The Official HTPC Thread

[LeVraiPapi]

Yeah i had to install a 3tb unlocker bios for my motherboard for it to recognize the 3tb drive

Thats why i asked about bigger drives

I see microcenter got some 4 and 5 tb drives on sale so i need to know if i can use one before i cop this 3tb drive

That's my feeling. At the same time I'm not getting an external due to higher failure rate and no fan on them. 4 tb of data would ruin this drive

 

[2gunsup]

Breh can a put a 4 or 5 tb drive in my server or is 3 tb the biggest windows will recognize?

I don't see why not, Windows will recognize it as long as its partitioned as "GPT" and not "MBR". Using drives larger than 2 TB is usually only a problem when trying to boot as an OS drive with older boards that don't have UEFI. The max drive capacities that can be supported nowadays is pretty insane.

I need to purchase a 4 TB drive myself, my server with FlexRaid complaining about not having enough space on the parity drive.

 

[STAN JONES]

I don't see why not, Windows will recognize it as long as its partitioned as "GPT" and not "MBR". Using drives larger than 2 TB is usually only a problem when trying to boot as an OS drive with older boards that don't have UEFI. The max drive capacities that can be supported nowadays is pretty insane.

I need to purchase a 4 TB drive myself, my server with FlexRaid complaining about not having enough space on the parity drive.

Ok good looking bro

 

[winb83]

I feel so stupid. I finally got my Wake On Lan to work by hard-wiring my computer to the network. Now any device on my home network can wake my defacto server PC up and access the media on it without a trip into the room to power it on. The HD Homerun Prime works flawlessly. Came home and the computer I put to sleep earlier in the day was recording The 100. setup the PC to power off the screen after 1 hour idle and go to sleep after 2 hours.

 

[Digital Dre]

I have been using a 2010 Mac Mini with 8gb Ram as a HTPC looking to maybe get into building a real nice HTPC for a new TV I am planning to get soon I am new to this though need some advice on hardware I need to make this happen have about 700-800 bucks to spend

 

[STAN JONES]

I feel so stupid. I finally got my Wake On Lan to work by hard-wiring my computer to the network. Now any device on my home network can wake my defacto server PC up and access the media on it without a trip into the room to power it on. The HD Homerun Prime works flawlessly. Came home and the computer I put to sleep earlier in the day was recording The 100. setup the PC to power off the screen after 1 hour idle and go to sleep after 2 hours.

How did you do this breh?

Ive had a homerun prime for a couple years and this shyt never records my shows unless i leave windows media center open

 

[STAN JONES]

I have been using a 2010 Mac Mini with 8gb Ram as a HTPC looking to maybe get into building a real nice HTPC for a new TV I am planning to get soon I am new to this though need some advice on hardware I need to make this happen have about 700-800 bucks to spend

You'll need a:

Case
Motherboard
Processor
Hard drive
Ram
Power supply(some cases come with a built in power supply)
Graphics card(optional)

Just do some googling and read the first 10 or so pages in this thread

2guns helped me ALOT when I built mine

If you have any questions feel free to @ me and I'll help you out if i can

 

[Digital Dre]

You'll need a:

Case
Motherboard
Processor
Hard drive
Ram
Power supply(some cases some with a built in power supply)
Graphics card(optional)

Just do some googling and read the first 10 or so pages in this thread

2guns helped me ALOT when I built mine

If you have any questions feel free to @ me and I'll help you out if i can

Dapped and Repped

 

[ATearInMyEye]

So if I download Showbox on a PC. will all the content be there? Or do I need the files?

 

[Dat Migo]

So if I download Showbox on a PC. will all the content be there? Or do I need the files?

What do you mean by files? Showbox is an Android app so you would need an Androind emulator (Bluestacks). Once installed in the emulator, you should be able to stream whatever you want. I'm not sure how good it would perform though.