Recent content by Valdhor

I have all of the parts for my build except the SSD (Which has somehow been lost in the post) and I do not have a video card. I have it on good authority that the built-in card will do fine with 1080p from the HDMI port. As I don't have a 4K TV that will be fine. The only thing that appears to...

Before I go ahead and buy a Flirc I wanted a confirmation that it does work. You know what assume means.

The biggest problem with players like the Raspberry Pi and Apple TV is sound. They don't pass through DTS-HD MA 7.1 sound tracks. I have both a RPi2 and ATV4. So, I thought I would build a HTPC Hackintosh. I will also offload my home automation and Transmission duties to this box. My FreeNAS...

Thanks. Don't know how I missed that in the Buyers Guide.

My question is if the H170N-WIFI board supports Bluetooth (Don't need WIFI as all computers connect via ethernet) without adding the M2 card?

When your needs go that way then the price starts to go up. For me the price point was just right with the SC846. You'll probably need to look for a case with around 8 bays. I like the Supermicro server boards (A server board uses ECC RAM) so an X10 or X11 would work along with a single E3 Xeon...

Yes, I have dual E5540's. My case is LOUD (But twice the size of the one I linked). What with the dual redundant power supplies with 40mm fans at 7000rpm, three 80mm fans to cool the drives and two 80mm fans to cool the passive CPU heatsinks and motherboard. Well, you get the idea. Still, this...

You are right. Mine is in a rack. It used to sit on an end table (For about eight months) until I found a cheap rack on craigs list. Have you ever seen the LackRack?

If it were me (And I've already done it) i would go for a FreeNAS system. You can buy old server hardware on eBay. My system is way over the top but it serves me well: Supermicro SC846 SAS2 24 bay chassis Supermicro X8DTI-F motherboard 2 x 2.5GHz Quad Core Xeon's 72GB ECC RAM 12 x 4TB Seagate...

I am looking to build a HTPC (Using Plex Home Theater) that also functions as my Home Automation Server (I use Indigo Domotics). My main computer is a 27" i7 iMac. This is my build: Motherboard: GA-H170N-WIFI RAM: Crucial Budget 8GB CPU: i3-6100 SSD:Samsung MZ-7KN256D PSU: Thermaltake Smart...