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<blockquote data-quote="elsmandino" data-source="post: 840281" data-attributes="member: 111675">I have the luxury of not having to be too concerned about noise on my HTPC/Server - what I have done is drilled a hole in the corner of my living room and put my PC in the spare room behind - just passed the HDMI cable, Infra red remote lead etc through the whole and I have an almost silet set-up.I say almost - with the HTPC in another room, I noticed (only on mute) that the fan in my TV is actually a little bit noisy.This being the case, perhaps it is better (from a power perspective at least) to have everything in one machine if possible - I was thinking of getting a new IVY Bridge Processor when they come out as they should easily have enough power to run everything (plus hopefully they will not have the 24fps problem that the Sandy Bridge chips have).I was thinking that perhaps a 4-drive usb 3.0 external hard drive enclosure connected to my current setup might be the best way to go.&nbsp; Does anyone know if you can get ones that have individual power switches for each hard drive as this would be ideal - would keep the noise/power down wherever possible.&nbsp; I know that such a thing exists for an enclosure that fits into a block of 5.25&quot; drives, but not for a standalone job.Porky my man - what hardware did you have in mind for your server?Jonm - what hardware do you actually have?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="elsmandino, post: 840281, member: 111675"] I have the luxury of not having to be too concerned about noise on my HTPC/Server - what I have done is drilled a hole in the corner of my living room and put my PC in the spare room behind - just passed the HDMI cable, Infra red remote lead etc through the whole and I have an almost silet set-up. I say almost - with the HTPC in another room, I noticed (only on mute) that the fan in my TV is actually a little bit noisy. This being the case, perhaps it is better (from a power perspective at least) to have everything in one machine if possible - I was thinking of getting a new IVY Bridge Processor when they come out as they should easily have enough power to run everything (plus hopefully they will not have the 24fps problem that the Sandy Bridge chips have). I was thinking that perhaps a 4-drive usb 3.0 external hard drive enclosure connected to my current setup might be the best way to go. Does anyone know if you can get ones that have individual power switches for each hard drive as this would be ideal - would keep the noise/power down wherever possible. I know that such a thing exists for an enclosure that fits into a block of 5.25" drives, but not for a standalone job. Porky my man - what hardware did you have in mind for your server? Jonm - what hardware do you actually have? [/QUOTE]

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