Hi all,
Just after some advice on a WHS box im going to be running. Essentially this will be used for streaming media to my HTPC and running backups from my PC and the Mrs' laptop. Possibly also for torrents. The aims on this one are silence and low power consumption.
Parts so far (mainly bought on our good sales forum :)):
Zotac M-ITX 8200 mobo
AMD 4850e (will be clocked down to 2Ghz and undervolted)
2x1GB DDR667 RAM
1.5TB Seagate HDD (will be used for data backups being pulled from my HTPC once this is all done)
Things left to get:
2x2TB HDDS for media streaming to be run in RAID 1 or using WHS folder level duplication for redundancy.
Case
PSU
Passive CPU cooler
SSD boot drive
Now my main issues so far are:
1) which case will be best for my uses so far im tossing up between:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...d=7&subcat=187
and
http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12789
Second one comes with a PSU which is good (dont know how loud it is though) but doesnt allow more than 4 HDDs to be installed long term. Opinions?
2) What passive CPU cooler will keep the chip in good order in these cases (pretty small clearance).
3) If I go for the Lian Li case, would it be worth getting a passive PSU such as:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/300W-...and-24-Pin-ATX
Advice greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Hawker