New Media Server / NAS

[kavok]

I have two builds in mind so far:

Build 1:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishL...ishListNumber=10370045

Build 2:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishL...ishListNumber=10407345

They both use the same RAM / HDD / CPU / Motherboard but build one has a RAID card and each build uses different case/PSU combination.

I plan to run the 4x 1TB HDDs in a RAID 5.

One question about build 2: Will the selected PSU fit into the case?

I would appreciate any feedback on these builds. Tweaks to them, which you would choose, so on.

 

[TheKub]

So your building this to be a fileserver? What OS are you going to be running on it?

 

[kavok]

Its going to be a mixture of NAS + Media server (streaming to other locations in the house). Probably XP or Win7 x64. Plan on running TVersity on it to stream to my 360.

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: kavok
Its going to be a mixture of NAS + Media server (streaming to other locations in the house). Probably XP or Win7 x64. Plan on running TVersity on it to stream to my 360.

I was going to say the CPU\mobo was overkill for a file server but if your going to be transcoding for streaming extra cycles arnt going to hurt.

300-400W should be more than enough for your purposes though I would prefer a better brand PS so I would lean toward the antec earthwatts build. The rosewill case looks like it tooled for a ATX powersupply so the antec should fit, but dont take my word as gospel.

If your tucking this PC away like in a closet or something you may want to take a few extra steps at cooling (like an intake fan in front of the drives). I would recommend the Antec 900 case (if you can wait a while newegg has had them for $50\shipped the past few black fridays).

 

[alyarb]

way too powerful. what exactly are you encoding? i would get a lower clocked brisbane. save you some money and TDP.

 

[Blain]

We don't like to go off-site to view your list of components.
Please simply copy & paste your lists in this thread.

 

[mc866]

I'm going to suggest WHS for the OS, works great especially for streaming media to other Windows devices, XBMC, 360, Etc.

 

[kavok]

Originally posted by: Blain
We don't like to go off-site to view your list of components.
Please simply copy & paste your lists in this thread.

It wouldn't copy and paste directly very well, posting a link to the list on newegg lets you click on the individual item and see it in detail. (Clockspeeds, FSB, access times, CAS latency etc.)

Originally posted by: alyarb
way too powerful. what exactly are you encoding? i would get a lower clocked brisbane. save you some money and TDP.

If I need to do realtime encoding of HD content for streaming I imagine I need a CPU around this powerful, is that not the case?

Originally posted by: mc866
I'm going to suggest WHS for the OS, works great especially for streaming media to other Windows devices, XBMC, 360, Etc.

I will primarily be using TVersity for my streaming, it works like WHS except that it also transcodes the data into a format the 360 can understand.

 

[JackMDS]

http://social.microsoft.com/Fo...4d49-b921-9cbf582b77d1

 

[kavok]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
http://social.microsoft.com/Fo...4d49-b921-9cbf582b77d1

Why are you linking to this? I don't think the issue is installing TVersity on WHS its more of an issue of "why" ? TVersity makes the extra functionality of WHS moot.

 

[Madwand1]

Unless you go to an Intel RAID chipset, I recommend avoiding on-board RAID and using the add-on card instead. If there's a chance that you'd want to connect the machine directly to your TV, it'd be good to have HDMI out (with audio) built-in.