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Eggtastico

#45
April 24, 2011, 11:36:22 AM
Quote from: Dooms on April 22, 2011, 00:14:27 AM
Looks like you can stick quite a few of the lower level £30 gfx cards in there to turn it into a happy HTPC/Server which is what I was after. The nVidia passive 210 cards seem to be what I would go for over the recommended ATI ones in the HDUK thread only because a lot of the 'live' HTPC and OS's are based of linux which generally work a lot better driver wise with nvida over ati.

ATI dont work as well with linux, so thats why nvidia gets recommended a lot.

Leon

#46
April 25, 2011, 06:22:22 AM
Thats what I said :P

The HDUK thread was recommending ATI cards mainly but I decided to go for the nVidia 210 instead for that very reason
.::. www.leonslost.co.uk .::. Media Server Guide .::.

PC: i5 760 .::.  GA-P55-UD3 .::. 8GB Corsair 'Dominator' DDR3 .::. 1GB EVGA GTX 460 SC .::. Win7 Ultimate  .::. Dell 24" Ultra Sharp
Netbook: HP Mini 311c-1101sa .::. 3GB Ram .::. ION Hack .::. Win7 Ultimate
Server: HP MicroServer .::. 3GB Ram .::. 4x 2TB Storage .::. 512MB nVidia 210 .::. Win7 Ultimate, XBMC 11 (Aeon NOX), Sick Beard & Couch Potato
Phone: SE Xperia Mini Pro .::. MiniCMSandwich Lite (Android ICS Custom) .::. OC @ 1.6Ghz
Tablet: Asus Transformer TF101 w/ Dock .::. EOS JB Nightlies (Android JB Custom) .::. OC @ 1.6Ghz

XEntity

#47
April 27, 2011, 10:40:11 AM
Just to let you know my rebate arrived this morning  ;)

Eggtastico

#48
April 27, 2011, 10:47:28 AM
nice, i hope to order one tomorrow.. delay in my paycheque  cos of the bankholiday.

Eggtastico

#49
April 28, 2011, 09:24:35 AM
ive ordered one with a zotac 210 passive cooled.
if it all works out well, Ill flog my popcorn hour.

Leon

#50
May 04, 2011, 16:37:11 PM
Quick update guys:

Offer has been extended till end of May and cheapest authorised supplier is Crescent Electronics @ £221.81 (£121.81 after cashback if you are REALLY terrible at maths).

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/hp-proliant-microserver-221-81-delivered-crescent-electronics/888083
.::. www.leonslost.co.uk .::. Media Server Guide .::.

PC: i5 760 .::.  GA-P55-UD3 .::. 8GB Corsair 'Dominator' DDR3 .::. 1GB EVGA GTX 460 SC .::. Win7 Ultimate  .::. Dell 24" Ultra Sharp
Netbook: HP Mini 311c-1101sa .::. 3GB Ram .::. ION Hack .::. Win7 Ultimate
Server: HP MicroServer .::. 3GB Ram .::. 4x 2TB Storage .::. 512MB nVidia 210 .::. Win7 Ultimate, XBMC 11 (Aeon NOX), Sick Beard & Couch Potato
Phone: SE Xperia Mini Pro .::. MiniCMSandwich Lite (Android ICS Custom) .::. OC @ 1.6Ghz
Tablet: Asus Transformer TF101 w/ Dock .::. EOS JB Nightlies (Android JB Custom) .::. OC @ 1.6Ghz

Leon

#51
May 06, 2011, 09:12:28 AM
Got mine setup last night without the extra gfx card (HS was too tall). Working on guides etc now for Media Server / XBMC.
.::. www.leonslost.co.uk .::. Media Server Guide .::.

PC: i5 760 .::.  GA-P55-UD3 .::. 8GB Corsair 'Dominator' DDR3 .::. 1GB EVGA GTX 460 SC .::. Win7 Ultimate  .::. Dell 24" Ultra Sharp
Netbook: HP Mini 311c-1101sa .::. 3GB Ram .::. ION Hack .::. Win7 Ultimate
Server: HP MicroServer .::. 3GB Ram .::. 4x 2TB Storage .::. 512MB nVidia 210 .::. Win7 Ultimate, XBMC 11 (Aeon NOX), Sick Beard & Couch Potato
Phone: SE Xperia Mini Pro .::. MiniCMSandwich Lite (Android ICS Custom) .::. OC @ 1.6Ghz
Tablet: Asus Transformer TF101 w/ Dock .::. EOS JB Nightlies (Android JB Custom) .::. OC @ 1.6Ghz

Leon

#52
May 18, 2011, 16:17:36 PM
Actually got round to filling in my £100 claim form today. Printed it off, filled it in and sent via E-mail and got my claim accepted e-mail within the hour... can't complain about that :)
.::. www.leonslost.co.uk .::. Media Server Guide .::.

PC: i5 760 .::.  GA-P55-UD3 .::. 8GB Corsair 'Dominator' DDR3 .::. 1GB EVGA GTX 460 SC .::. Win7 Ultimate  .::. Dell 24" Ultra Sharp
Netbook: HP Mini 311c-1101sa .::. 3GB Ram .::. ION Hack .::. Win7 Ultimate
Server: HP MicroServer .::. 3GB Ram .::. 4x 2TB Storage .::. 512MB nVidia 210 .::. Win7 Ultimate, XBMC 11 (Aeon NOX), Sick Beard & Couch Potato
Phone: SE Xperia Mini Pro .::. MiniCMSandwich Lite (Android ICS Custom) .::. OC @ 1.6Ghz
Tablet: Asus Transformer TF101 w/ Dock .::. EOS JB Nightlies (Android JB Custom) .::. OC @ 1.6Ghz

Clock'd 0Ne

#53
May 18, 2011, 16:39:51 PM
I paid my cheque in a couple of weeks ago and I haven't even started setting it up yet  :yarr: They are very prompt though which is good.

Paul S

#54
May 23, 2011, 22:21:49 PM
Quote from: XEntity on March 20, 2011, 23:31:16 PM
I believe the raid on this is also software based not hardware, but some people have then purchased a RAID card to go in one of the PCI-X slots and ignored the onboard raid. However a friend of mine is looking to raid 5 his, I'll have a word with him to see how he is going to do it?

That'll be me then!  I used MS Server 2008 R2 and software RAID 5 to make 4 x 2TB Samsungs into 6TB.  Seems solid as a rock, with shares working well across XP / Win 7 and OSX platforms.  Decent read / write speeds, that seem to keep up with the requirements of multiple machines connected to it, including a HTPC running XBMC.

XEntity

#55
May 23, 2011, 22:49:51 PM
Out of interest what read and write speeds are you getting over the network? You using gigabit?

Eggtastico

#56
May 23, 2011, 23:12:15 PM
Ive plugged an wireless dongle in the internal USB, so I dont get very fast.

Clock'd 0Ne

#57
May 24, 2011, 00:45:52 AM
Quote from: Paul S on May 23, 2011, 22:21:49 PM

That'll be me then!  I used MS Server 2008 R2 and software RAID 5 to make 4 x 2TB Samsungs into 6TB.  Seems solid as a rock, with shares working well across XP / Win 7 and OSX platforms.  Decent read / write speeds, that seem to keep up with the requirements of multiple machines connected to it, including a HTPC running XBMC.

Cheers, that's exactly what I intended to do. I just need the 4x 2Tb drives now.

Leon

#58
May 24, 2011, 07:58:15 AM
I got my 4x 2TB's in the bays and put the 250GB system drive in the 5.25" Drive with an adapter. One thing I was noticed is that it doesn't already run a SATA cable up to the bay for you (I ran one down the front to the ODD port) but the thing I was surpsied about it that it gives you 3x MATX power connectors but no extra Sata Power, luckily I had one of the convertor cables kicking about.

I also haven't noticed any of the extreme slowdown when running on the ODD port (which was suggested in the unraid thread before).
.::. www.leonslost.co.uk .::. Media Server Guide .::.

PC: i5 760 .::.  GA-P55-UD3 .::. 8GB Corsair 'Dominator' DDR3 .::. 1GB EVGA GTX 460 SC .::. Win7 Ultimate  .::. Dell 24" Ultra Sharp
Netbook: HP Mini 311c-1101sa .::. 3GB Ram .::. ION Hack .::. Win7 Ultimate
Server: HP MicroServer .::. 3GB Ram .::. 4x 2TB Storage .::. 512MB nVidia 210 .::. Win7 Ultimate, XBMC 11 (Aeon NOX), Sick Beard & Couch Potato
Phone: SE Xperia Mini Pro .::. MiniCMSandwich Lite (Android ICS Custom) .::. OC @ 1.6Ghz
Tablet: Asus Transformer TF101 w/ Dock .::. EOS JB Nightlies (Android JB Custom) .::. OC @ 1.6Ghz

Paul S

#59
May 24, 2011, 08:45:12 AM
Jake, I've not checked the read / write speeds.  I'm using it connected over my wireless network so that'll be the main limiting factor.  (not that I haven't been thinking about wiring the house up!)

Dooms, I'm running in exactly the same configuration and also don't notice any slowdown.
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