We have two HTPC's at home- living room is the TV Server and main client, and has all the storage along with 2 DVB-S cards.
Upstairs is a client only.
The downstairs one is getting a bit unreliable (probably through being on 24x7) and also runs hot and probably uses a lot of electricity! Started speccing out some replacement newer kit, but then thought:
- move main storage out to an external caddy, and connect to my router (which can create a file-share)
- replace main HTPC with a mini-itx based setup with SSD.
The immediate thoughts:
- I've never used mini-itx before. Do they have sufficient GPU poke for HDTV decoding?
- My two full-height DVB-S2 cards won't fit. Are there any USB *dual* S2 tuners? I've seen a PCI-e card, I guess some ITX boards have expansion slots (?)
- It'll be running TV Server as well- is this realistic? I'd probably timeshift on the SSD but set the recording folder to the drive attached to the router (pc is connected via cable, not wireless)
Any input appreciated!
Upstairs is a client only.
The downstairs one is getting a bit unreliable (probably through being on 24x7) and also runs hot and probably uses a lot of electricity! Started speccing out some replacement newer kit, but then thought:
- move main storage out to an external caddy, and connect to my router (which can create a file-share)
- replace main HTPC with a mini-itx based setup with SSD.
The immediate thoughts:
- I've never used mini-itx before. Do they have sufficient GPU poke for HDTV decoding?
- My two full-height DVB-S2 cards won't fit. Are there any USB *dual* S2 tuners? I've seen a PCI-e card, I guess some ITX boards have expansion slots (?)
- It'll be running TV Server as well- is this realistic? I'd probably timeshift on the SSD but set the recording folder to the drive attached to the router (pc is connected via cable, not wireless)
Any input appreciated!