A few questions on first htpc setup

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poofyhairguy Offline
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lolcat61 Wrote:So its cheaper to have more bays?

Ooops, no I said it backwards! Sorry! Confused

It is MORE expensive to have more bays, like you would assume.

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Hahaha okay I was gonna say you confused me there. What kind of setup do you have? Also where do you do your bd rips/where do you keep them. Thanks again for all the help!
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lolcat61 Wrote:Also what is the normal cost of building an unraid box minus the drives.

This is a pretty solid server setup:

http://www.lime-technology.com/wiki/inde...es_Version
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lolcat61 Wrote:Hahaha okay I was gonna say you confused me there. What kind of setup do you have? Also where do you do your bd rips/where do you keep them. Thanks again for all the help!

I have 2 Unraid boxes as mentioned. One holds TV, one holds movies. Awesome setup.

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Alright great thanks for all of the help
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