Ongoing New Media Server (1 Viewer)

ryan20021982

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    Built a new Media Server to stream movies to my HTPC and in the near
    future another htpc in my bedroom


    This is the complete list of components got them all in

    NORCO RPC-450 4U Rackmount Server Case

    COOLMAX RM-750B 750W PSU

    BIOSTAR TForce TF8200 A2+ AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8200 HDMI

    AMD Athlon X2 4850e 2.5GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 45W Dual-Core Processor

    A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

    Lite-ON DVD Burner


    Got 2 brand new 750gb hdds and have 2 750's and 3 500's already
    Ordering 2 more 750's today
    Got a WD Raptor 36gb 10k rpm hdd for the OS

    Dont have all the hdds installed yet just the OS hdd and the 2 new 750's need to wait until I am ready
    to do it before I take all my drives out of my media center

    for a total of
    36GB for OS and programs
    6TB for Media


    I got 2 of these should be here next week
    Ciprico RC5252-08 8-port sata raid card
    Ciprico - RAIDCore - SAS/SATA II RAID Controllers for Servers and Workstations

    Gonna do raid 5 for the media hdd's



    here are some pics so far nothing installed yet just put together




    Will update when I get it up and running with some screenshots and benchmarks
     

    Gixxer

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    nice, looking forward for next pictures. what os will u put in it? any tv streaming (see no tv cards)?
     

    deebo

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    how much does a case like that go for and where to get one?

    my traditional server atx case is getting too crowded
     

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