I understand why people do it. but yall selling it like that's the only way
personally I've always been a 'function over form' type of guy. I'd rather see an octopus of wires then deal with streaming issues
Streaming issues, never heard of em,
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Streaming issues, never heard of em,
I'd just tear open them externals and put the drives into a server. You could also just plug them bytches up to the server. I personally wouldn't run plex media server off of my main rig. You def don't want to be sitting there while having Plex handle multiple streams/transcoding. Nor do I think you would want it on 24/7. My server uses up about 30W idle while my main PC takes up 150W.
Backing up stuff may not be a concern for you now but that could change in the future. It was easy for me to give this the cold shoulder until my archive grew so large that it would be a huge hassle to replace the data if a drive went bad. A server would leave this option on the table for you. So would a beastly PC. I just rather not have my main PC performing parity checks and the whole nine.
STAN JONES
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Thanks for this info breh
It looks like im gonna build a server no matter what I decide on between the pc and htpc so what parts do I need
All I know is case, motherboard,cpu, hdds....what else would I need for the server?
Just noticed you in BM so you should have a Micro Center. Walk up in that bytch and get the following,
Intel i3-3225 $119.99
ASrock Z77 Pro4 LGA 1155 Motherboard - $69.99 (-$40 off when purchased with i3-3225/i5-3570k)
NZXT Classic Series Source 210 $37.99 (-$20 MIR)
Corsair CX430 - $49.99 (-$10 MIR)
Get the PSU from Newegg if you can wait.
Corsair CX430 - $39.99 (-$20 MIR)
Also hit them off with this coupon, http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5318085/1.pdf
Should be $247.96 before taxes going the Newegg for PSU route. I didn't include any HDD's since it seems you have those already. After rebates, $207.96 excluding taxes you may have had to pay.
If yal see any good deals on HDDs post em.
I already know I'm going to blow through this 3TB in a few months, need to stack up when I can.
I already know I'm going to blow through this 3TB in a few months, need to stack up when I can.
STAN JONES
Fire John Harbaugh
Yea I was told by a dude on my job to purchase my parts from microcenter, its one 5 mins away from my houseJust noticed you in BM so you should have a Micro Center. Walk up in that bytch and get the following,
Intel i3-3225 $119.99
ASrock Z77 Pro4 LGA 1155 Motherboard - $69.99 (-$40 off when purchased with i3-3225/i5-3570k)
NZXT Classic Series Source 210 $37.99 (-$20 MIR)
Corsair CX430 - $49.99 (-$10 MIR)
Get the PSU from Newegg if you can wait.
Corsair CX430 - $39.99 (-$20 MIR)
Also hit them off with this coupon, http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5318085/1.pdf
Should be $247.96 before taxes going the Newegg for PSU route. I didn't include any HDD's since it seems you have those already. After rebates, $207.96 excluding taxes you may have had to pay.
Im not in a rush right now tho, im just trying to figure out all the parts I need then I'll cop them at the end of the month when I do my taxes
Props for this tho breh
Now I just need to decide on a htpc or gaming pc and pick the parts
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Next time we're going to see 3TB drives @ sub $100 again is prob black friday,
Nah. Production is ramping back up and initial demand spike post-shortage has been filled. We'll see a steady decline for the next several months. I'd say by summer 3TB will be $100, 2TB $75.
Any old PC you have laying around can be used. You can use the 120gb for the OS, and everything else you can throw into a storage pool so that it all looks like one drive. As far as the OS is concerned there are many options you can choose.
am hoping for this, am ready to start pulling the trigger on a couple of these 2TB seagates for $89[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-ST2000DM001-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal/dp/B005T3GRN2]Amazon.com: Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 7200RPM 2 TB SATA 6 GB/s NCQ 64 MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive: Electronics[/ame]