So I already have around 12TB's of bluray movies, and its getting to the point where i need a dedicated box to stream them to my HTPC in the living room and my gaming rig in the office.
Here are the things I'm 95% sold on:
Case: NZXT Whisper + 2 Hard Drive cages.
8-port Sata card x2: AOC-SASLP-MV8
Spare 4gigs of ram
So now I just need recommendations on Mobo/cpu, and a psu. Here is what I'm currently looking at, but if I can cut costs I'll take it.
Mobo: GIGABYTE with a PCIEx16 and PCIEx8 slot, Dual MB LAN, and 8 sata ports.
CPU: Not Sure
PSU: Not Sure
While initially i wanted a Norco 4220, this case/cage config is much cheaper, and being that I don't have a rack, it is also easier for me to find space for.
I'm not attached to the mobo, or going the way of Intel, just seemed like a very solid board with tons of ports and enough PCIE ports for my two sata cards.
In regard to the processor, while I know it doesn't take a great processor to run a movie streaming WHS, I would like to be able to make bluray encodes on the box. I'm not in a huge hurry to output them, but having a quad-core to speed up the process wouldn't hurt. At the same time, I'm not willing to pay a high premium for this luxury.
For the PSU, I'm not sure what is required to spin up 10-20 hard drives, but I will probably end up with 15+ drives in this box before i would upgrade the hardware, so something to support that is what I'm looking for.
I'll be happy to answer any questions, as I'm sure there is required information I forgot to mention, and I would appreciate any feedback on the build.
Thanks!
Here are the things I'm 95% sold on:
Case: NZXT Whisper + 2 Hard Drive cages.
8-port Sata card x2: AOC-SASLP-MV8
Spare 4gigs of ram
So now I just need recommendations on Mobo/cpu, and a psu. Here is what I'm currently looking at, but if I can cut costs I'll take it.
Mobo: GIGABYTE with a PCIEx16 and PCIEx8 slot, Dual MB LAN, and 8 sata ports.
CPU: Not Sure
PSU: Not Sure
While initially i wanted a Norco 4220, this case/cage config is much cheaper, and being that I don't have a rack, it is also easier for me to find space for.
I'm not attached to the mobo, or going the way of Intel, just seemed like a very solid board with tons of ports and enough PCIE ports for my two sata cards.
In regard to the processor, while I know it doesn't take a great processor to run a movie streaming WHS, I would like to be able to make bluray encodes on the box. I'm not in a huge hurry to output them, but having a quad-core to speed up the process wouldn't hurt. At the same time, I'm not willing to pay a high premium for this luxury.
For the PSU, I'm not sure what is required to spin up 10-20 hard drives, but I will probably end up with 15+ drives in this box before i would upgrade the hardware, so something to support that is what I'm looking for.
I'll be happy to answer any questions, as I'm sure there is required information I forgot to mention, and I would appreciate any feedback on the build.
Thanks!