think their service covers NAS.
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    WD 8TB NAS as Blu-ray Server?

    Great feedback. Definitely has me thinking about things. I'm definitely leaning towards some sort of home server setup. I'm not worried about transcoding as I have a couple of i7 920 machines at home that I use for day to day stuff. I like the small size of the Acer server. I could put...
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    WD 8TB NAS as Blu-ray Server?

    I came across a NAS speed comparison at: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_nas/Itemid,190 It looks like the WD NAS is fairly far down the list. I'm not sure if the 8TB version is any faster but I'm a little concerned that this may not be fast enough to stream Blu-rays...
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    WD 8TB NAS as Blu-ray Server?

    I definitely would be worried about losing all data if one drive went down. You KNOW that it will eventually happen.... As a RAID 5 I think the 8TB version would offer 6TB of storage - correct?
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    WD 8TB NAS as Blu-ray Server?

    I'm interested in setting up a NAS that I can use to rip my Blu-ray collection to and then stream the content to my HTPC via my home network and playback the content using a combination of My Movies and PowerDVD9 Ultra. It seems the WD 8TB NAS...
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    Radeon 5870 and Silverstone LC10B-E ATX Media Center Case?

    Using the Lian LI PC-C33B case, I got the rig built on Friday. GOOD NEWS - the Radeon 5870 fit without having to make an mods to the case. It was close but it fit perfectly. The Lian LI looks to be a really good option for someone wanting this card in a HTPC type case. The case has a lot...
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    Would you care to ask Nvidia a Question?

    I use the Badaboom application to re-encode videos for iPod, PSP, and Zune HD and have been really impressed by the speed of the encodes using one of my GTX280's. It seems CUDA however remains largely untapped, yet has so much great potential. What does NVIDIA plan in the future in terms...
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    Radeon 5870 and Silverstone LC10B-E ATX Media Center Case?

    I was on the auto-notify list for an ASUS Radeon 5870 at newegg and they came in yesterday. I decided to go ahead and pull the trigger: I ordered the: Lian Li PC-C33B ASUS 5870 COOLER MASTER Silent Pro 700 RS-700 LG Blu-ray burner I have a 2TB Hitachi drive coming from Dell and a...
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    Radeon 5870 and Silverstone LC10B-E ATX Media Center Case?

    Are you referring to the Lian Li PC-C33B? I'm leaning towards this case but wanted to make sure.
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    Radeon 5870 and Silverstone LC10B-E ATX Media Center Case?

    I poked around Newegg for a while and came up with this case: LIAN LI Black Aluminum PC-C33B ATX Media Center Link. It seems that this may be a little bigger than the Silverstone. Perhaps an easier fit for the 5870?
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    Radeon 5870 and Silverstone LC10B-E ATX Media Center Case?

    The Panzerbox case looks really nice but unfortunately will be too tall for where I need to house it. Any other options for a large, horizontally orientated case?
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    Radeon 5870 and Silverstone LC10B-E ATX Media Center Case?

    Thanks for the feedback - that's really helpful. I'm not dead set on the Silverstone case, but it sounds like it should work if pull out the center HD cage. Four hard drives will be more than enough - likely only start with two. The Lian Li case looks nice as well.