Whats your Ultimate Media Center

Surfer · 2008-05-20, 08:27

What would your computer have:
Hardware:
Software:
Display:

funkstar · 2008-05-20, 22:38

Lets see.
TVServer box: Intel Quad core, with a couple of DVB-S2 tuners with CI slots for S2 and subscription channels and a couple of 6-in-1 DVB-T/S cards for everything else.

Clinets: Black Silverstone LC19 case, Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard, AMD AM2 4400+ (or similar), 2GB RAM. Booting from Comact flash (already built one of these, but with a laptop hard drive instead of the CF).

Storage: Multiple Thecus N5200s populated with 1TB drives 'stacked' together to create one massive network disk. (got one, may need another soon)

Display: Panasonic Viera TH50PZ70B 50" plasma in the living room and Dell 24" monitors in other rooms (or a smaller variant for smaller rooms)

All wired through a layer 3 Cisco gigabit switch for full network management.

Gixxer · 2008-05-22, 21:33

nice config. i just opened a post to know how much power or requirements will i need for my upcoming server computer. i guess yours is a top configuration

funkstar · 2008-05-25, 14:11

Yeah pretty much. That was all just off the top of my head too. I'm sure you could work out an even more exotic system if you really thought about it

sixgun · 2008-06-04, 21:24

I have pretty much built mine!

I have 2 almost identical clients.

Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard
4 gigs of RAM
80 gig 2.5" SATA drive
AMD X2 4050e CPU in one, AMD X2 BE2350 in the other
MCE Remote Control
Hiper Media Case
Windows Vista Ultimate

My server is in a 4u rack mounted case.

Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3
2 gigs of RAM
320GB IDE Boot drive
160GB IDE Download drive (torrents & nzb)
500GB SATA Recordings drive
500GB SATA Media drive
1TB SATA Movies drive
2 x Hauppauge Nova-T
2 x Hauppauge Nova-T 500

Future plans for server are to replace the 2 Nova-Ts with another Nova-T 500 and get a DVB-S2 card. Also to get another big hard drive in there.

Also planned is a touchscreen kitchen PC

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2008-05-20, 22:38	#2 (permalink)
funkstar Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Home Posts: 386 Thanks: 5 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country:	Lets see. TVServer box: Intel Quad core, with a couple of DVB-S2 tuners with CI slots for S2 and subscription channels and a couple of 6-in-1 DVB-T/S cards for everything else. Clinets: Black Silverstone LC19 case, Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard, AMD AM2 4400+ (or similar), 2GB RAM. Booting from Comact flash (already built one of these, but with a laptop hard drive instead of the CF). Storage: Multiple Thecus N5200s populated with 1TB drives 'stacked' together to create one massive network disk. (got one, may need another soon) Display: Panasonic Viera TH50PZ70B 50" plasma in the living room and Dell 24" monitors in other rooms (or a smaller variant for smaller rooms) All wired through a layer 3 Cisco gigabit switch for full network management.

2008-05-22, 21:33	#3 (permalink)
Gixxer Portal Tester Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 24 Posts: 523 Thanks: 20 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Country: My System	nice config. i just opened a post to know how much power or requirements will i need for my upcoming server computer. i guess yours is a top configuration

2008-05-25, 14:11	#4 (permalink)
funkstar Portal Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Home Posts: 386 Thanks: 5 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Country:	Yeah pretty much. That was all just off the top of my head too. I'm sure you could work out an even more exotic system if you really thought about it

2008-06-04, 21:24	#5 (permalink)
sixgun Portal Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 36 Posts: 18 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	I have pretty much built mine! I have 2 almost identical clients. Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H motherboard 4 gigs of RAM 80 gig 2.5" SATA drive AMD X2 4050e CPU in one, AMD X2 BE2350 in the other MCE Remote Control Hiper Media Case Windows Vista Ultimate My server is in a 4u rack mounted case. Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 2 gigs of RAM 320GB IDE Boot drive 160GB IDE Download drive (torrents & nzb) 500GB SATA Recordings drive 500GB SATA Media drive 1TB SATA Movies drive 2 x Hauppauge Nova-T 2 x Hauppauge Nova-T 500 Future plans for server are to replace the 2 Nova-Ts with another Nova-T 500 and get a DVB-S2 card. Also to get another big hard drive in there. Also planned is a touchscreen kitchen PC