2012-04-01, 22:08
First a little info about my setup
I've currently got a windows home server V1 sitting in my basement with 8 drives (about 13tb of Movies, Videos, Music, and Photos), in the living room I've got a WDTV being used as the front end. The living room is directly above the closet where I have my server.
I'm running XBMC on my Windows 7 desktop upstairs, and on my Macbook Air.
Here's my dilemma. I was originally thinking of putting together an HTPC for the living room in the next couple of months, and later this year I was thinking of replacing the server in the basement. However giving it some thought I was thinking maybe it would be a better idea to build the server, and run XBMC directly on that computer instead of having 2 separate computers. I'm thinking that I could have the computer in the basement, and use HDMI over ethernet connections to run the HDMI signal from my basement to the living room. (Monoprice PID # 8009) I would use a Lenovo Mini wireless keyboard (which uses RF), and an IPOD touch as the XBMC remote.
Is there a disadvantage to using the same PC as both the client, and storage server? I will not be using more than 1 client at a time.
These are some of the components I am looking at, I assume this is more than enough to play 1080P video seamlessly
Antec P280 Case (3 5.25" bays, 2 2.5" bays, 6 3.5" bays)
Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 600W
Intel Core i5-2300
4GB ram
Gigabyte MB with gigabyte ethernet, and 8 SATA ports
EVGA GeForce GT 520 (02G-P3-1529-KR)
Crucial (CT064M4SSD2) 64GB SSD
7 x 2tb Western Digital drives.
Any advice / suggestions?
I've currently got a windows home server V1 sitting in my basement with 8 drives (about 13tb of Movies, Videos, Music, and Photos), in the living room I've got a WDTV being used as the front end. The living room is directly above the closet where I have my server.
I'm running XBMC on my Windows 7 desktop upstairs, and on my Macbook Air.
Here's my dilemma. I was originally thinking of putting together an HTPC for the living room in the next couple of months, and later this year I was thinking of replacing the server in the basement. However giving it some thought I was thinking maybe it would be a better idea to build the server, and run XBMC directly on that computer instead of having 2 separate computers. I'm thinking that I could have the computer in the basement, and use HDMI over ethernet connections to run the HDMI signal from my basement to the living room. (Monoprice PID # 8009) I would use a Lenovo Mini wireless keyboard (which uses RF), and an IPOD touch as the XBMC remote.
Is there a disadvantage to using the same PC as both the client, and storage server? I will not be using more than 1 client at a time.
These are some of the components I am looking at, I assume this is more than enough to play 1080P video seamlessly
Antec P280 Case (3 5.25" bays, 2 2.5" bays, 6 3.5" bays)
Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 600W
Intel Core i5-2300
4GB ram
Gigabyte MB with gigabyte ethernet, and 8 SATA ports
EVGA GeForce GT 520 (02G-P3-1529-KR)
Crucial (CT064M4SSD2) 64GB SSD
7 x 2tb Western Digital drives.
Any advice / suggestions?