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Old 10-11-09   #1 (permalink)
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Default Cheap Media Server Build?
Never thought of doing this before but I'd like to set up a sort of media server. All it would be doing is playing Blu-rays/music and storing music/videos/pictures. What would I want for a build like this? Cheap is good and I'd go AMD for it if it's best.
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Something like this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136325

All you need is a External Hard Drive or convert a Internal Hard Drive into an external.
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Interesting, but I need something with a Blu-ray drive and that can be used as storage for all my media. Looking more towards building a system from scratch to do this.
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So you want it to double as an HTPC? Or just a server?

And how much space do you think you'll need?

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The 60$ Athlon X2 5000+ and the ~75$ ASUS M4A785-M are what I use in my HTPC and it is enough to decode 1080p mkvs as long as you run a hardware offloading decoder. If possible, I would get one of the new Athlon II X2s as mine just barely makes it, going to about 80% load on 1080p mkvs. The 785G chipset, however is amazing and I highly recommend it.
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I use a sempron 140 single core and a gigabyte 785g, i have no problems playing back 1080p videos.
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Something like this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136325

All you need is a External Hard Drive or convert a Internal Hard Drive into an external.
No networking capabilities and it's slow...
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Yeah, I want it to double as a HTPC and media server. Storage space I can figure out it's just the other components. I'm not sure what the requirements would be for HD movies and media server duty.

I just found this video card and it seems kind of cool. May be a candidate.

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_I...y1z&templete=2
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Well i came with this
motherboard:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813131318
Memory:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16820231055
Cpu:
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16819103716
Case w/psu
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16811129046
Blu-Ray drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827106325

This about 408.95CAD

LOL i guess i did not read your post right lol and i guess you would need a harddrive
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Something like this?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136325

All you need is a External Hard Drive or convert a Internal Hard Drive into an external.
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Yeah, I want it to double as a HTPC and media server. Storage space I can figure out it's just the other components. I'm not sure what the requirements would be for HD movies and media server duty.

I just found this video card and it seems kind of cool. May be a candidate.

http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_I...y1z&templete=2
With a good chipset (NVIDIA 9300/9400 or AMD 785G), you don't need a discrete video card.
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